[mythtv-users] Help: moving from composite to component - No X

Brad Fuller bradallenfuller at gmail.com
Sun Jan 4 22:42:36 UTC 2009


I'm trying to change xorg.conf so that I can use the component out of
the Apple TV. I
had composite, and it worked fine. Now I want to reconfigure but X
won't start and I get the xorg error:

(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

after I changed to:
#    Option         "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
   Option         "TVOutFormat: "COMPONENT

That's all I changed. When that didn't work, I changed the TVStandard out:

#    Option         "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
   Option         "TVStandard" "HD480i"


that didn't work either.

So, I thought maybe the modes were wrong, so I messed with them. Still
no change.

Here's what I have in the Screen section now:

Section "Screen"

   Identifier     "Default Screen"
   Device         "Configured Video Device"
   Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
   DefaultDepth    24
   Option         "DPI" "100x100"
   Option         "AddARGBVisuals" "1"
   Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "1"
   Option         "UseDisplayDevice" "TV"
   Option         "UseEDID" "False"
#    Option         "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
   Option         "TVOutFormat: "COMPONENT"
#    Option         "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
   Option         "TVStandard" "HD480i"
   Option         "TVOverScan" "0.80" #"0.65"
   Option         "NoLogo" "True"
   Option         "Coolbits" "1"
#    Option         "NvAGP" "1"
# atv-bootloader poster uses metamodes on a TV and comments out Modes line below
#    Option         "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
   SubSection     "Display"
       Depth       24
       Modes      "1920x1080" "1280x720" "1024x768" "720x480"
"800x600" "640x480"
#       Modes       "720x480"  #"nvidia-auto-select" "720x480"
   EndSubSection
EndSection


This is going to a standard TV.

Any ideas?

Oh.. the main display (TV) works and shows the penguin/atv logo at
bootup and text is fine going to component. It's just that X doesn't
start.

oh...on last output before the login there might be some relevant msgs
(that I can't quite make out because the text on the left is not
visible):

..nning vga_reset
can't get console font: no space left on device
... no usable theme found for 320x200
..init failed

That 3 msg is curious. Is Ubuntu (8.04, moved to Mythbuntu) trying to
start up on 320x200 resolution?

Thanks for your help!

--
Brad Fuller


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