Antw: RE: [mythtv-users] X on tv-out pvr-350 Mandrake9.2

MythTV-at-C4L davidc-mythtv at connect4less.com
Thu Apr 1 11:28:55 EST 2004


Here's the relevent portions of my XF86Config-4 on my Mandrake 9.2 box:

...
Section "ServerFlags"
    AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse
doesn't work
    #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
    #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
    Option "NoPM" "true"
    Option "BlankTime" "0"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
    Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
    Load "extmod"
    Load "type1"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx" # 3D layer
    Load "fbdevhw"
    Load "record"
EndSection
...

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "TV"
    HorizSync  30-50
    VertRefresh 60
    Mode "720x480"
        DotClock 34.564
        HTimings 720 752 840 928
        VTimings 480 484 488 504
        Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"
    EndMode
EndSection
...
Section "Device"
    Identifier  "FX5200"
    VendorName  "NVidia"
    BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    Option      "NvAGP" "3"
    Option      "Overlay" "1"
    Option      "TVOverScan" "0.6"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen      0
    #Screen     1
EndSection
...
Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "NV TV Screen"
    Device      "FX5200"
    Monitor     "TV"
    DefaultDepth 24
    DefaultFbbpp 32
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
        FbBpp 32
        Modes "720x480"
    EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout1"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    #Screen 0 "screen0"
    #Screen 1 "NV TV Screen" RightOf "screen0"
    #Screen 1 "TV Screen" RightOf "screen0"
    Screen 0 "NV TV Screen"
EndSection

