[mythtv-users] blue screen issue

matt lutz myth.matt.lutz at gmail.com
Wed Apr 18 18:40:12 UTC 2007


On 4/18/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
> On 04/18/2007 12:42 PM, matt lutz wrote:
> >  On 4/18/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 04/18/2007 08:21 AM, matt lutz wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'm trying to use an old laptop with a busted LCD screen as a
> > >> front-end only device.  It's a p4 (2Ghz).  I loaded FC6 onto it
> > >> and most things seem to work okay.  Unfortunately when trying to
> > >> watch live tv or recorded programs, all I see is a blue screen.
> > >> All of the menus & preview video is fine.
> > >
> > > Your video drivers only support Xv output on the first display (as
> > > do pretty much all of them--ATI, NVIDIA, ...).  Therefore, the
> > > /right/ answer is to tell X /not/ to use the LCD (which becomes the
> > > first display).  Set up X to ignore the LCD and use /only/ the
> > > monitor.  This means, a default X configuration won't work.
> >
> >  Thanks for the input.  I thought it might have something to do with
> >  that, but my xorg.conf only references a single screen.  Here it is:
> >
>
> ...
>
> >  Is there anything you can see that I would need?  Understand that I
> >  physically ripped the LCD off of the laptop, so it may not be
> >  registering as a valid output.
>
> Basically, it comes down to your integrated "video card" and the ATI
> drivers knowing that the laptop has an output for the LCD and one for
> the VGA.
>
> Things to try, disable the dual-output in the BIOS and ensure only the
> VGA output is enabled (disable the LCD and TV-out and any other
> output).  Then, if that doesn't work, you'll have to dig through the ATI
> driver documentation.  If you're not using the VGA output (and are using
> a TV-out output), things will definitely be more difficult.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't use the ATI Linux drivers, so I won't be any help
> with them.
>
> Mike
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Got it, thanks.  I'll see what I can figure out.

Matt
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