[mythtv] Matrox G200 TV out works! HOWTO!

[Nathan Langley]

The mythtv docs are very well done and should be able to assist you
through a mandrake setup or a RedHat 8 setup.  For ease of mythtv
install there are installation packages for debian which might be good
for you.

I would suggest you fool around with Linux for some time before tackling
mythtv.  Your gonna need to know some things about Linux first.


On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 16:48, John wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Well, I've just ordered myself a G200 (16mb AGP) and am ready to take the
> MythTV plunge!  It will be a dedicated MythTV system.  I have read the G200
> How-To (several times) and the additions to it.  Here's the problem...
> 
> I'm a very experienced s/w developer, but it's all in Windows (and DOS
> device drivers if that counts for anything ;-).  I have a boxed copy of SuSE
> 8.0 Personal here next to me and a PIII-800, 512mb RAM, 80gb ready to use.
> The problem is that I don't know what the best version of Linux is for my
> G200 setup?  Isaac uses Debian Unstable, Ray (below) has a RH 8 RPM but
> that's just the kernels (not sure how close that gets me?), and other
> threads say Gentoo is fastest.  Ideally, I'd download an ISO image, burn it,
> and install the new system from that, but I know that's asking waaaay to
> much.  So, what's the simplest way to get this new system up-and-running?
> I've only installed Linux twice and both times from "pre-packaged" installs.
> HD formats and cmd lines don't scare me.  Docs that "assume" a lot do. ;-)
> 
> If I downloaded the Debian image Isaac points us to and installed it, it
> wouldn't have the support for the G200 built-in right?  Is it an easy add
> then or do you almost start over to add that?
> 
> I'm willing to learn and contribute code (lots of C++ experience).  Would I
> be best off going for the CVS setup?
> 
> Thanks VERY much!
> John
> 
> P.S. One other note... Apparently h/w MJPEG support for the G200 was added
> after .7 so does this mean CVS is the way to go?  Or, should I do .7 and
> when .8 comes out in the next few weeks (any guesses here?), I'll just see a
> big improvement?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernard Johnson" <bjohnson+sender+e33745@symetrix.com>
> To: <mythtv-dev@snowman.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 8:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv] Matrox G200 TV out works! HOWTO!
> 
> 
> > Actually, I got it working today....  I had *thought* my matroxfb_maven
> > driver was being loaded, but it wasn't (something funky in my
> modules.conf).
> > If I load that by hand, then the instructions work as advertised.
> >
> > Thanks for all the help.
> >
> > Is anyone interested in the kernels that I've built for this in rpm format
> > for redhat 8 (based on the redhat 2.4.18-18.8.0 kernel)???  It sure makes
> > for an easy install :)  It should give fb support to any G200/G400.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ray" <maillists@sonictech.net>
> > To: <mythtv-dev@snowman.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 7:20 AM
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv] Matrox G200 TV out works! HOWTO!
> >
> >
> > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 04:00:54AM -0700, Bernard Johnson wrote:
> > > > I have a Matrox Marvel G400-TV (from what I read, it should work the
> > same as
> > > > what you are performing below).  However, when I execute the two
> > matroxset
> > > > commands, I get:
> > > >
> > > > root@localhost# matroxset -f /dev/fb0 -m 3
> > > > ioctl failed: Invalid argument
> > > > root@localhost# matroxset -f /dev/fb0 -o 1 2
> > > > ioctl failed: Invalid argument
> > > >
> > > > "matroxset -f /dev/fb0 -m 1", however, works fine.
> > >
> > > Try doing this before loading the marvel capture drivers/modules.
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