[mythtv-users] Matrox Millennium G400 MAX

Greg Oliver oliver.greg at gmail.com
Mon Oct 4 16:36:52 UTC 2010


On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:34 AM, mike at grounded.net <mike at grounded.net> wrote:
>> In short, if you want a modern DVR running on a modern distro, you
>> need modern hardware.  If using an 11 year old video card is your
>> requirement to try out Myth, Myth may not be for you.
>
> I've already spent hundreds on 'trying' myth out, I don't want to spend any more.
> I bought mainboard, cpu, memory, a bunch of input cards, it's not like I'm trying to be cheap.
> Simply cannot justify spending any more before I see this darn thing working fully. I don't care what kind of video quality I get out of the TV out, I just want some hands on experience with myth.
>
> I had an nvidia fx5200 which I wasn't able to get going either then some folks posted that the g400 works just fine, even today so not sure what you're telling me now. Have to wait for more input.
>

You probably do not need an external driver for the g400 to work...
Have you tried without one and looked in the xorg log to see what kind
of outputs are detected?


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