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dfinn · 2010-01-06, 07:11

I'm running an Intel Celeron D 2.8Ghz with 512MB of RAM and an NVIDIA FX5200 card displaying via VGA to my Panasonic Viera TV. I'm using Mythbuntu 9.04 (NVIDIA 1.73 drivers) and have been using it happily for a while now. I recently installed xbmc using the PPAs because I wanted to play around with it.

It runs extremely slow and is pegging my CPU at 99% and up. Is my system not equipped enough to run xbmc?

**outleradam** · 2010-01-06, 07:18

You should probly install 9.11 as that is the current version. PPAs won't upgrade the kernel.

dfinn · 2010-01-06, 07:40

outleradam Wrote:You should probly install 9.11 as that is the current version. PPAs won't upgrade the kernel.

Any specific reason as to why? I tried out 9.10 and had some real issues with it. I've got 9.04 running exactly as I want it to and I'd prefer to stick with that if possible.

dfinn · 2010-01-06, 19:01

is there anything else I've missed? It seems like my hardware should at least be able to run the xbmc interface, I can't even get to the point of playing any audio or video because it's running so slow.

althekiller · 2010-01-06, 19:36

Your gfx card is insufficient. It does some key OpenGL extensions on the CPU. Please search before posting, you'd have found this info on your own.

dfinn · 2010-01-06, 20:24

althekiller Wrote:Your gfx card is insufficient. It does some key OpenGL extensions on the CPU. Please search before posting, you'd have found this info on your own.

what might I have searched for to find this info?

althekiller · 2010-01-06, 20:25

There are a few dozen "high cpu usage" "100% cpu usage" threads.

dfinn · 2010-01-06, 20:43

althekiller Wrote:There are a few dozen "high cpu usage" "100% cpu usage" threads.

You're right, I should've searched. I just found this thread:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...light=5200

which shows multiple people running the fx 52xx series cards who are having this issue and didn't previously.

Are you giving me incorrect info regarding my video card not being powerful enough? It seems multiple people are running the same card and claim it worked before and after this bug.

That thread above says it should be fixed in the PPAs however I'm still having the same issue.

Before I go out and spend money on hardware, can I get a real answer as to whether or not this is an issue with my hardware or with the software?

althekiller · 2010-01-06, 21:32

Yes, I'm giving you incorrect info. That's why our minimum requirements for nvidia are GF6+. Specifically excluding the fx5 series.

sgeoxd · 2010-01-08, 08:11

Quote:Is my system not equipped enough to run xbmc?

A straight foward question. They provided a straight foward answer. They do post minimum requirements for a reason.

The link you provided has details indicating there is a confirmed issue. So eventually there will be a fix that will somewhat alleviate your problem. That said, I have personally used a Geforce 5200 (AGP), Geforce 6200 (AGP), and Geforce 8400 (PCI) on the same system. The differences in performance, both playing video and throughout XBMC menus themselves, aren't even close when using a VDPAU capable card. So even if you don't HAVE to change the card out, if you want to capably play video on such hardware it's a good idea to look at swapping the GPU out with something that is supported.

dfinn · 2010-01-11, 06:36

I'm looking into a newer mobo with a better GPU but I still think this is some sort of software issue. I'm currently watching a movie on this exact same system but under Windows 7. Works fine, looks great, seems plenty responsive when going through the menus and what not.

I tried to use the latest Live CD but it appears that's broken, I'm getting sudo error that many other people are getting.

yossisynett · 2010-12-17, 00:14

Just struggled for several hours with this problem on the same card (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200) running Dharma RC2 on Ubuntu Maverick (10.10). Of course it would be great to be able to buy a supported VDPAU card but right now it's not a luxury I have since I would basically have to finally invest the money in building a proper HTPC instead of using an old laptop that isn't good for anything else.

In any case, I found that installing the nvidia 96 driver instead of 173, specifically 96.43.19 (http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-displ...river.html) - even though nvidia says that 173 should be used with this card - it solved the high CPU problems. I hope this can help someone else out in this scenario.