[mythtv-users] Making fbset changes permanent

[Jason White]

Joe,

I've *finally* gotten my TVout working tonight.  I have one hitch before
I can check it off, though.  I can only use the "matrox" utility if I'm
logged on as root.  I'd like the machine to be able to boot and run this
automatically once X starts with my default mythtv logon.  Do you have
this problem?

I tried doing a chmod 666 on the /dev/mem device that it was complaining
about not having permissions for.  I now get a different error message
when I run the utility ("Open /dev/mem:  Operation not permitted").

If I log in as root it works perfectly.

Any clues?
Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Votour [mailto:joevph at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:13 AM
> To: jason at axtools.com; Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Making fbset changes permanent
> 
> Jason,
> 
> Thanks for the link, although that's how I set my card
> up in the first place.
> 
> I did more digging, and stumbled across something that
> somebody was doing on LinuxPPC.  I now get the full
> screen when starting X, and I just need to adjust it a
> bit more.
> 
> Here's what I did:
> 1. Get the fbset settings the way you want.
> 2. Run "fbset -x".  This will dump out a modeline for
> X.
> 3. Add that modeline information into your XF86Config
> file under the "Monitor" section.
> 
> -- Joe
> 
> --- Jason White <axtools at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I wish I could say with 100% certainty that this is
> > the answer but
> > unfortunately I've not made it this far yet with my
> > G400.  In any case,
> > Referencing a post to this list some time ago:
> >
> >
>
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?post=5836;search
> >
> _string=g400%20tv%20out;guest=500130&t=search_engine#5836
> >
> > Look at section 3.6.  Just before that line it is
> > recommended that you
> > put the commands into your user .xsession.  Also,
> > there is some info
> > that you can apparently put in /etc/rc.sysinit to
> > put the console back
> > on the TV at boot time.
> >
> > I hope this helps.  If you've got any hints for
> > getting as far as you
> > did, feel free to pass them along!
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-
> > > bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Joe Votour
> > > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 12:24 PM
> > > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > > Subject: [mythtv-users] Making fbset changes
> > permanent
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I've been playing around with fbset on my Matrox
> > G400
> > > lately (again), and have gotten a great picture
> > > finally.  My original plans were to buy a scan
> > > converter, but I've decided to keep this going.
> > >
> > > What I'm looking for now, is a way to make my
> > > framebuffer settings automatically happen when my
> > > machine boots up.  Currently, I boot up into
> > runlevel
> > > 4 (unused on Red Hat), and used a C program
> > > contributed by somebody on the list to
> > automatically
> > > log me in.  From there, X starts up, and .xinitrc
> > > loads the Myth frontend, sets up my remote, etc.
> > >
> > > However, what happens is that my fbset command
> > doesn't
> > > run within .xinitrc.  Does anybody have a way that
> > I
> > > can run the fbset command after X has started up,
> > > without having to SSH in and do it manually?  If I
> > SSH
> > > into the machine, I can run fbset without a
> > problem.
> > >
> > > Additionally, maybe somebody knows how I can
> > convert
> > > this into an XFree86 modeline, so that it
> > > audomatically gets set?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help,
> > > Joe
> > >
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