[mythtv-users] BadMatch X Error in TV TwinView

Chris Strom mythtv at eeeCooks.com
Tue Sep 14 22:06:16 EDT 2004


I don't know if this is a cause for concern, but this has been an issue for a 
while.

I've got a twinview setup using the latest NVidia drivers.  When playing a 
recording, the following is output by mythfrontend:

2004-09-14 21:36:28 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2004-09-14 21:36:28 Audio fragment size: 4096
2004-09-14 21:36:28 Using XV port 187
X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
  Major opcode:  143
  Minor opcode:  14
  Resource id:  0x4a
Couldn't get the color key color, and we need it.
You likely won't get any video.
2004-09-14 21:36:29 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2004-09-14 21:36:30 Using realtime priority.

Playback seems unaffected (I do get video). I don't get any errors when I run 
this in my CRT.  I'm using XFree86 from debian unstable.  Here are the 
relevant sections from XF86Config-4:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "layout3"
        Screen         0 "Screen1"
        Screen         1 "Screen2" RightOf "Screen1"
        InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice     "Generic Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier  "Screen1"
        Device      "nvidia1"
        Monitor     "Samsung SyncMaster 753df"
        DefaultDepth 24
        Subsection "Display"
                 Depth       24
                 Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier  "Screen2"
        Device      "nvidia2"
        Monitor     "Monitor2"
        DefaultDepth 16 
        Subsection "Display"
                    Depth       16
                    Modes       "226x170" 
        EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Samsung SyncMaster 753df"
        HorizSync       30-70
        VertRefresh     50-160
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Monitor2"
        HorizSync       30-50
        VertRefresh     60
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "nvidia1"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        BusID  "PCI:1:0:0"
        Option "DPMS"
        Option "IgnoreEDID"               "1"
        Option "UseEdidFreqs"             "0"
        Option "HWCursor"                 "1"
        Option "NvAGP"                    "2"
        Option "ConnectedMonitor"       "CRT"
        Screen 0 
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "nvidia2"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        BusID  "PCI:1:0:0"
        Option "DPMS"
        Option "IgnoreEDID"               "1"
        Option "UseEdidFreqs"             "0"
        Option "HWCursor"                 "1"
        Option "NvAGP"                    "2"
        Option "TVOutFormat"            "COMPOSITE"
        Option "TVStandard"             "NTSC-M"
        #Option "TVOverScan"             "0.8"
        Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
        Screen 1
EndSection


Thanks for any insight.

-Chris


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