[mythtv-users] xorg.conf for Epia SP13000

[Warren]

Sean Covel wrote:
> Warren, R.G.,
>
> Thank you both for responding.  I tried Warren's xorg.conf and got the 
> same results as before.  I'm beginning to wonder if I have a problem 
> with my TV.  Let me explain:
>
> When the machine first boots I do see a picture.  I'm running EpiOS.  I 
> see the bios boot, then the frame buffer kicks in and I get a pretty 
> screen while the system boots.  At this point I'm sitting at a login 
> screen.  I login and then do startx.  At this point the screen goes 
> black (actually a little gray) and then flashes and goes black (almost 
> like the TV is off).
>
> I looked at my Xorg.0.log and it seems like everything came up fine.
>
> Here are the only odd lines:
>
> sp13000 ~ # grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> Current Operating System: Linux sp13000 2.6.15-epios-r100 #1 SMP PREEMPT 
> Fri Jan 27 00:25:59 CET 2006 i686
>          (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
> (EE) VIA(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed.  Disabling DRI.
> sp13000 ~ # grep WW /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>          (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (WW) via: More than one matching Device section for instances
> (WW) VIA(0): Manufacturer plainly copied main PCI ids to Subsystem/Card ids.
> (WW) VIA(0): VT162x: Unknown cable combination: 0x0 5.
> (WW) VIA(0): [XvMC] Cannot use XvMC without DRI!
> sp13000 ~ # grep NI /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>          (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> sp13000 ~ # grep ?? /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>          (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> sp13000 ~ #
>
> Now, about the TV.  It only has composite inputs.  I'm going to be 
> getting a new TV soon.  I wanted to get this setup for S-Video so I'd be 
> ready when I got the new TV so I went to RadioShack and bought a 
> Composite to S-Video converter.  It is supposed to work.  Could it be 
> causing my problem?
>
> Sean
>   
That's certainly easy enough to test - just change the TVOutput option
to CVBS.  There are other potential problems.  Some Via motherboard only
work properly with the BIOS settings enabled.  I can't get my machines
stable with EpiOS at all (are you listening here Sascha?!?) but that
probably has to do with the crappy IRQ scheme that the chinese mfg used...

OK, back to the topic at hand:
 I'm pasting in an xorg.conf that work with motherboards that only work
with the BIOS settings.  Try this one and see what happens.  If this
doesn't work I have yet another one for VBE, but that is a last-ditch
effort and has some severe limitations.

Enjoy!
Warren

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier    "Default Layout"
        Screen        "Screen0"
        InputDevice   "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice   "LIRC-Mouse" "SendCoreEvents"
        InputDevice   "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option     "DontVTSwitch"
        Option     "AllowMouseOpenFail"
EndSection


Section "Files"
  RgbPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
  ModulePath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
  FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load          "glx"
  Load          "record"
  SubSection    "extmod"
    Option      "omit xfree86-dga"
  EndSubSection
  Load          "dbe"
  Load          "xtrap"
  Load          "freetype"
  Load          "type1"
  Load          "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier    "Keyboard0"
  Driver        "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
        Option "Device"      "/dev/input/mice"
        Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option "Buttons"     "5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "LIRC-Mouse"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/lircm"
        Option      "Protocol" "IntelliMouse"
        Option      "SendCoreEvents"
        Option      "Buttons" "5"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier    "Monitor0"
  VendorName    "Monitor Vendor"
  ModelName     "Monitor Model"
  HorizSync     20 - 90
  VertRefresh   50.0 - 75.0
  ModeLine      "720x480" 26.7  720 736 808 896  480 481 484 497
  Modeline      "720x480Over" 21.0  720 728 760 800  480 480 483 525 
-HSYNC +VSYNC
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier    "Via Unichrome CN400"
  Driver        "via"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
  Mode          0666
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier    "Screen0"
  Device        "Via Unichrome CN400"
  Monitor       "Monitor0"
  DefaultDepth  16
  Subsection    "Display"
    Depth       16
    Modes       "720x480"
    #Modes       "720x480Over"
  EndSubSection
EndSection