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james at ultratans

Oct 31, 2008, 7:02 AM

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Mythbuntu 8.10

I was feeling adventurous this morning and decided to upgrade my
Mythbuntu 8.04.1 system to 8.10. On 8.04 I had to add a patch to lirc
for my remote (MCE made by Pinnacle). I also had to compile a newer
version of the dvb drivers to support a Pinnacle 800i ATSC/QAM card. I
had a USB Pinnacle HDTV Pro stick that needed updated drivers to work
with 8.04 as well.

Because I did not want to use the DKMS patched lirc and 4vl-dvb drivers
from my 8.04 system I removed them prior to starting the upgrade.
# dkms uninstall -m lirc -v 0.8.3~pre1
# dkms uninstall -m v4l-dvb -v 0.20080631

My main desktop was already running 8.10 and had most of the needed
packages. I copied the debs over to the Myth box and started the
upgrade. It needed to grab an additional 170 packages (out of 900 some)
and took about 12 minutes.

The update asked about overwriting a couple of files. One of them was
my /etc/mysql/my.cnf. I have the database bound to my ip rather than
localhost to support my remote frontends. The upgrade wanted to
overwrite my php.ini and I let it. I had increased the amount of memory
used by php for something, but forgot why.

Another ten minutes or so and the system was ready for a restart. After
restart I noticed an error in dmesg about the firmware for my Pinnacle
800i card. I copied it into place and restarted. The kernel loaded the
firmware this time without a hitch.

I have started recordings on all available recorders and will check them
out when I get home for lunch. Thumbnails look good in Mythweb so I
think they will be ok.

So far so good.

Cheers,
James

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aclose at gmail

Oct 31, 2008, 7:11 AM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:02 AM, James Crow <james [at] ultratans> wrote:
> I was feeling adventurous this morning and decided to upgrade my
> Mythbuntu 8.04.1 system to 8.10. On 8.04 I had to add a patch to lirc
> for my remote (MCE made by Pinnacle). I also had to compile a newer
> version of the dvb drivers to support a Pinnacle 800i ATSC/QAM card. I
> had a USB Pinnacle HDTV Pro stick that needed updated drivers to work
> with 8.04 as well.
>
> Because I did not want to use the DKMS patched lirc and 4vl-dvb drivers
> from my 8.04 system I removed them prior to starting the upgrade.
> # dkms uninstall -m lirc -v 0.8.3~pre1
> # dkms uninstall -m v4l-dvb -v 0.20080631
>
> My main desktop was already running 8.10 and had most of the needed
> packages. I copied the debs over to the Myth box and started the
> upgrade. It needed to grab an additional 170 packages (out of 900 some)
> and took about 12 minutes.
>
> The update asked about overwriting a couple of files. One of them was
> my /etc/mysql/my.cnf. I have the database bound to my ip rather than
> localhost to support my remote frontends. The upgrade wanted to
> overwrite my php.ini and I let it. I had increased the amount of memory
> used by php for something, but forgot why.
>
> Another ten minutes or so and the system was ready for a restart. After
> restart I noticed an error in dmesg about the firmware for my Pinnacle
> 800i card. I copied it into place and restarted. The kernel loaded the
> firmware this time without a hitch.
>
> I have started recordings on all available recorders and will check them
> out when I get home for lunch. Thumbnails look good in Mythweb so I
> think they will be ok.

good to hear. :) i'm hoping to spend some time this weekend moving to
8.10. not sure if i'll upgrade or just blow my current install away
and reinstall fresh.
keep us posted ;)

