[mythtv-users] [OT?] Suspend/Resume with GT 430 and nmedia LCD

Kevon mythtv at reidsresidence.com
Sun Apr 1 19:02:36 UTC 2012


On 04/01/2012 02:53 PM, Kevon wrote:
> On 03/31/2012 03:13 PM, Michael wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> With mythtv 0.25 coming out, I decided it was time for some minor
>> upgrades to my primary minimyth frontend.
>>
>> Currently I have an asus a8n-vm csm motherboard with a gt 220 card. 
>> This works well and suspends and resumes quite nicely.
>>
>> I have two issues:
>>
>> 1) I wanted to add a GT 430 to take advantage of the HD audio support. 
>> Adding the new video card however causes an issue where the machine will
>> go to sleep just fine, but upon resume from MCE, the power comes on,
>> fans spin, but the monitor never wakes up.  It also isn't responsive on
>> the network.  This is my second attempt at adding a gt 430 card and had
>> the same issue with the other.  I am not sure if this is a compatibility
>> with my motherboard or something else.
>> 2) I really like having an LCD on my computer so I added an nmedia pc
>> LCD and bought a new nmedia HTPC case.  The LCD works fabulously under
>> mythtv - but, the machine will suspend and resume immediately.  I can
>> verify this happens even if LCDd is never started.  This also seems like
>> some sort of weird compatibility issue.
>>
>> I have posted to the nvidia list and the lcdproc lists but I haven't
>> gotten any responses.
>>
>> So, I know this is slightly off topic, but I am open to either:
>>
>> 1) Suggestions on what might be causing these two issues
>> 2) Suggestions for a modern Intel motherboard that you are currently
>> using w/ an GT 430 and/or nmedia lcd that suspends and resumes without
>> issue.
>>
>> I am just so frustrated trying to debug these issues that I am more than
>> happy to throw money at them to get a working solution.
>>
>> Michael
>>
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> Issue 1 sounds similar to the problem I had with 9500GT card and nvidia
> driver. The system would lock up completed when it resumes. The only
> indication that it actually resumed, is the monitor powers up,
> displaying the last image after resuming. It turned out all the drivers
> after 275.43 would cause my system to freeze when DVI power was sent to
> the monitor. Resuming or powering the monitor on/off would lock up my
> system. I have since switched to the open nouveau driver since 275 no
> longer works on the 3.2 kernel.
> 
> Check your driver. If you are using the nvidia driver, you may have to
> play around with different versions to find one that works. If none
> works, try nouveau.

Keep in mind that you cannot do vdpau with nouveau. If your system is
cpu challenge, nouveau is not an option.


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