[mythtv-users] Higer load in .20

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Wed Sep 13 17:15:47 UTC 2006


Quoting Jeremy Hunt <jeremythehunt at gmail.com>:

> On 9/13/06, Carl Fongheiser <carlfongheiser at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> "nv" is the open-source driver.  "nvidia" is the proprietary driver.
>>
>> For the original poster, yes, you do want
>>
>>   Load "dri"
>>
>> in your xorg.conf file.
>>
>
> Actually dri will interfere with the Nvidia kernel module. See the Nvidia
> driver README in /usr/share/doc (usually).
>
>> From the README:
>
> If you have a working X config file for a different driver (such as the "nv"
> or "vesa" driver), then simply edit the file as follows.
>
> Remove the line:
>
>      Driver "nv"
>  (or Driver "vesa")
>  (or Driver "fbdev")
>
> and replace it with the line:
>
>    Driver "nvidia"
>
> Remove the following lines:
>
>    Load "dri"
>    Load "GLCore"
>
> In the "Module" section of the file, add the line (if it does not already
> exist):
>
>    Load "glx"
>
> There are numerous options that may be added to the X config file to tune
> the
> NVIDIA X driver. Please see Appendix D for a complete list of these options.

Here is how to check if you are running with direct rendering and are  
remote ( ssh able to get in only )

su - mythtv
  glxinfo -display :0.0 |grep direct

Mark


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