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jaw1959 at gmail

Oct 31, 2008, 7:34 AM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Andrew Close <aclose [at] gmail> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:02 AM, James Crow <james [at] ultratans> wrote:
> > I was feeling adventurous this morning and decided to upgrade my
> > Mythbuntu 8.04.1 system to 8.10. On 8.04 I had to add a patch to lirc
> > for my remote (MCE made by Pinnacle). I also had to compile a newer
> > version of the dvb drivers to support a Pinnacle 800i ATSC/QAM card. I
> > had a USB Pinnacle HDTV Pro stick that needed updated drivers to work
> > with 8.04 as well.
> >
> > Because I did not want to use the DKMS patched lirc and 4vl-dvb drivers
> > from my 8.04 system I removed them prior to starting the upgrade.
> > # dkms uninstall -m lirc -v 0.8.3~pre1
> > # dkms uninstall -m v4l-dvb -v 0.20080631
> >
> > My main desktop was already running 8.10 and had most of the needed
> > packages. I copied the debs over to the Myth box and started the
> > upgrade. It needed to grab an additional 170 packages (out of 900 some)
> > and took about 12 minutes.
> >
> > The update asked about overwriting a couple of files. One of them was
> > my /etc/mysql/my.cnf. I have the database bound to my ip rather than
> > localhost to support my remote frontends. The upgrade wanted to
> > overwrite my php.ini and I let it. I had increased the amount of memory
> > used by php for something, but forgot why.
> >
> > Another ten minutes or so and the system was ready for a restart. After
> > restart I noticed an error in dmesg about the firmware for my Pinnacle
> > 800i card. I copied it into place and restarted. The kernel loaded the
> > firmware this time without a hitch.
> >
> > I have started recordings on all available recorders and will check them
> > out when I get home for lunch. Thumbnails look good in Mythweb so I
> > think they will be ok.
>
> good to hear. :) i'm hoping to spend some time this weekend moving to
> 8.10. not sure if i'll upgrade or just blow my current install away
> and reinstall fresh.
> keep us posted ;)
>
>
> --
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I upgraded to 8.10 three weeks ago on my main desktop machine, and the only
problem I has was with my xorg.conf. Ubuntu didn't like some of the stuff I
did previously, and since while installing, I read that an xorg.conf is
unnecessary in some cases (because of the way the new version used by Ubuntu
works) so the solution was simple; I just deleted my xorg.conf, restarted,
things looked fine - on one of my monitors. Then I had to run
nvidia-settings (or whatever the nvidia configuration utility is called) and
reconfigure my dual head setup (of course, this must be done as root, or it
can't write to the xorg.conf file). Now, everything works as I would expect
it. This machine is used as a Mythfrontend (I generally leave one montor
running myth, while I use my other monitor for normal tasks, unless I'm
doing something where I want two monitors, and even then, I can generally
leave myth running like a wallpaper).

I plan to upgrade my backend and install mythbuntu 8.10 on another machine
next week (I'm building a new one, so it seems like it's worth a shot).

Relevant or not, that's my story.

- Josh

james+mythtv at cummingsfamily

Oct 31, 2008, 12:29 PM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

For those of us with nice stable 8.04 systems, are there any mythtv
(or v4l or similar) improvements in 8.10 that make it worth upgrading,
and spending the time sorting out and resultant problems? (And
spousal aggravation that might cause?)

-James

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 14:34, Josh White <jaw1959 [at] gmail> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Andrew Close <aclose [at] gmail> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:02 AM, James Crow <james [at] ultratans> wrote:
>> > I was feeling adventurous this morning and decided to upgrade my
>> > Mythbuntu 8.04.1 system to 8.10. On 8.04 I had to add a patch to lirc
>> > for my remote (MCE made by Pinnacle). I also had to compile a newer
>> > version of the dvb drivers to support a Pinnacle 800i ATSC/QAM card. I
>> > had a USB Pinnacle HDTV Pro stick that needed updated drivers to work
>> > with 8.04 as well.
>> >
>> > Because I did not want to use the DKMS patched lirc and 4vl-dvb drivers
>> > from my 8.04 system I removed them prior to starting the upgrade.
>> > # dkms uninstall -m lirc -v 0.8.3~pre1
>> > # dkms uninstall -m v4l-dvb -v 0.20080631
>> >
>> > My main desktop was already running 8.10 and had most of the needed
>> > packages. I copied the debs over to the Myth box and started the
>> > upgrade. It needed to grab an additional 170 packages (out of 900 some)
>> > and took about 12 minutes.
>> >
>> > The update asked about overwriting a couple of files. One of them was
>> > my /etc/mysql/my.cnf. I have the database bound to my ip rather than
>> > localhost to support my remote frontends. The upgrade wanted to
>> > overwrite my php.ini and I let it. I had increased the amount of memory
>> > used by php for something, but forgot why.
>> >
>> > Another ten minutes or so and the system was ready for a restart. After
>> > restart I noticed an error in dmesg about the firmware for my Pinnacle
>> > 800i card. I copied it into place and restarted. The kernel loaded the
>> > firmware this time without a hitch.
>> >
>> > I have started recordings on all available recorders and will check them
>> > out when I get home for lunch. Thumbnails look good in Mythweb so I
>> > think they will be ok.
>>
>> good to hear. :) i'm hoping to spend some time this weekend moving to
>> 8.10. not sure if i'll upgrade or just blow my current install away
>> and reinstall fresh.
>> keep us posted ;)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew Close
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>
>
> I upgraded to 8.10 three weeks ago on my main desktop machine, and the only
> problem I has was with my xorg.conf. Ubuntu didn't like some of the stuff I
> did previously, and since while installing, I read that an xorg.conf is
> unnecessary in some cases (because of the way the new version used by Ubuntu
> works) so the solution was simple; I just deleted my xorg.conf, restarted,
> things looked fine - on one of my monitors. Then I had to run
> nvidia-settings (or whatever the nvidia configuration utility is called) and
> reconfigure my dual head setup (of course, this must be done as root, or it
> can't write to the xorg.conf file). Now, everything works as I would expect
> it. This machine is used as a Mythfrontend (I generally leave one montor
> running myth, while I use my other monitor for normal tasks, unless I'm
> doing something where I want two monitors, and even then, I can generally
> leave myth running like a wallpaper).
>
>
> I plan to upgrade my backend and install mythbuntu 8.10 on another machine
> next week (I'm building a new one, so it seems like it's worth a shot).
>
> Relevant or not, that's my story.
>
> - Josh
>
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>
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james at ultratans

