[mythtv-users] starting X on tv-out from Hauppauge pvr-350

Matt Price matt.price at utoronto.ca
Sat Dec 31 20:58:06 EST 2005



On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 01:21:28PM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
>  I need to set up an
> xserver on the tv.  I feel like I'm getting close, having conquered
> several problems already, but I'ver run up against something I've
> never understood, related to the framebuffer. 
> 
> I have the following in xorg.conf:
> 
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Hauppauge PVR350"
> Driver "ivtvdev"
> Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb1"
> # Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb0"
> BusID "0:13:0" # this is the PCI ID you got earlier.
> EndSection
> 
> 
> 
> the problems with xorg seem to relate to this line.  Everythign works fine --
> drivers load etc -- until this point:
> 
> 
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
> (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>         compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
>         Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
>         ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
> (II) IVTVDEV_TST: driver for framebuffer: PVR-350
> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
> (--) Chipset PVR-350 found
> (EE) open /dev/fb1: No such file or directory
> (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
> (II) UnloadModule: "ivtvdev"
> (EE) Device(s) detected, but none match those in the config file.
> 
problem ws that ivtv wasn't being loaded, so the fb1 device was not
created.  dded ivtv-fb  to /etc/modules, and everything works
smoothly!  now on to audio (see next thread)...

matt

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Matt Price	    matt.price at utoronto.ca
History Department, University of Toronto
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