[mythtv-users] problem: visible slanting lines on tv screen
(PAL PVR350) with new ivtv X11 driver
Scot L. Harris
webid at cfl.rr.com
Fri Mar 25 13:37:01 UTC 2005
On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 05:50, Teus Hagen wrote:
> Running PVR350 with ivtv 2.6.10-1.770_FC3 kernel driver and it shows now
> visible slanting horizontal lines across the PAL TV screen.
> It runs with X11 with option fbdev /dev/fb1 driver: ivtvdev
>
> I not sure what caused this to happen with the newer ivtv kernel driver
> and what
> I have to change e.g. on my /etc/xorg.conf setup. This is what it is now:
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "PAL Monitor" # PAL
> DisplaySize 720 574 # PAL DDC should set these
> HorizSync 30-70 # PAL
> VertRefresh 50-87 # PAL
> Mode "720x576" # PAL
> DotClock 42.6 # PAL
> HTimings 720 760 832 944 # PAL
> VTimings 576 577 580 602 # PAL
> Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
> EndMode
> EndSection
>
> Any idea what to change to get these line invisible on the TV screen?
>
> Probably this question needs to be directed to the ivtv emaillist.
>
> Thanks
> teus
I missed this when I set my system up a while back. It is in an
expanded section of Jarod's guide.
ivtvfbctl /dev/fb1 -alpha -on -globalalpha -nolocalalpha
No real explanation on what this really does or why it works but it
cleared the lines that were overlaying the image on the TV.
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Scot L. Harris
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