Oct 31, 2008, 12:39 PM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 10:02 -0400, James Crow wrote:
> I was feeling adventurous this morning and decided to upgrade my
> Mythbuntu 8.04.1 system to 8.10. On 8.04 I had to add a patch to lirc
> for my remote (MCE made by Pinnacle). I also had to compile a newer
> version of the dvb drivers to support a Pinnacle 800i ATSC/QAM card. I
> had a USB Pinnacle HDTV Pro stick that needed updated drivers to work
> with 8.04 as well.
>
> Because I did not want to use the DKMS patched lirc and 4vl-dvb drivers
> from my 8.04 system I removed them prior to starting the upgrade.
> # dkms uninstall -m lirc -v 0.8.3~pre1
> # dkms uninstall -m v4l-dvb -v 0.20080631
>
> My main desktop was already running 8.10 and had most of the needed
> packages. I copied the debs over to the Myth box and started the
> upgrade. It needed to grab an additional 170 packages (out of 900 some)
> and took about 12 minutes.
>
> The update asked about overwriting a couple of files. One of them was
> my /etc/mysql/my.cnf. I have the database bound to my ip rather than
> localhost to support my remote frontends. The upgrade wanted to
> overwrite my php.ini and I let it. I had increased the amount of memory
> used by php for something, but forgot why.
>
> Another ten minutes or so and the system was ready for a restart. After
> restart I noticed an error in dmesg about the firmware for my Pinnacle
> 800i card. I copied it into place and restarted. The kernel loaded the
> firmware this time without a hitch.
>
> I have started recordings on all available recorders and will check them
> out when I get home for lunch. Thumbnails look good in Mythweb so I
> think they will be ok.
>
> So far so good.
>
> Cheers,
> James
>

I did encounter a couple of snags, but nothing major.

I have a total of three tuner devices.
1) Hauppauge PVR-500
2) Pinnacle 800i PCI card
3) Pinnacle PCHDtv stick USB

Once all were connected the usb stick drivers loaded first and grabbed
the first sound card and v4l /dev/video0 device. The PVR-500 loaded next
and the 800i last. This messed up things with my Myth setup and would
have caused problems with my sound output to the tv.

I Googled for just a bit and found the proper way to force the different
devices to the correct /dev entries.

For the sound I added a line to the /etc/modprobe-d/alsa-base file:
options em28xx_alsa index=-2
A line for my Pinnacle PCI card was already present
options cx88_alsa index=-2

This would force both of my tuner alsa devices to grab indexes after my
onboard audio card.

Because each tuner has a v4l device I have a total of 4 ntsc capture
devices. Two are hardware encoders and two software. I want the hardware
encoders to be /dev/video0 and /dev/video1.

For this I added a couple of lines to /etc/modprobe.d/options to force
both software encoders to device 2 and 3.
options cx8800 video_nr=2
options em28xx video_nr=3

I also wanted to set the ATSC (dvb) portions of the cards to set
numbers. For this I added two more lines:
options cx88_dvb adapter_nr=0
options em28xx_dvb adapter_nr=1

I now have my sound cards set how I want them as well as ensuring my v4l
(/dev/videoX) and dvb devices do not change from boot to boot.

I have yet to test the recording quality, but it should be ok.

