[ATrpms-users] nVIDIA drivers

[Keith C]

On Aug 8, 2006, at 7:01 PM, DM - ATRPMS wrote:

> Hey,
>
> First of all, thanks Axel for all your work keeping the repo up... it
> makes life much easier for all of us...
>
> Now for the question...  Both Jared's myth guide and the mythtv.org  
> site
> are still recommending using the 7676 version of the nVIDIA driver due
> to lockups and other issues.  Is this still the case?
>

No, the newest nvidia drivers appear to be pretty decent, or as least  
as good as 7676.

> I'm having lockup issues on a remote viewing station (no TV card,  
> remote
> database, remote backend), and am wondering if it's the driver or the
> hardware.  It's definitely something to do with the nVIDIA card, as  
> if i
> swap it out with an ATI Radeon 7000 the issue goes away (although the
> video goes all jerky - the 7000 doesn't have good enough acceleration
> support under Linux).  Doesn't seem to matter what nVIDIA driver  
> release
> (I've tried 8178, 8756, 8762).

Well, thats bad news.

>
> Hardware specs:
> CPU:	AMD Duron 700
> RAM:	256MB (no notable swapping)
> Video:	3Dfuzion GeFORCE 6200 PCI (replacing the builtin Savage4 using
> the AGP interface)
> HD:	20GB 2.5" PATA IBM Travelstar
> NIC:	EDIMAX 802.11g Atheros based
> Sound:	Onboard (AC97 based) or AOpen Cobra PCI (CMI based) (been
> switching them in and out, disabling the onboard when the Cobra  
> goes in)
> Chipset:VT8364 or VT8364A (can't tell, heatsink over it)
> Kernel:	2.6.17-1.2157_FC5
>
> Just for fun, I stuck the nVIDIA card in a different machine and  
> got the
> same lockup results:
> CPU:	Intel P2/350
> RAM:	192MB
> Video:	3Dfuzion GeFORCE 6200 PCI (leaving the AGP slot empty)
> HD:	20GB PATA Western Dig.
> NIC:	EDIMAX 802.11g Atheros based
> Sound:	Onboard (AC97 based) or AOpen Cobra PCI (CMI based)
> Chipset:Unknown
> Kernel:	2.6.17-1.2157_FC5
>
> Both machines have more/less the same software (FC5, myth 0.19-129 -
> haven't installed the 130 releases yet, nvidia8178 8756 8762  
> release 73
> - haven't installed 74 yet).
>
> If I stick an nVIDIA MX4000 AGP in the P2/350, it seems to work OK
> (although a tad jerky with any of the OSDs - the 4000 must not  
> unload as
> much as the 6200).
>
> Anyone have any ideas?

Any way you can check the card in a Windows box?  Any overheating  
issues or seating (with the AGP slot) issues?

This really sounds like a bad card.  I'm running a 6200 series card  
and it works fantastically.

Keith C