[mythtv-users] i810 Blue Square of Death?

[Bill Omer]

On 3/18/07, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
> I have a mini-PC with an integrated i810 video chipset.  No expansion
> slots, so no way to throw in an nVidia card.
>
> When I try to watch Live TV or any HD recording, I get the Blue Square
> of Death - that blue field you get when X tries to access the hardware
> directly and fails.
>
> At that point, mythfrontend is using 0% CPU, so I am assuming it's some
> sort of hardware conflict.
>
> Has anyone seen this at all?
>
> I am running Debian Etch, 2.6.18 kernel, with self-built 0.20-fixes.  I
> am using the i810XvMC library that comes with X 7.1.
>
> I don't really expect to get usable HD out of it, but it would be nice
> to at least get some usable SD live TV.  (This is a kitchen computer, so
> news and stuff would be nice.)
>
> Anyone have any luck with an i810 chipset?
>
> --Yan


Give this a shot:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Installing_MythTV_on_an_Intel_Mac_Mini_using_Ubuntu#Viewing_HD_Material