[Novin]

Hello!

I just bought a new gfx card. Before I bought it I thought I confirmed that it should work but I can't get VDPAU active.

This is the card: Gigabyte GV N210D3-512I GF 210 - 512 MB (GT218)

Full xbmc.log here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/470747/

$ dpkg -l | grep nvidia
ii libvdpau-dev 0.4-3~lucid~nvidiavdpauppa1 Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (
ii libvdpau1 0.4-3~lucid~nvidiavdpauppa1 Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (
ii nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and
ii nvidia-current-modaliases 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-settings 195.36.08-0ubuntu2 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv

Anyone got a clue please?

Edit: Updated topic

[Hannes The Hun]

well... what have you installed? what nvidia driver? sorry but I'm too lazy to go through extensive pastebin debug logs without knowing how exactly you installed your XBMC copy.

[Novin]

well... what have you installed? what nvidia driver? sorry but I'm too lazy to go through extensive pastebin debug logs without knowing how exactly you installed your XBMC copy.

It was kind of listed in my original post (dpkg -l output) but here it is again with more detail:

$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current xbmc libvdpau1 libvdpau-dev
nvidia-current:
Installed: 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04
Candidate: 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04
Version table:
*** 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 0
500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
195.36.15-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Packages
xbmc:
Installed: 1:10.08~svn32246-lucid1
Candidate: 1:10.08~svn32246-lucid1
Version table:
*** 1:10.08~svn32246-lucid1 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc-svn/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libvdpau1:
Installed: 0.4-3~lucid~nvidiavdpauppa1
Candidate: 0.4-3~lucid~nvidiavdpauppa1
Version table:
*** 0.4-3~lucid~nvidiavdpauppa1 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.3-2build1 0
500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
libvdpau-dev:
Installed: 0.4-3~lucid~nvidiavdpauppa1
Candidate: 0.4-3~lucid~nvidiavdpauppa1
Version table:
*** 0.4-3~lucid~nvidiavdpauppa1 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.3-2build1 0
500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

[scalpel]

Try nvidia 256. Uninstall old nvidia drivers

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-current-modaliases nvidia-settings

check system-administration-hardware drivers - active current or 256
after

sudo nvidia-xconfig

sudo reboot

[bobo1on1]

Check if all the libraries and symlinks for libvdpau in /usr/lib and /usr/lib/vdpau are correct.

[Novin]

@scalpel:

Thanks, that worked!

I had to have libvdpau1 and libvdpau-dev installed aswell.

ii libvdpau1 0.4-3~lucid~nvidiavdpauppa1 Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (
ii nvidia-current 256.35-0ubuntu2~xup2 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and
ii nvidia-current-modaliases 256.35-0ubuntu2~xup2 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-settings 256.35-0ubuntu1 Tool of configuri
libvdpau-dev 0.3-2build1 Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (

When I didn't have these packages I could see typical library errors in xbmc.log.

@bobo1on1:

Before switching to -256 I had no missing/malfunctioning libraries.

[X3lectric]

you always need libvdpau1 and libvdpau-dev that's sort'a common mistake when vdpau is not working.

Also always use ppa for video drivers well everything...