[mythtv-users] Making fbset changes permanent

[Joe Votour]

Jason,

I've since switched to a GeForce4 440MX for my TVOut -
the picture by default is pretty good, has good color
(maybe a bit bright though on reds) and the overscan
options work great.  Best of all, no framebuffer
calculations - I finally got sick of it after still
getting a flickering line at the top of the screen
(much like a mis-timed raster bar in a Commodore 64
demo).

What I did was just make the "matrox" program SUID
root, i.e:
chmod +s matrox

>From there, it would run as a regular user.

-- Joe

--- Jason White <axtools at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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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