[olug] A mythtv mythtery

Dave Thacker dthacker at bluestrain.net
Wed Apr 25 04:12:34 UTC 2012


On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 07:09:06 AM Ben Watson wrote:
> It sounds to me more like a MythTV frontend problem vice the backend
> running on the system.  I've got front ends (and other backends for
> that matter) running on much older/slower hardware than you mentioned
> without issue.  What video card are you using for display?  Also might
> want to check the drivers for said video card.
> 
> Across the board I typically use NVidia video cards with the
> proprietary NVidia drivers.  Again, these aren't anything new or
> powerful though I have noticed some compatibility issues with the
> newer NVidia (Ubuntu provided) drivers and older card/machine setups.
> However, when I've run into these problems, I rarely get to the point
> to getting into a stable desktop environment let alone playing back
> video.
> 
> Ben

It's the Dell onboard video.   I'll be trying some of the cards I've had 
rattling around too.

DT
> 
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Shannon <ridgid at gmail.com> wrote:
> > cpu load test?  can you loop some thing.. run some folding at home or
> > something.. bit coin mining
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