[mythtv-users] Please help me get X running again on PVR350 tvout

[John Harvey]

That was me, you are correct the ivtvdev driver does not support overscan. I
will get something working but it will be a while yet I'm afraid due to
other work etc. 

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Prash
> Sent: 31 October 2004 22:24
> To: Evan Burrows; Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Please help me get X running again on PVR350
> tvout
> 
> I take it you are using ivtvdev driver. AFAIK it does not support
> overscan etc .. someone was doing work on that and I'm not sure of the
> status. Dont fiddle with the modeline in xorg.conf.  I hope you are
> using correct modelines (Ntsc or PAL)
> 
> 
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:39:53 -0500, Evan Burrows <eburrows at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Tony thanks for the advise, I will keep that in mind for next time.  I
> > will make a not to copy down my myth box's ip so i don't have to drag
> > out a monitor next time i mess up.
> >
> > Sorry for not giving all the information needed.  I followed Jarods
> > guide and am running fc2.  I connected a monitor to my comp and
> > eventually was able to get back into my xorg.conf file.  I changed it
> > back to the original file (provided by Jarods guide) and was able to
> > boot my box back up and have it work again.
> >
> > This still brings me back to the question of how do I alter my
> > xorg.conf file to reflect a higher resoltion.  In the xorg.conf file
> > that Jarod provides first changed the resolution near the end of the
> > file from "720:480" to "800:600" but this didn't do anything.  Then i
> > realized that further up in the file the resolution was stated again
> > with a sequence of numbers after it that I don't know how to alter..
> > Sorry that this is such a vague explanation, I am not at my myth box
> > right now.
> >
> > Any help on setting a higher res so i can see my whole desktop on my
> > tv would be appreciated.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:24:29 -0500, Tony Rein <trein at one.net> wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 14:24, Evan Burrows wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > I just messed up my xorg.conf file.  I just used one of the previous
> > > > posts to set the size the myth ui outputs.  My desktop was running
> at
> > > > 640x480 which is really annoying, so I went into displays and bumped
> > > > it up to 800x600 to test and rebooted the machine.  Now I go to my
> > > > svideo channel and the screen is all black so I am guessing that
> > > > changing the resolution somehow messed up my xorg.conf file.  Now
> that
> > > > my computer is connected to my tv how do i fix this? is there a way
> I
> > > > can boot to command line and view it on my tv?  Booting up does not
> > > > show anything on my tv screen.
> > > >
> > > > Please help!
> > > > -Evan
> > >
> > > Evan,
> > >
> > > The easiest way to do this would be to log in to your Mythtv machine
> > > remotely from another machine on your local network. I assume your
> > > Mythtv box is on a network of some sort, so that it can update its
> > > program guide information. Is there another machine on that network
> that
> > > you can use?
> > >
> > > You don't say which distribution you're using, but if you followed
> > > Jarod's guide and installed Fedora, then your Mythtv box is probably
> > > running an "ssh" server.  If so, then all you need is another computer
> > > on that network with an ssh client installed.
> > >
> > > If the other computer is running Linux, then the ssh client is called
> > > "ssh" and is probably already part of your default distribution. If
> > > you're still running Windows (you'll switch to Linux soon, don't
> worry)
> > > then the easiest ssh client to use is called "Putty." Search in the
> > > usual public Windows software repositories and you'll find it.
> > >
> > > Logging in via ssh will get you to a console, just as if you'd logged
> in
> > > on the Mythtv box itself without X.
> > >
> > > Good luck.
> > > Tony
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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