[mythtv-users] X PVR-350 at boot time...

[Niklas Brunlid]

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 13:00:50 -0800 (GMT-08:00), Dan 
<dshopkins at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I have now been able to finally get X, and the mythFrontend up on my TV 
> :) thanx to tips by many of you there :)
>
> however if I use the XF86Config file for my TV on boot..it will fail 
> saying that my /dev/fb0 does not exist.
>
> here is what I currently have to do from boot to get the TV-out working 
> (X, and frontend):
>
> boot up with XF86Config for my monitor.
>
> once logged in I must run:
> # /sbin/rmmod saa7127
> # /sbin/insmod saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=0
>
> at this point if now switch to my XF86Config for the TV, I can get into 
> X, and MythFrontEnd..on the TV of course..
>
> which tells me...the module is not loading normally or at the right time 
> during the boot process...
>
> I suspect something with my modules conf...included below...
> should I re-arrange the order???
>
> ---------------------------------
> path[toplevel]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates
> # default path
> path[toplevel]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`
> alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
> alias usb-controller usb-ohci
> alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd
> alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
> #dsh alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio
> #dsh post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L 
> >/dev/null
>  2>&1 || :
> #dsh pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S 
> >/dev/null 2
>> &1 || :
> alias char-major-195 nvidia-1.0-4363
> alias eth0 nvnet
> alias usb-interface usb-ohci
> # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
> # --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.3 ---
> alias char-major-116 snd
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
> # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
> # ivtv modules setup
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> options ivtv dec_yuv_buffers=20
> options ivtv dec_yuv_buffers=20  # <-- Not needed anymore for my 350 
> w/ivtv 0.1.
> 9
> options saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=0
> options tuner type=2  # NTSC tuner
> options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
> add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 saa7127 tuner
> add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c

This is the line that should do the trick:

> add above ivtv ivtv-fb

But all I can say is that on my Gentoo 2.6.4 box it doesn't work either. I 
have to manally modprobe ivtv-fb at boot time, before X loads.

/ Niklas