On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 23:08, Rico Kind wrote:
> Thanks for your suggestion Brian. But I don't even have X output on my TV when I boot. It is not just mythtv. Somehow the XF86Config-4
> srcipt is not running properly. I would expect that there should be
> a fbdev module running on my system, but there is none. modprobe fbdev says there is no such module. Do you know how to get this module up?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rico
> 
> 
> > 
> > Van: "Brian Rumple" <brumple at VALUBOND.COM>
> > Aan: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > Datum: do 1 apr 04, 1:07
> > Onderwerp: RE: [mythtv-users] X on tv-out pvr-350 Mandrake9.2
> > 
> > I think that doing mythfrontend -display :0.1 would work.  You need to
> > tell it to use the screen that is set up for TV.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Rico Kind
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:48 PM
> > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] X on tv-out pvr-350 Mandrake9.2
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I've been trying for days to get X working over my tv-out. I have no
> > idea
> > anymore what might be the problem. Hopefully there is some smart guy out
> > there who can help me out. The problem is that when I (re)boot, there is
> > no
> > X
> > on the tv, just on the pc monitor.  When i play LiveTV the pictures
> > appear
> > on
> > the tv and the pc blanks. When i press esc, the mythtv menu re-appears
> > on
> > the
> > pc. Then, when I press ctrl-alt-Backspace there is some X output on both
> > the
> > tv and the pc, but then the system hangs. My desire is to boot the pc
> > and to
> > have X and LiveTV output on the tv. If there is also on the pc, that
> > would
> > be
> > nice to have.
> > 
> > Maybe the problem has to do with fbdev. I can't find any fbdev.o on my
> > system. Also modprobe fbdev or modinfo fbdev has no result.
> > Is it required? I downloaded XFree86_FBDev-3.3.6-29mdk but that didn't
> > help.
> > 
> > I have the following setup:
> > Compaq pressario 5831
> > Mandrake 9.2
> > Hauppauge pvr-350
> > 
> > XF86Config-4:
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----
> > ------------------
> > # File generated by XFdrake.
> > 
> > # ***********************************************************
> > ***********
> > # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the form
> > at of
> > # this file.
> > # ***********************************************************
> > ***********
> > 
> > Section "Files"
> >     # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concate
> > nated together)
> >     # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font serve
> > r independent of
> >     # the X server to render fonts.
> >     FontPath "unix/:-1"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "ServerFlags"
> >     AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even i
> > f the mouse doesn't work
> >     #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution
> > switching)
> >     #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Module"
> >     Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
> >     Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
> >     Load "extmod"
> >     Load "type1"
> >     Load "freetype"
> >     Load "glx" # 3D layer
> >     Load "dri" # direct rendering
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "DRI"
> >     Mode 0666
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >     Identifier "Keyboard1"
> >     Driver "Keyboard"
> >     Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> >     Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
> >     Option "XkbOptions" ""
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >     Identifier "Mouse1"
> >     Driver "mouse"
> >     Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> >     Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> >     Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Monitor"
> >     Identifier "monitor1"
> >     VendorName "Generic"
> >     ModelName "1280x1024 @ 76 Hz"
> >     HorizSync 31.5-82
> >     VertRefresh 50-90
> > 
> >     # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
> >     # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
> >     ModeLine "1024x480"    65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344   480  488  494
> > 563
> > -hsync -vsync
> > 
> >     # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
> >     # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
> >     ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595
> > 630
> > 
> >     # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
> >     ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590
> > 616
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Device"
> >     Identifier "device1"
> >     VendorName "3Dfx Interactive, Inc."
> >     BoardName "Voodoo3 (generic)"
> >     Driver "tdfx"
> >     Option "DPMS"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Screen"
> >     Identifier "screen1"
> >     Device "device1"    Monitor "monitor1"
> >     DefaultColorDepth 16
> > 
> >     Subsection "Display"
> >         Depth 8
> >         Virtual 1152 864
> >     EndSubsection
> > 
> >     Subsection "Display"
> >         Depth 15
> >         Virtual 1152 864
> >     EndSubsection
> > 
> >     Subsection "Display"
> >         Depth 16
> >         Virtual 1152 864
> >     EndSubsection
> > 
> >     Subsection "Display"
> >         Depth 24
> >         Virtual 1152 864
> >     EndSubsection
> > EndSection
> > 
> > #
> > # NOTE: The monitor section is obtainable by running:
> > # fbset -fb /dev/fb1 -x
> > # (or /dev/fbX for whatever framebuffer ivtv-fb is on)
> > #
> > Section "Monitor"
> >         Identifier  "PAL TV"
> >         HorizSync  30-68
> >         VertRefresh 50-120
> >         Mode "720x576"
> >          # D: 41.475 MHz, H: 44.693 kHz, V: 74.488 Hz
> >           DotClock 41.476
> >           HTimings 720 752 840 928
> >           VTimings 576 580 584 600
> >           Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"
> >         EndMode
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Device"
> >     Identifier  "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer"
> >     Driver      "fbdev"
> >     Option      "fbdev" "/dev/fb0"      # <-- modify if using another
> > device
> >     BusID "0:0x03:0"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Screen"
> >   Identifier  "TV Screen"
> >   Device      "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer"
> >   Monitor     "PAL TV"
> >   DefaultDepth 24
> >   DefaultFbbpp 32
> >   Subsection "Display"
> >     Depth 24
> >     FbBpp 32
> >     Modes "720x576"
> >   EndSubsection
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> >     Identifier "layout1"
> >     InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
> >     InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
> >     Screen 0 "Screen 1"                      # << (your computer
> > monitor)
> >     Screen 1 "TV Screen" RightOf "Screen 1"  # << (TV screen)
> > EndSection
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----
> > ------------------
> > 
> > modules.conf
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----
> > ------------------
> > alias eth0 8139too
> > alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
> > probeall usb-interface usb-uhci
> > 
> > #Video setup
> > alias char-major-81 videodev
> > alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> > alias char-major-81-1 bttv
> > alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
> > alias /dev/v4l ivtv
> > options ivtv ivtv_pal=1 tuner=28
> > options saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=0 pal=1
> > options tuner type=28 pal=1
> > options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
> > add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 saa7127 tuner
> > add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c ivtv-fb
> > post-install ivtv /usr/local/bin/test_ioctl -d /dev/video0 -0 0xff
> > 
> > #Sound setup
> > alias char-major-116 snd
> > alias snd-card-0 snd-ens1371
> > alias char-major-14 soundcore
> > alias sound-slot-0 es1371
> > #card #1
> > alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
> > above snd-ens1371 snd-pcm-oss
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----
> > ------------------
> > 
> > Any clue will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Rico
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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