Cheers,
James

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Oct 31, 2008, 12:47 PM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

I found out my Nvidia grahpics card does not have drivers for the new
kernel or the new x serv in 8.10 so now I have to revert back to 8.04.
Im using a GeForce4 MX 440 to get the s-vid out. I spent hours last
night trying to get it to work. I did some research this afternoon
with folks saying that Nvidia didnt have support for that card in the
newer kernel or x serv to support vid out.
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Oct 31, 2008, 12:49 PM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

I saw the same message; but fortunately, I have an old FX5200 laying
around. I plan to switch to that soon.

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Aaron Klein <klein.aaron [at] gmail> wrote:

> I found out my Nvidia grahpics card does not have drivers for the new
> kernel or the new x serv in 8.10 so now I have to revert back to 8.04.
> Im using a GeForce4 MX 440 to get the s-vid out. I spent hours last
> night trying to get it to work. I did some research this afternoon
> with folks saying that Nvidia didnt have support for that card in the
> newer kernel or x serv to support vid out.
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jruss at mit

Oct 31, 2008, 12:50 PM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:29 PM, James Cummings <
james+mythtv [at] cummingsfamily <james%2Bmythtv [at] cummingsfamily>>wrote:

> For those of us with nice stable 8.04 systems, are there any mythtv
> (or v4l or similar) improvements in 8.10 that make it worth upgrading,
> and spending the time sorting out and resultant problems? (And
> spousal aggravation that might cause?)
>
> -James
>
>
I have a simple setup with a single pvr-150 and a nvidia 5200. Everything
worked out of the box after I upgraded. I didn't have to do anything. It was
much nicer than any of my previous upgrades.

nikos.f at gmail

Nov 1, 2008, 11:40 AM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:02 PM, James Crow <james [at] ultratans> wrote:

> I was feeling adventurous this morning and decided to upgrade my
> Mythbuntu 8.04.1 system to 8.10.

My experience upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 was relatively painless. The
only 'gotcha' I encountered was after upgrading my video performance was
terrible (with an integrated nvidia card on the motherboard) - HD playback
stuttered really badly even though had been good before. glxgears went from
about 2,000 before the upgrade to about 1,200 which was another indication.
It turns out the upgrade had turned on some sort of special graphics
effects. As soon as I turned effects back to 'none' glxgears improved, and
HD performance was restored.

So in case anyone else encounters this - try turning off all effects before
meddling with video playback profiles in myth.

beww at beww

Nov 1, 2008, 11:51 AM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

Nick F wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:02 PM, James Crow <james [at] ultratans
> <mailto:james [at] ultratans>> wrote:
>
> I was feeling adventurous this morning and decided to upgrade my
> Mythbuntu 8.04.1 system to 8.10.
>
>
> My experience upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 was relatively painless.
> The only 'gotcha' I encountered was after upgrading my video performance
> was terrible (with an integrated nvidia card on the motherboard) - HD
> playback stuttered really badly even though had been good before.
> glxgears went from about 2,000 before the upgrade to about 1,200 which
> was another indication. It turns out the upgrade had turned on some
> sort of special graphics effects. As soon as I turned effects back to
> 'none' glxgears improved, and HD performance was restored.
>
> So in case anyone else encounters this - try turning off all effects
> before meddling with video playback profiles in myth.

What sort of effects, are you running compiz or the like?

beww
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Nov 1, 2008, 5:48 PM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

Brian Wood wrote:
> Nick F wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:02 PM, James Crow <james [at] ultratans
>> <mailto:james [at] ultratans>> wrote:
>>
>> I was feeling adventurous this morning and decided to upgrade my
>> Mythbuntu 8.04.1 system to 8.10.
>>
>>
>> My experience upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 was relatively painless.
>> The only 'gotcha' I encountered was after upgrading my video performance
>> was terrible (with an integrated nvidia card on the motherboard) - HD
>> playback stuttered really badly even though had been good before.
>> glxgears went from about 2,000 before the upgrade to about 1,200 which
>> was another indication. It turns out the upgrade had turned on some
>> sort of special graphics effects. As soon as I turned effects back to
>> 'none' glxgears improved, and HD performance was restored.
>>
>> So in case anyone else encounters this - try turning off all effects
>> before meddling with video playback profiles in myth.
>>
>
> What sort of effects, are you running compiz or the like?
>
> beww
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I believe compiz is on by default in ubuntu these days. If it detects
the ability to push OpenGL then compiz will start.

bob_ml at stuffofmine

Nov 2, 2008, 3:32 AM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

Nick F wrote:
> My experience upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 was relatively painless.
> The only 'gotcha' I encountered was after upgrading my video performance
> was terrible (with an integrated nvidia card on the motherboard) - HD
> playback stuttered really badly even though had been good before.
> glxgears went from about 2,000 before the upgrade to about 1,200 which
> was another indication. It turns out the upgrade had turned on some
> sort of special graphics effects. As soon as I turned effects back to
> 'none' glxgears improved, and HD performance was restored.
>
> So in case anyone else encounters this - try turning off all effects
> before meddling with video playback profiles in myth.

