[mythtv-users] Symbol VBEGetDisplayStart from module /usr/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o is unresolved!

Randall Rauwendaal randall at rauwendaal.net
Thu Jul 20 00:00:40 UTC 2006


Leigh wrote:
> Randall Rauwendaal wrote:
>
>> Leigh wrote:
>>
>>> Randall Rauwendaal wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm trying to get TV out working on PVR-350, but whenever I start X 
>>>> I get
>>>>
>>>> (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
>>>> (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
>>>> (II) Loading /usr/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
>>>> (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>>>>        compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 0.0.2
>>>>        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
>>>> Symbol VBEGetDisplayStart from module 
>>>> /usr/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o is unresolved!
>>>>
>>>>   *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not
>>>>   *** be the reason for the server aborting.
>>>>  
>>>>
>>> The i810_drv.o line refers (I think..) to the/an intel graphics 
>>> chipset, fairly common for onboard solutions if my memorys not 
>>> playing tricks on me.
>>> Does/did you X work OK before you started trying to get the TV out 
>>> working on the 350 ?
>>> Have you got all the relevant IVTV stuff installed, I normally just 
>>> follow Jarod's excellent how-to (http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/) for 
>>> FC4/Mythtv , it has a good section relating to use of the 350.
>>>
>> Yes, ivtv and mythtv were working fine, I'm just trying to get the tv 
>> output working with ivtv-fb right now.
>>
>>
>>
> Have you got a line like " vga=791"  on the end of the kernel line in 
> grub (or whatever boot loader you are using),.
> It may be pure coincidence but when I was messing around with mine a 
> few weeks ago I happened to boot without that line and couldn't get TV 
> output (mind you, I was having numerous problems at the time so it 
> could be a red herring)
> Do you see the output from on the TV during boot up, and just lose it 
> when X starts?
>
>
I don't have any framebuffer options in grub.  When my computer starts 
up the TV screen stays completely blank, but it does flash a green for 
an instant when the ivtv-fb module loads.  However, it seems unlikely 
that my grub.conf will affect the the error I get when I run startx.


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