[mythtv-users] Honestly have no idea what to do anymore....cant even display static

mark at zzo.com mark at zzo.com
Sat Jun 28 00:17:45 EDT 2003


1. Does switching between 'grabdisplay' & 'overlay' in xawtv help?
2. Did you compile Video for Linux support as a module or into the
kernel itself?
    M

Mike Miller(miller44 at optonline.net)@2003.06.28 00:30:11 +0000:
> First off heres my sys specs
> Athlon xp 2ghz
> 512 mb ram
> 160 gb hdd
> geforce 2mx w/tv-out
> leadtek winfast tv2000xp
> 
> I followed all of the instructions pretty closely, im just really
> confused.  Xawtv displays nothing for me, just a black screen, not even
> static.  Im not sure of 2 things, 1. to see if the driver is working or
> 2. how to tell xawtv what card to use.
> Also, any time I try to edit my /etc/modules.conf to add in the line
> options bttv card=34, tuner=2 (using vi) then I save and reboot and its
> back to its original state, whats up w/that.
> Ive been using modprobe bttv card=34, tuner=2 for the time being.
> Still, nothing.  Honestly don't even know what to do anymore.  Though I
> followed the directions pretty closely.  And ive looked at any
> documentation for xawtv and I didn't find anything helpful
> If anyone can shed some light on this please do, I can post more info if
> you need.
> Thanks
> 
> 
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