[mythtv-users] Doh! (solved) Re: video: multiple images inside frame
znoteer at hailmail.net
znoteer at hailmail.net
Thu Sep 10 06:01:43 UTC 2009
On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:06 -0700, znoteer at hailmail.net wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:56 -0400, "Michael T. Dean"
> <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> > On 09/09/2009 03:46 PM, znoteer wrote:
> > > On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:55 -0400, "James Crow" wrote:
> > >
> > >> znoteer wrote:
> > >>
> >
> > If you're using the on-board ProSavage VGA, that may also be the problem.
> >
> > Most likely it's video driver problems. Can you test with a different
> > video card?
>
> I did try it again with a
> different agp card (ati this time) and an
> ati pci card. The box didn't lock up, but
> mythfrontend crashed after a couple of
> minutes of bogging down the box (sluggish
> jerky mouse, waiting for ages for a kbd
> key press to do anything.
Never change two variables at once. Well
I didn't think it would be a variable, but
I enabled the via southbridge v-link when I
was in the bios to switch from on board to
addon video card. Realized my error when
I switched back to the onboard adapter and
it didn't work anymore.
>
> Would my problems with the savage driver be
> a bug that I should report or is driving a
> signal from the ivtv card simply outside the
> capacities of the savage h/w?
I still wonder if any more technically inclined
people think the video problem with the S3
ProSavage adapter should be reported.
Thanks for catching this for me.
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