[mythtvnz] VDPAU package can be removed?

[Steven Ellis]

On Fri, May 8, 2009 1:21 pm, Aaron Drysdale wrote:
> Thanks for the assistance. I'm using Ubuntu. How do I shut down X? Will
> this work?
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
>
> And when you say "Exit X" do you mean shutdown X as above?

Yup that will do it..

When you run the test with startx you can exit X from the console or by
CTRL-ALT-Backspace providing you ubuntu install still allows that


>
> Aaron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz
> [mailto:mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of Steven Ellis
> Sent: Friday, 8 May 2009 12:25
> To: MythTV in NZ
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] VDPAU package can be removed?
>
>
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 11:02 am, Aaron Drysdale wrote:
>> Because I get a small amount of tearing and judder while watching TV in
>> myth. I originally thought it might have started when I turned on
>> deinterlacing, but someone here said that this is most often associated
>> with a mismatch between the source video fps and monitor refresh rate
>> (at
>> least that is what I took out of it.)
>>
>>
>>
>> Since we use 25 fps with PAL TV, then my understanding is that I would
>> get
>> a smoother video if I could run the TV at 50Hz. Do you not have that
>> problem? As a test this morning, I turned off deinterlacing, but I
>> still
>> had the slight tearing so I assumed it must be a refresh rate problem.
>>
>>
>>
>> Currently I am just letting the OS select the preferred timing as well,
>> and it is running at 1360x768 @ 60.01 Hz.
>>
>>
>>
>> I notice the EDID info you posted doesn’t show any other timings?
>> I
>> thought this TV would at least support 50Hz. Why is that not shown?
>>
>>
>
> Hi Aaron
>
> Can you try the following and post the results as an attachment
>
> 1. Shutdown X / GDM on your box
>
> 2. From the command line as root run
>
>  startx -- -logverbose 6
>
> The double "-" is important.
>
> 3. Exit X and copy /var/log/Xorg.0.log or whatever log file your distro
> creates.
>
> We should then see all of the video modes your TV is reporting.
>
> Steve
>
> --------------------------------------------
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Steven Ellis - Technical Director
OpenMedia Limited - The Home of myPVR
email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
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