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Rician

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Video problems *SOLVED*

Hello. When i watch x264.mkv files with SMplayer i get lag random times, i have tried watching x264.mkv files with vlc but vlc loads at taskbar and then quits.

My video card > nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9600M GT] (rev a1)

i am using the Vesa driver cause currently
Nvidia-96.xx drivers do not support Xorg release 1.8

Please help me

Last edited by Rician (2010-10-27 20:46:48)

Gusar

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Vesa doesn't provide hardware video display, that's your issue. Use the nouveau driver instead.

Dogmeat

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Why don't you just install nvidia driver 260.19.12?

Rician

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Cause of this : Note: Currently Nvidia-96.xx drivers do not support Xorg release 1.8.

Last edited by Rician (2010-10-26 22:12:49)

Dogmeat

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Cause of this : Note: Currently Nvidia-96.xx drivers do not support Xorg release 1.8.

I am talking about nvidia, not nvidia-96xx. With nVidia Geforce 9600M GT you should use nvidia 260.19.12-1.

Rician

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Well, i could try install the 260.19.12-1 version... how would i do that in arch linux?

Last edited by Rician (2010-10-26 22:19:25)

Dogmeat

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

pacman -S nvidia

Rician

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

ok, when i have it installed should i blacklist the Vesa driver?

Dogmeat

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Make sure you don't have /etc/X11/xorg.conf file present in your system and reboot your computer.

Rician

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

pacman -S nvidia first then delete /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and reboot?

Last edited by Rician (2010-10-26 22:26:58)

Dogmeat

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Yes.

Rician

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

i did  pacman -S nvidia  and got this : resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: nvidia-utils conflicts with libgl. Remove libgl? [Y/n]

should i remove libgl?

Last edited by Rician (2010-10-26 22:34:51)

Dogmeat

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Yes.

Rician

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Targets (2): nvidia-utils-195.36.15-1  nvidia-195.36.15-2 

Total Download Size:    11.90 MB
Total Installed Size:   61.64 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

i did not get the 260.19.12 version... why?

Dogmeat

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

pacman -Syu nvidia

Rician

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

ok i did pacman -Syu nvidia and got : : Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.linuxfreedom.com : Not Found
error: failed to update multilib (Not Found)
:: Starting full system upgrade...
local database is up to date

but i still get the 195.36.15-1  version

Dogmeat

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Set as the first mirror in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist:
Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

and then try again

pacman -Syu nvidia

Rician

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.kernel.org : Not Found
core is up to date
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.kernel.org : Not Found
extra is up to date
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.kernel.org : Not Found
community is up to date
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.kernel.org : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.linuxfreedom.com : Not Found
error: failed to update multilib (Not Found)
:: Starting full system upgrade...
local database is up to date

Dogmeat

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Then use Pacman Mirrorlist Generator or look at Mirror Status and update your mirrorlist accordingly.

Last edited by Dogmeat (2010-10-26 22:52:02)

Rician

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

i got this : [daniel@Daniel-Laptop ~]$ sudo pacman -S nvidia
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: linux-firmware and kernel26-firmware are in conflict. Remove kernel26-firmware? [y/N]

remove it or no?

Dogmeat

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Yes, because linux-firmware replaces kernel26-firmware.

Rician

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

daniel@Daniel-Laptop ~]$ sudo pacman -S nvidia
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: linux-firmware and kernel26-firmware are in conflict. Remove kernel26-firmware? [y/N] Y
:: linux-firmware and iwlwifi-3945-ucode are in conflict. Remove iwlwifi-3945-ucode? [y/N] Y
:: linux-firmware and iwlwifi-5000-ucode are in conflict. Remove iwlwifi-5000-ucode? [y/N] Y
:: nvidia-utils and libgl are in conflict. Remove libgl? [y/N] Y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: ndiswrapper: requires kernel26<2.6.34

i need other version of kernel...

Dogmeat

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Do you really need ndiswrapper?

Rician

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

no, i dont even knowh what that is lol.

Dogmeat

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Re: Video problems *SOLVED*

Then you can safely remove it.