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Thank you all, for the feedback. I have looked into this further, and this is what I have found.<BR>
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There is nothing on the web anywhere that I could find that has a modeline that will work. It does not appear to be a mode problem anyway. When I read up on video cards and media converters that have composite TV-Out, the TV-Out will work with resolutions up to 1024x768. This implies that the image is down-converted to the appropriate resolution to work with NTSC prior to being output to the composite video connector. Add that to the information from the MythTV web site, and you need a new driver. Ergo, it would appear that the proper mode is not the issue.<BR>
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The ATI proprietary driver recommended on ATI's site is for Xorg Xserver 7.0. The testing release is at 7.1 (soon to be 7.2). So, unless you can back-rev your Xorg Xserver to 7.0, forget about the ATI driver.<BR>
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This leaves me with two choices - buy a new Pundit (the P2-P5945G looks nice, uses a new Intel graphics chipset, and includes a S/PDIF optical 7.1 audio output), or buy a video card. I have opted for the video card, because the new Pundit may only be $250 CAD, but it means I have to purchase another new CPU. Hmm. Maybe a Core 2 Quad would work nicely...<BR>
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BTW, I had the case off, so I installed the P4HT processor I got off eBay about 5 months ago, and presto whamo, SMP machine. (Some of you might be saying "so what?", but I was surprised, and its the only pleasant surprise I've had with this thing, so I'm celebrating.)<BR>
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The video card is not due to arrive until Monday, however, so once I have it up, running, and working, I will post yet another update.<BR>
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Until then, soyu-snacku!<BR>
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ICMan<BR>
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On Wed, 2007-18-07 at 04:14 +0100, Nick Morrott wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On 16/07/07, ICMan <<A HREF="mailto:icman@eol.ca">icman@eol.ca</A>> wrote:</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Hello All,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I have an ASUS Pundit system - it's a small footprint system with onboard</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> everything, including DVI, Composite, S-Video, and VGA output ports. This</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> device has an onboard video card using the ATI Radeon 9100 IGP(?) chipset.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I want to use the composite video output to connect to the television.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Myth is set up and works fine. I love it. I have updated it to the latest</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> (almost) verion via SVN. It works when the system is connected to my</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> monitor. I have connected it to several flat-panel LCD monitors using the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> VGA cable, and it works fabulous.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> The composite TV-Out port does not work.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">My first MythTV system was a Pundit-R built in 2004 and getting the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">TV-Out working proved near impossible. The ATI proprietary driver</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(fglrx) at the time (3.x series) had broken support for this card,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">which could be fixed by some manual hex editing. IIRC later drivers</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">eventually fixed this.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">The OSS radeon driver does not contain TV-Out support for the card,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">but you might find some success with the GATOS project</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(<A HREF="http://gatos.sourceforge.net/theater_out.php">http://gatos.sourceforge.net/theater_out.php</A>). I currently use the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Pundit as a slave backend/frontend with a LCD display which gets</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">around the TV-Out problem.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Call me a glutton for punishment, but my master backend/frontend also</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">uses a Radeon 9000 Pro card - however I made a homebrew VGA->RGB SCART</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">cable to get around the TV-Out problem and also provide a nicer</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">picture. I'm in the UK and appreciate SCART sockets are not common in</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">the US, but you can use this to provide a composite/S-Video signal</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">with modification. I only ever use the radeon driver which has XV</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">support (no XvMC but I don't need it as no HDTV).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">The rage3d.com site is a good place to keep track of the official ATI</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">driver releases (and see how broken they are) but after more than 2</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">1/2 years, TV-Out support on the Radeon 9100 still seems to require a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">lot of kung-fu.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I still have an xorg config from early 2005 with working TV-Out - I</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">did not use a modeline (used a res of 800x600) and the Device section</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">options at the time was:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Section "Device"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Driver "fglrx"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># ### generic DRI settings ###</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># === disable PnP Monitor ===</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "NoDDC"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># === disable/enable XAA/DRI ===</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "no_accel" "no"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "no_dri" "no"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># === misc DRI settings ===</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "mtrr" "off" # disable DRI mtrr</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">mapper, driver has its own code for mtrr</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" # added from myth-users list</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># ### FireGL DDX driver module specific settings ###</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># === Screen Management ===</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "DesktopSetup" "0x00000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># Option "MonitorLayout" "STV, NONE"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "MonitorLayout" "NONE, STV"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "IgnoreEDID" "off"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "HSync2" ""</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "VRefresh2" ""</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "ScreenOverlap" "0"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># === TV-out Management ===</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "NoTV" "no"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "TVStandard" "PAL-I"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "TVHSizeAdj" "-26"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "TVVSizeAdj" "0"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "TVHPosAdj" "22"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "TVVPosAdj" "0"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "TVHStartAdj" "-6"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "TVColorAdj" "0"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "GammaCorrectionI" "0x00000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "GammaCorrectionII" "0x00000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># === OpenGL specific profiles/settings ===</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "Capabilities" "0x00000800"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "VideoOverlay" "on"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># === OpenGL Overlay ===</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># will be disabled automatically</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># === Center Mode (Laptops only) ===</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "CenterMode" "off"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># === Pseudo Color Visuals (8-bit visuals) ===</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># === QBS Management ===</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "Stereo" "off"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "StereoSyncEnable" "1"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># === FSAA Management ===</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAEnable" "no"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAScale" "1"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAADisableGamma" "no"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAACustomizeMSPos" "no"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAMSPosX0" "0.000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAMSPosY0" "0.000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAMSPosX1" "0.000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAMSPosY1" "0.000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAMSPosX2" "0.000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAMSPosY2" "0.000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAMSPosX3" "0.000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAMSPosY3" "0.000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAMSPosX4" "0.000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAMSPosY4" "0.000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAMSPosX5" "0.000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "FSAAMSPosY5" "0.000000"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># === Misc Options ===</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "UseFastTLS" "0"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "yes"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Option "ForceGenericCPU" "no"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"># BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # no device found at config time</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Screen 0</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">EndSection</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">No idea at all what the current driver looks like or expects, but I</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">doubt you need to specify a particular modeline if you use a 'regular'</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">resolution and specify the correct TV standard and monitor layout.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Good luck!</FONT>
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