[mythtv-users] various issues with setup

[Francis Peixoto]

this is the part of my xorg relevant to display.  I hope someone can
shed a light on this.

things have changed since my original post.  I've found out that my
music library will update if I'm su.  Same with mythGallery not
displaying.  I've since changed /etc/group to add mythtv user to more
relevant groups in hope of giving it the power it needs.

anything related to mythvideo will now crash with a core dumped error
message, wether it be the video manager or simple watch a video.

The DVD playback issue remains.

==============XORG.CONF BEGIN==============

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "NEC FE700"
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 AR [Radeon 9600 XT]"
	Driver      "ati"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
	Option	    "EnableMonitor" "auto"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Default Screen"
	Device     "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 AR [Radeon 9600 XT]"
	Monitor    "NEC FE700"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     1
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600"
"720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     4
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600"
"720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     8
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600"
"720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     15
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600"
"720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600"
"720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600"
"720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode         0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option	    "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

==============XORG.CONF END==============

On 11/10/06, malcolm torrent <malcolm.torrent at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have an ATI 9600 running via the sVideo out to a TV using the
> proprietary drivers on fc5. It doesn't crash when I boot with the
> monitor off. It does however mess up the desktop resolution.
> So I cant say this issue is completely resolved, but I think its
> something to do with xorg.conf setup but i need to look into it
> further. You might try posting your xorg.conf here.
> The only tips I can give is to make sure you are running with the card
> set to run in clone mode and to have the monitor on whilst you login.
> Oh yeah and of course ATI cards are not the best graphics card as they
> don't support Xvmc. so live encoding/decode may be an issue too. see
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/XvMC
>
> Mal
>
>
> From: "Francis Peixoto" <pokrmessiah at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] various issues with setup
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
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> I have a Radeon 9600XT connected to a CRT, and a TV via sVideo.  The
> Frontend/Backend is running MythTV 0.20 on Xubuntu Edgy.  I installed
> the ATI provided drivers, version 8.30.3.  Everything should be up to
> date, as I built the box about a week ago and did all the updates.
> Every media plays fine on the Xfce interface, so it doesn't seem to be
> a codec issue.
>
> <snip>
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