[mythtv-users] G400 and TV Out - about to give up

[Steven Cruysberghs]

this is my XF86Config file (G400 TV-out, PAL) (using the framebuffer
driver)

Op vr 17-10-2003, om 12:18 schreef Alberto Grazi:
> Hi guys,
> it's only after spending endless hours on this problem that I'm back
> to the list asking for advices... I don't really know what to do now.
> 
> Very quickly, I've configured every possible setting using the various
> howtos from this list and from other sources but "no luck" (TM). 
> My G400 doesn't have anything connected to the first head and the
> second head is plugged into my TV with a S-video cable.
> 
> Text mode works pretty well (although only b&w) but, as soon as I
> start X the picture is completely scrambled on the screen (oh well, it
> looks familiar but it's nothing close to something viewable). By
> looking at the logs, the X server is ignoring my modelines claiming
> they're out of range. This is happening after a failure to detect DDC
> information from the monitor (well, after all it's not connected).
> 
> Has anyone seen this before? If I can't get it to work, I'll have to
> give up and spend £60 to get my XBOX chipped and use it as a front-end
> (but I don't really want to if I can avoid it).
> 
> BTW, can someone send me a copy of their XF86config (just for
> reference) for the G400 with TV-Out for PAL? And, as a reference, I'm
> on an up2date gentoo installation.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Alberto
> 
> 
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# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the 
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.

	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
#
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "be"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/psaux"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
	Identifier  "DevInputMice"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "FLATRON 775F"
	DisplaySize  310	230
	HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 60.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "mga"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "Matrox Millennium G400"
	Option      "hw cursor" "off"
	Option 	    "UseFBDev" "on"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     16
	DefaultFbBPP	 16
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection