should I apt-get install xvba? search ...xvba gives the same output you have? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > Run glxgears and glxinfo, make sure your card is reporting. Using > fglrx, it should work. > > Make sure you have the xvba drivers loaded too, that's the video codec > acceleration. > > mb@host:~$ apt-cache search xvba > xvba-va-driver - XvBA-based backend for VA API (AMD fglrx implementation) > > Might have gotten purged with your video driver upgrade issues. > > -mb > > > > On 01/06/2014 10:59 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > > I tried starting XBMC and an information window appeared saying: > > XBMC needs hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering. > Install an appropriate graphics driver. > > this suggests I uninstalled the driver because it WAS working. how did > that happen? what > should I install? I thought perhaps 'apt-get install opengl' but the > repository includes only opengl-4.2-html-doc and opengl-4.2-man-doc > which seems to be the documentation. > > An inquiring mind wants to know. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >