[mythtv-users] Jarod's HOWTO for FC3/PVR-350/X - Please Take Offline

Mike Matsuzaki m.matsuzaki at verizon.net
Wed Dec 29 16:43:33 UTC 2004


On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 15:31, Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists) wrote:
> Matt,
> 
> I was having exactly the problems you were, until I put vga=792 in the 
> kernel boot line.
> 
> Something about the new kernels using the first framebuffer device without 
> actually capturing /dev/fb0, and therefore ivtv_fb crashes quite badly when 
> it tries to grab it also.
> 
> Try that.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matt D. Robinson" <matt at aparity.com>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:36 AM
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Jarod's HOWTO for FC3/PVR-350/X - Please Take 
> Offline
> 
> 
> >
> > I've reviewed Jarod's MythTV FC3 HOWTO, using a single PVR-350 in
> > my TV box (and I had a working base FC2 configuration), and I'm at
> > a point now where I believe I can say that it just doesn't work yet.
> > Jarod should take his HOWTO off-line until he's had a chance to fully
> > walk through it with a PVR-350 so that those of us out there who
> > are following it don't end up upgrading into a broken configuration
> > (which we're all doing now).
> >
> > There are three main problems:
> >
> > - The ivtv-fb driver isn't up to rc3b yet to fix the problems with
> >  the module crashes (and even then doesn't work fully);
> >
> > - X with TV Out is definitely broken; I've tried both the xorg.conf
> >  pointed at from his site, as well as tuning.  Modifying the
> >  ivtvdev_drv.o doesn't fix it; changing the firmware doesn't
> >  work; Using either ivtvdev, fbdev, or any other combination is
> >  broken.  Changing vga= and video= options doesn't help.
> >
> > - The new 2.6.9 kernels are breaking in conjunction with ivtv, and
> >  the ck100zz drivers aren't useful anymore.
> >
> > Until these major problems are fixed, people should be pointed to the
> > base FC2 instructions (without downloading the FC2 updates, since
> > you can break your configuration with newer FC2 kernels as well)
> > until these problems are fixed.
> >
> > All the previous work is really appreciated from both Jarod, Axel,
> > John, and everyone else, but this is clearly a time drain so long as
> > the base FC3/guide configuration doesn't work.  This is just my $0.02
> > from doing this over the past three days and not making much forward
> > progress (and seeing a few mythtv mailing list E-mails from people
> > following Jarod's HOWTO and not seeing answers to their questions).
> >
> > When there's something really working enough to beta test and/or use,
> > then I'm totally ready to help out.  :)  Thanks,
> >
> > --Matt
> >


Hey, I got an idea.

Make your own Howto guide!

Jarod's guide has been a life-saving resource for many of us.  If you
have any better ideas where to start.  Put up or shut up.

Mike

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