LinHES

attach the output of lspci and lspci -n

[root@larch5 ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2)
01:07.0 Ethernet controller: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)
01:08.0 PCI bridge: Pericom Semiconductor Device e110 (rev 04)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400 GS (rev a1)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3)

[root@larch5 ~]# lspci -n
00:00.0 0600: 10de:01e0 (rev a2)
00:00.1 0500: 10de:01eb (rev a2)
00:00.2 0500: 10de:01ee (rev a2)
00:00.3 0500: 10de:01ed (rev a2)
00:00.4 0500: 10de:01ec (rev a2)
00:00.5 0500: 10de:01ef (rev a2)
00:01.0 0601: 10de:0060 (rev a4)
00:01.1 0c05: 10de:0064 (rev a2)
00:02.0 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a4)
00:02.1 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a4)
00:02.2 0c03: 10de:0068 (rev a4)
00:04.0 0200: 10de:0066 (rev a1)
00:06.0 0401: 10de:006a (rev a1)
00:08.0 0604: 10de:006c (rev a3)
00:09.0 0101: 10de:0065 (rev a2)
00:1e.0 0604: 10de:01e8 (rev a2)
01:07.0 0200: 1317:0985 (rev 11)
01:08.0 0604: 12d8:e110 (rev 04)
02:00.0 0300: 10de:06e4 (rev a1)
03:00.0 0300: 10de:01f0 (rev a3)

Sorry it took so long.

I did an o5 install and then updated, I have not installed the svn version yet although I did have it installed previously and vdpau worked great.

Thanks

Craig

Did a fresh install of 08 and have the same problem. Am forcing it to use the vesa drivers and then will try to install the nvidia drivers after.

Install is done so I tried to upgrade to mythtv-vdpau with the fol;lowing error

Could this libgl problem be what is hanging the nvidia install?

Craig

Just to add more info if I do a fresh 0.5 install and run pacman -Syu to update then I am left with a not functioning system again. X will not start I assume due to the updated nvidia drivers. Now an update from 0.5 to 0.7 used to work. Infact I updated to the vdpau packages and an nvidia driver successfully, had hd playing great.
How can I just update the nvidia driver to the version in 0.7 see if it works and then try the update to whatever is in 0.8

Craig

Reinstalled about 5 times today.
0.5 goes in and I can change to vesa and update but any attempt to get nvidia going results in x not starting. At one point going back to VESa would not even get things going. It may be the newer kernel in 0.8.
I am back on 0.5 and am going to install the drivers straight from nvidia, I also saw a post on identifying the bus id in xorg so that X would load. I can't believe I am the only one with this challenge, this 8400 card from newegg seems popular. I have another pc I am unable to get it working on with ubuntu and the nvidia drivers, 2 cards and the one did work.

Craig

This could be related to the bug that was fixed for FS#426 (though I still need to test), in which the installer didn't drop libgl before attempting to install the nVidia drivers. Same basic symptoms as you describe.

FS#426 is confirmed as fixed. Please try a new ISO build from the git repo, or wait to try the upcoming beta if that's not an option.