Hi all,
I've been using a Zotac ION board with Nvidia GPU as XINE player for SD and HD for quite a while. The player is vdr-sxfe with "--video vdpau". This has worked fine until recently, when the combo started to throw spurious errors like (from the vdr-sxfe log):
load_plugins: plugin /usr/lib/xine/plugins/2.0/xineplug_dmx_mngvo_vdpau: Can't create vdp device : unsupported GPU? [5837] [vdr-fe] fe_xine_init: xine_open_video_driver("vdpau") failed Error initializing xine
Lately, this happens reproducibly every time I start vdr-sxfe. (I had to switch to xxmc which works fine for SD programs but gives me a bit of stutter for HD channels on the 1.6 GHz single core Atom.)
Any idea where I should look? Why might xinelib or vdr-sxfe fail to correctly detect the ION (MCP79) chip when everything is unchanged? Yes I ran an apt-get upgrade on the underlying Ubuntu 12.04.3 OS but this didn't change anything, apparently.
TIA!
Any idea where I should look? Why might xinelib or vdr-sxfe fail to correctly detect the ION (MCP79) chip when everything is unchanged?
The problem is either software or hardware. If you are __100% certain__ software hasn't changed, logically the issue must be hardware related. That doesn't necessarily mean your ION is crapping out. Faulting/flakey power supplies are known to cause any of a wide range of problems. If you do need to diagnose hardware, start with the simple things first. Sometimes simply re-seating a connector solves a problem. Other common considerations are if the gpu is having problems due to heat -- cooling (case, chipset, any of them) fan died, too much dust buildup, airway blocked, etc.
Hi,
On Thursday 26 December 2013 19:13:05 Harald Milz wrote:
Any idea where I should look? Why might xinelib or vdr-sxfe fail to correctly detect the ION (MCP79) chip when everything is unchanged?
Yes I
ran an apt-get upgrade on the underlying Ubuntu 12.04.3 OS but this
didn't
change anything, apparently.
If this upgrade upgraded the xorg-stuff, most likely some of the xorg- libraries, which are normally overwritten by the NVIDIA-driver (assuming you are using the proprietary driver), have been re-overwritten.
Try to reinstall the proprietary NVIDIA-driver.
regards,
On Wed, Jan 01, 2014 at 11:52:11AM +0100, Patrick Boettcher wrote:
Hi,
On Thursday 26 December 2013 19:13:05 Harald Milz wrote:
Any idea where I should look? Why might xinelib or vdr-sxfe fail to correctly detect the ION (MCP79) chip when everything is unchanged?
Yes I
ran an apt-get upgrade on the underlying Ubuntu 12.04.3 OS but this
didn't
change anything, apparently.
If this upgrade upgraded the xorg-stuff, most likely some of the xorg- libraries, which are normally overwritten by the NVIDIA-driver (assuming you are using the proprietary driver), have been re-overwritten.
Hmmm, it's Ubuntu 12.04:
ii nvidia-current 295.40-0ubuntu1.2 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
so it's supposed to provide the correct files.
Hi,
On 03.01.2014 22:01, Harald Milz wrote:
On Wed, Jan 01, 2014 at 11:52:11AM +0100, Patrick Boettcher wrote:
Hi,
On Thursday 26 December 2013 19:13:05 Harald Milz wrote:
Any idea where I should look? Why might xinelib or vdr-sxfe fail to correctly detect the ION (MCP79) chip when everything is unchanged?
Yes I
ran an apt-get upgrade on the underlying Ubuntu 12.04.3 OS but this
didn't
change anything, apparently.
If this upgrade upgraded the xorg-stuff, most likely some of the xorg- libraries, which are normally overwritten by the NVIDIA-driver (assuming you are using the proprietary driver), have been re-overwritten.
Hmmm, it's Ubuntu 12.04:
ii nvidia-current 295.40-0ubuntu1.2 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
so it's supposed to provide the correct files.
What's the output of:
debsums -a nvidia-current ?
André
On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 12:01:50PM +0100, André Weidemann wrote:
On 03.01.2014 22:01, Harald Milz wrote:
On Wed, Jan 01, 2014 at 11:52:11AM +0100, Patrick Boettcher wrote:
Hi,
On Thursday 26 December 2013 19:13:05 Harald Milz wrote:
Any idea where I should look? Why might xinelib or vdr-sxfe fail to correctly detect the ION (MCP79) chip when everything is unchanged?
Yes I
ran an apt-get upgrade on the underlying Ubuntu 12.04.3 OS but this
didn't
change anything, apparently.
If this upgrade upgraded the xorg-stuff, most likely some of the xorg- libraries, which are normally overwritten by the NVIDIA-driver (assuming you are using the proprietary driver), have been re-overwritten.
Hmmm, it's Ubuntu 12.04:
ii nvidia-current 295.40-0ubuntu1.2 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
so it's supposed to provide the correct files.
What's the output of:
debsums -a nvidia-current ?
132 lines of "OK".
Ah OK, as of today, Ubuntu upgraded to nvidia-304, testing now ...
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Harald Milz -
Patrick Boettcher -
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