[mythtv-users] nVidia driver 304.88: problems

[John P Poet]

On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi there.
>
> I did an update to my ubuntu 12.04LTS box yesterday. Small update...
> While it's usual for major ubuntu upgrade to break stuff (but that's
> another topic)
>
> It upgraded nvidia drivers from  295.40 to 304.88 ; which was quite
> surprising as usually it never do such a big steps in LTS release.
>
> Anyhow: it is very broken.
> This is on my main backend, which is also used as a frontend in my cinema
> room (plugged to a cinema projector)
>
> As soon as I turn off the projector, when I turn it back on I get no
> signal from the PC. I must then restart X / Window manager to get video
> signal going.
> Interestingly, if from the command line I start a VDPAU playback, signal
> comes back again (sometimes, not always), without having to restart X.
>
> Reverting back to 295.40 fixes all issues and for now, I've locked that
> version
>
> my xorg.conf hasn't changed much in years. I use the CustomEDID command so
> I can boot the PC even if the projector is off.
>
> Anyone has experienced similar issues with 304.88?
> I'd like to find the problem with those drivers because sooner or later, I
> would have no choice but upgrade :(
>
>
Try turning off "Separate video modes for GUI and TV playback".  I have
this memory that nVidia changed how the available modes are being returned,
and Myth no longer understands them, or some such.

John
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