New Nvidia 256.25 beta
stefanwa
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#1
2010-05-23, 09:53
Has anyone already tried out the Nvidia 256.25 beta driver with XBMC? I'll wait till it hits some ppa, which should happen soon. Any improvements with VDPAU?

Links and some info here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthre...?p=2255561
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JumJum
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#2
2010-05-23, 10:53
stefanwa Wrote:Has anyone already tried out the Nvidia 256.25 beta driver with XBMC? I'll wait till it hits some ppa, which should happen soon. Any improvements with VDPAU?

Links and some info here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthre...?p=2255561

Works fine here on Lucid with VDPAU and VA-API. Didnt have any problems before, so no visable improvements for me, but the changelog shows a bunch of VDPAU fixes!
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neil.j1983
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#3
2010-05-23, 11:35
i can't install

when i sh the file i get

sh: Can't open NVIDIA-Linux-x86-256.25-pkg1.run

any ideas?
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WWWilco
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#4
2010-05-23, 11:43
neil.j1983 Wrote:i can't install

when i sh the file i get

sh: Can't open NVIDIA-Linux-x86-256.25-pkg1.run

any ideas?

chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86-256.25-pkg1.run
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neil.j1983
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2010-05-23, 12:03
thanks

got it installed. didnt solve the judder on my ION though Sad
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earlneath
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#6
2010-05-23, 16:09
anyone get this working with auido over hdmi?
Mythbuntu Maverick 64-bit Mythtv & XBMC E6300, GT430, Antec Minuet 350, 2GB DDR-800 Ram, Gigabyte G-31M-E2SL, Yamaha RXv-1800 over HDMI @ 1080p to Sony Bravia 55" LCD 100HZ, Focal-JM Labs 826/806 speakers & Velodyne CHT-12R sub... "mmm, nice."
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earlneath
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#7
2010-05-23, 16:26
Anyone got this working with hdmi audio? (just a question, I havent tried it yet)
Mythbuntu Maverick 64-bit Mythtv & XBMC E6300, GT430, Antec Minuet 350, 2GB DDR-800 Ram, Gigabyte G-31M-E2SL, Yamaha RXv-1800 over HDMI @ 1080p to Sony Bravia 55" LCD 100HZ, Focal-JM Labs 826/806 speakers & Velodyne CHT-12R sub... "mmm, nice."
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cowfodder
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#8
2010-05-23, 16:41
earlneath Wrote:anyone get this working with auido over hdmi?

Works fine for me. Zotac ionitx-G-E outputting to cheap Dynex 40" LCD. I've found that for whatever reason it'll only output sound after I setup my custom xorg.conf file.
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stefanwa
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#9
2010-05-23, 18:39
The drivers are now in the x-updates ppa: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates
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User 29008
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#10
2010-05-23, 23:57
Hey guys,

could someone help me with installing the new driver from ppa?
I tried both nvidia-ppa and x-updates. they both seem to add fine, but after apt-get update I can't find any new packages with apt-cache search. What am I missing? I am running lucid amd64

boba
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ZyntaX
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#11
2010-05-24, 02:38
Would be great to know if this driver fixes multichannel audio thats been broken forever on drivers higher than 185.x.x
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jawilljr
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2010-05-24, 02:59
boba23 Wrote:Hey guys,

could someone help me with installing the new driver from ppa?
I tried both nvidia-ppa and x-updates. they both seem to add fine, but after apt-get update I can't find any new packages with apt-cache search. What am I missing? I am running lucid amd64

boba

After installing the x-updates repository... try this:

Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

To let you know I do not have Lucid running on my HTPC...yet. But according to Synaptic it should have both the NVidia version 256 and VDPAU libraries

Jerry
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neil.j1983
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#13
2010-05-24, 08:45
ZyntaX Wrote:Would be great to know if this driver fixes multichannel audio thats been broken forever on drivers higher than 185.x.x

i'll let you know later today.
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ZyntaX
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#14
2010-05-24, 10:57
neil.j1983 Wrote:i'll let you know later today.

Awesome, i will make a run for it also after work. I'll post my findings here also. Thanks
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harryzimm
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#15
2010-05-24, 12:13
I just upgraded to lucid and installed 256.25 beta. 5.1 pcm multichannel is working perfectly Big Grin. I cant test 7.1 unfortunatley. The default channel mapping is still incorrect but this setup solves the problem.


/etc/asound.conf
Code:
sudo wget http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=f5f9654bb -O /etc/asound.conf

/usr/share/alsa/cardsHDA-Intel.conf
Code:
sudo wget http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=f2e38265 -O /usr/share/alsa/cards/HDA-Intel.conf

cheers

Edit.. Tested on my acer revo 3610.
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