On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 09:36 -0500, Adam Thompson wrote:
talking about xorg.conf you probably aren't using Knoppmyth...
No, FC5.
I would DEFINITELY install the nvidia binary drivers, and not use the built-in "nv" driver; the TV support (and a bunch of other things besides) work noticeably better. Also, the nvidia binary driver supports Xvmc fully, and there is a special output mode for MythTV that uses the nvidia driver's extended Xvmc support to achieve significantly lower cpu usage.
Is this a configurable option some place? Where does Myth store its config files? The only configuration I've been able to do is through the front end or mythsetup which only seem to provide very rudimentary controls.
As an added bonus, the nvidia binary drivers will either generate a correct xorg.conf file for you, or at the very least provide decent documentation on how to fix said file yourself.
That hasn't been my experience. It generated a broken xorg.conf (which is why my computer monitor is now not working) and I don't see any documentation that outlines what xorg.conf options are available.
Am I missing something?
The ATI drivers come with "aticonfig" which not only automatically sets up your xorg.conf, but also tunes it if you want to change settings latter. And, it also dumps all its options to stdout if you invoke it with no options. Nvidia does not seem to have anything like that.
ATI also supplies several scripts including an uninstall which has been handy.
John