[ATrpms-users] nVIDIA drivers

[Paul]

On 9/08/2006 11:45 AM, Keith C wrote:
> 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
>
>
>   
I also use the 6200 TC with no problems on MythTV using  the 
nvidia-graphics8762 release.
P
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