glxgears is cool. My card seems to be working. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > 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 >> > >