RE: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 + ivtv-fb == messed up

[Druid]

Didde wrote:  

>Hey all! Ok, here's the scoop. I'm trying to use the TV-out on my
Hauppauge PVR-350 but I've hit a rock wall. MythTV and 
>ivtv works like a charm while using my GPU's VGA-out and I can also set
MythTV to use the cards TV-out (/dev/video16) but 
>of course, only the actual picture is shown on the TV while the OSD
remains on the monitor.

>Whenever I "modprobe ivtv-db" all seems fine in the logs. Basically
ivtv-fb reports that it's using /dev/fb1 for card #0. >Now, the problem
is that this mangles the picture on the card's TV-out! Totally! Thin
white and green/red-ish horizontal 
>lines cover the TV and they seem static – nothing I do even produces a
visual response. It's as if I'm watching a DVD and >hit pause (that'd be
one ugly ass DVD though). 

Do you mean something like
http://www.fastdruid.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc/DSC00488.JPG (excuse the
crap picture it's hard to get a decent one of a tv ;-)  )

That is the image I get when I modprobe ivtv-fb on a cold boot.

This is I believe static/crap in the memory of the framebuffer[1], it
will go as soon as X starts (or you use the framebuffer)

If you use the ivtvfbctl command you can change the global/local alpha
settings so that the image doesn't show.

HTH

Druid

[1] When you reboot the image will be of the last thing shown on the
screen until shutdown.