You should check which driver Xorg is using.

8.10 currently doesn't have drivers from Nvidia for many old graphics
cards. They will only work with the open source "nv" driver.
That may explain your performance drop.

See:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-96/+bug/251107/

Bob
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Nov 2, 2008, 8:12 AM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Bob Wiegand <bob_ml [at] stuffofmine> wrote:

> Nick F wrote:
> > My experience upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 was relatively painless.
> > The only 'gotcha' I encountered was after upgrading my video performance
> > was terrible (with an integrated nvidia card on the motherboard) - HD
> > playback stuttered really badly even though had been good before.
> > glxgears went from about 2,000 before the upgrade to about 1,200 which
> > was another indication. It turns out the upgrade had turned on some
> > sort of special graphics effects. As soon as I turned effects back to
> > 'none' glxgears improved, and HD performance was restored.
> >
> > So in case anyone else encounters this - try turning off all effects
> > before meddling with video playback profiles in myth.
>
> You should check which driver Xorg is using.
>
> 8.10 currently doesn't have drivers from Nvidia for many old graphics
> cards. They will only work with the open source "nv" driver.
> That may explain your performance drop.
>
> See:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-96/+bug/251107/
>
> Bob
>
> I'm running with the nvidia 177.80 driver (and Xorg 1.5.2). It was the
compiz effects that were pushing me over the edge - and Ubuntu automatically
turning them on. My built-in nvidia Geforce 7100 obviously isn't that
powerful!

beww at beww

Nov 2, 2008, 10:48 AM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

Jake Anderson wrote:
> Brian Wood wrote:
>> Nick F wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:02 PM, James Crow <james [at] ultratans
>>> <mailto:james [at] ultratans>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I was feeling adventurous this morning and decided to upgrade my
>>> Mythbuntu 8.04.1 system to 8.10.
>>>
>>>
>>> My experience upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 was relatively painless.
>>> The only 'gotcha' I encountered was after upgrading my video performance
>>> was terrible (with an integrated nvidia card on the motherboard) - HD
>>> playback stuttered really badly even though had been good before.
>>> glxgears went from about 2,000 before the upgrade to about 1,200 which
>>> was another indication. It turns out the upgrade had turned on some
>>> sort of special graphics effects. As soon as I turned effects back to
>>> 'none' glxgears improved, and HD performance was restored.
>>>
>>> So in case anyone else encounters this - try turning off all effects
>>> before meddling with video playback profiles in myth.
>>>
>>
>> What sort of effects, are you running compiz or the like?
>>
>> beww
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> I believe compiz is on by default in ubuntu these days. If it detects
> the ability to push OpenGL then compiz will start.

IMHO that is a terrible idea, running Compiz should be up to the user,
not automatic.

That sounds like Vista behavior to me.

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Nov 2, 2008, 5:49 PM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

>> I believe compiz is on by default in ubuntu these days. If it detects
>> the ability to push OpenGL then compiz will start.
>>
>
> IMHO that is a terrible idea, running Compiz should be up to the user,
> not automatic.
>
> That sounds like Vista behavior to me.
>
> beww
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In 99% of cases its fine, I have it on my EEE (701, celeron 900) and its
working well, even plays SD myth without a problem.

What would be nice would be for it to detect a full screen openGL app
was running and switch itself off.

florin at andrei

Nov 4, 2008, 2:20 PM

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Re: Mythbuntu 8.10 [In reply to]

Nick F wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:02 PM, James Crow <james [at] ultratans
> <mailto:james [at] ultratans>> wrote:
>
> I was feeling adventurous this morning and decided to upgrade my
> Mythbuntu 8.04.1 system to 8.10.
>
> My experience upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 was relatively painless.
> The only 'gotcha' I encountered was after upgrading my video performance
> was terrible (with an integrated nvidia card on the motherboard) - HD
>
> So in case anyone else encounters this - try turning off all effects
> before meddling with video playback profiles in myth.

Mythbuntu does not install / enable the Compiz effects.

Ubuntu, yes. Mythbuntu, no.

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