Re: Stability issues
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 09:50:02PM -0400, Mike Robinson wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> >Just curious: why not amd64? I'm running it on my Athlon64 3800+. The
> >_only_ thing I need 32-bit for is adobe flashplayer, for which I run a
> >chroot for the browser. That problem is fixed in Lenny/Sid but I didn't
> >want to go that route. After having done it, setting up the chroot was
> >rather simple and schroot makes running it a breeze.
>
> Can the binary nVidia video driver still be used in the 64-bit
> distribution? If
> so, I may try the amd64 route. The only thing I'd have to investigate is
> if there
> are any issues compiling MythTV for 64-bit.
I'm using the nVidia pre-packaged debian stuff (its pre-built for Etch,
as opposed to needing m-a for Sid). I have the kernel meta-package and
the nvidia-kernel meta-packages installed so when one is updated, so is
the other. I get a much clearer picture and less CPU usage when
watching DVDs full-screen, deinterlaced blend with the nvidia driver.
I haven't tried MythTV since I only get three channels of poor quality.
I use VLC for watching DVDs and listening to audio streams (e.g. CBC
radio archives). Ensure that you have debian-multimedia in your
sources.list. Note that I see lots of mythtv packages in aptitude.
Doug.
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