[mythtv-users] Pundit XF86Config??

[Steve Davidson]

Here's what I'm using in my frontend distribution (comments removed for
clarity)

Section "Device"
  Driver     "sis"
  Identifier "SiS 651"
  VendorName "SiS"
  BoardName  "651"
  Option     "HWcursor"
  Option "ForceCRT2Type" "SVIDEO"
  Option "XvDefaultBrightness" "-50"
  Option "XvOnCRT2" "FALSE"
  Option "SISTVAntiFlicker" "ADAPTIVE"
EndSection

CHTVOverscan won't do anything on the Pundit (It's got an SiS video
bridge, not the Chrontel).  Try using  TVXPosOffset and TVYPosOffset to
adjust if necessary.

I've seen some weird behavior running at 800x600 and 1024x768 over
S-Video (black bar covering right side of screen after playing video),
it doesn't occur at 640x480.  Since I'm recording at 480x480, this works
fine for me.

XVOnCRT2 is really only useful if you are running multi-headed (mergedFB
or dual-head mode)

Spend some time looking through the docs on Thomas W's site, the options
are all explained in detail. 

HTH,

Steve

On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 20:40, Kevin Gibbons wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I've got my ASUS Pundit system fully up and running, after about two weeks
> of tinkering with it :)  But nonetheless, it's functional now and I figured
> I was ready to hook the system up to my TV finally.
> 
> Throughout the whole setup process, I followed Jarod Wilson's great setup
> guide: http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-page.php?pageName=rh9pvr250
> 
> So as of right now, I have the onboard SiS video card using the
> winischhofer.net driver, and had my XF86Config file setup exactly as was
> stated in Jarod's install guide.  Which is as follows:
> 
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "sis"
> Option "XvOnCRT2" "true"
> Option "ForceCRT2Type" "SVIDEO"
> #Option "ForceCRT2Type" "TV"
> #Option "CHTVOverscan" "false"
> Option "CHTVOverscan" "true"
> VendorName "Silicon Integrated Systems"
> BoardName "SiS 315/650"
> VideoRam 65536
> EndSection
> 
> However, when I do hook the system up to my TV using SVIDEO, I do get video
> on screen throughout the entire boot process, but as soon as X attempts to
> fire up I get a glitching screen where it flickers back and forth between a
> text login and graphical login, and then eventually kicks out an error
> stating that it couldn't start X.
> 
> >From looking at the XF86Config, and matching it against
> http://www.winischhofer.net/sis/XF86Config-4.example -- it does appear to be
> setup correctly.  But I must be missing something somewhere in here.
> 
> Any suggestions from other Pundit users on this one??
> 
> Many thanks once again.
> 
> Kevin Gibbons
> 
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