Nvidia upgrade issue - choppy sound and video

Michael Miles mmamiga6 at gmail.com
Sun May 2 17:07:45 UTC 2010


On 05/02/2010 04:56 AM, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 07:38 -0400, Gary Waters wrote:
>    
>> On 05/02/2010 04:40 AM, Gilboa Davara wrote:
>>      
>>> On Sat, 2010-05-01 at 19:37 -0400, Gary Waters wrote:
>>>        
>>>> Hi Pat,
>>>>
>>>> I downloaded and installed NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.24-pkg2.run. This
>>>> hasn't solved the issue.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>          
>>> Gary,
>>>
>>> There's a number of running threads about the nVidia proprietary
>>> drivers. [1]
>>> Have you followed the installation instructions [2] to the latter?
>>>
>>> - Gilboa
>>> [1]
>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/users@lists.fedoraproject.org/index.html#02694
>>> [2] http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Yes Sir,
>>
>> I even activated my onboard nvidia 8300 ( Asus M3N78-pro motherboard )
>> and the video and sound jumps around like crazy with it. I decided to
>> download a new kernel from "testing" and used it with the nvidia driver.
>> This did not solve the issue either. Once I switch the old geforce
>> 6200LE everything falls into place.
>>
>> I wouldn't have switched at if my daughter hadn't purchased a new game
>> which requires shading.
>>      
> Which drivers are you using (version)?
> $ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
>
>
>    
>> The nvidia driver installation process I use is found right here...first
>> post:
>>
>> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=234595
>>
>> I printed it up and use it every time I reinstall the driver after a
>> kernel update.
>>      
> No need to.
> You could switch to using RPMFusion (link above).
> If you install akmod-nvidia driver package, drivers get-auto-built every
> time a new kernel boots.
>
>    
>> Gary
>>      
>
>    
Just a thought if your audio is still choppy then check prefs in video 
player and under audio prefs make sure it is Pulseaudio is checked and 
not alsa.

See if that helps at all.




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