[mythtv-users] Unable to Initialize Video - ATI X800
scott at tbwifi.ca
scott at tbwifi.ca
Thu Dec 13 15:49:36 UTC 2007
>> Nick Morrott wrote:
>>> On 13/12/2007, Scott Souter <scott at tbwifi.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> [scott at localhost database]$ mythfrontend
>>>> 2007-12-12 22:57:30.662 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
>>>> 2007-12-12 22:57:30.662 AudioOutput Error: WARNING: something is
>>>> currently
>>>> using: /dev/dsp, retrying.
>>>> 2007-12-12 22:57:30.662 NVP: Disabling Audio, reason is: WARNING:
>>>> something is
>>>> currently using: /dev/dsp, retrying.
>>>
>>>> 2007-12-12 22:57:30.664 VideoOutput, Error: Not compiled with any
>>>> useable
>>>> video output method.
>>>> 2007-12-12 22:57:30.664 Unable to initialize video.
>>>> 2007-12-12 22:57:49.726 TV Error: StartPlayer(): NVP is not playing
>>>> after
>>>> 20000 msec
>>>> 2007-12-12 23:05:41.126 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
>>>
>>> As your logs are telling you, you appear to have neither i)
>>> accelerated Xv video support installed for your video driver nor ii)
>>> Xv support compiled into your installation of MythTV. Fix this, and
>>> you should be sorted. Not sure if the open source radeon driver
>>> supports your card.
>>>
>>> The fglrx driver should provide Xv support though, so check to make
>>> sure it is installed correctly@
>>>
>>> # xvinfo
>>>
>>> You also appear to have a problem with your audio device, but get the
>>> video output problem fixed first.
>>>
>> You may do better on the audio side if you set you system up as ALSA
>> rather than
>> OSS. My setup is Mandriva 2007.1 and I have a lower spec ATI PCIe card
>> (RV370),
>> but my system works with ALSA. Also, I'm using the 'ati' driver version
>> 6.6.3.
>> Looking at my Xorg.0.log, it seems this driver might handle your card as
>> well. I
>> tried the fglrx driver and got nowhere with it.
>>
> I am fairly sure that I have the fglrx driver installed okay. I am
> attaching a copy of the pertinent section of my xorg.conf for review. I
> am also curious what I need to enable in the configure step. By looking
> at ./configure –help it would appear that most options are there to be
> disabled only. There are only a few that are related to video that I can
> enable. Can someone suggest what I should compile with? Also I am aware
> that Alsa is the best option for audio on my box. Can someone suggest how
> to get that set up properly for Myth? Is it done at the configure phase
> as well? mythtv-setup? fronend setup?
>
> Thx
> Scott
>
> --disable-x11 disable X11 support
> --x11-path=X11LOC location of X11 include files
> [/usr/X11R6/include-path]
> --disable-xrandr disable X11 resolution switching
> --disable-xv disable XVideo (X11 video output accel.)
> --disable-xvmc disable XvMC (Linux/BSD MPEG accel.)
> --disable-xvmcw disable XvMC Wrapper, use --xvmc-lib if
> autodetection fails
> --enable-xvmc-pro enable XvMC for the unichrome pro (NOT unichrome)
> chipset
> --enable-xvmc-opengl enable nVidia XvMC OpenGL texture method
> --xvmc-lib=LIB XvMC library override (for crosscompiling)
> --enable-opengl-video enable opengl based video display
> --enable-mac-accel enable Mac OS X MPEG acceleration
> --enable-opengl-vsync enable OpenGL vsync method
> --disable-directfb disable DirectFB (Linux non-X11 video)
> --enable-directx enable DirectX (Microsoft video)
>
Sorry here is a portion of my xorg.conf
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
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