[mythtv] DirectFB + QTE

[Wayne A. Hogue II]

Well the green screen is correct.  QTE does a full green screen when 
starting, but as for the errors,those are unfamilure to me.

-Wayne

Derek Watson wrote:

> Ok, I've rebuilt directfb and recompiled the kernel to contain fusion 
> (as a module). However, I still get a green screen and the following 
> error when trying to watch live tv:
>
> 2004-01-13 18:38:24 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> (!) [ 1528:    1.947] --> Caught signal 11 (at (nil), invalid address) 
> <--
>
> Interestingly, when I try to view pre-recorded video I get a segfault 
> in /sbin/rc at line 42 which makes no sense to me.
>
> Any more ideas Wayne?
>
> Derek.
>
>
>> From: "Wayne A. Hogue II" <mythtv at chiphead.net>
>> Reply-To: Development of mythtv <mythtv-dev at mythtv.org>
>> To: Development of mythtv <mythtv-dev at mythtv.org>
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv] DirectFB + QTE
>> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 21:02:26 -0500
>>
>> I couldnt get it to play nice with the framebuffer being used even 
>> though its not directfb framebuffer.
>>
>> -Wayne
>>
>> Derek Watson wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, I'll give that a crack...
>>>
>>> One thing though, I thought that the only DFB app that was running 
>>> is mythfrontend and therefore fusion wouldn't be required. Is this 
>>> not the case?
>>>
>>> Derek.
>>>
>>>> From: "Wayne A. Hogue II" <mythtv at chiphead.net>
>>>> Reply-To: Development of mythtv <mythtv-dev at mythtv.org>
>>>> To: Development of mythtv <mythtv-dev at mythtv.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [mythtv] DirectFB + QTE
>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:01:16 -0500
>>>>
>>>> It unrelated.   Here is my configuration for dfb:
>>>> ./configure --prefix=$MYFREEVODIR --enable-fbdev --enable-sdl 
>>>> --enable-linux-input --enable-freetype --enable-gif --enable-png 
>>>> --enable-jpeg --disable-video4linux --with-gfxdrivers=nvidia 
>>>> --enable-multi --enable-text
>>>>
>>>> The revelent part for you is the --enable-multi
>>>>
>>>> You will also need the kernel driver outlined in the DFB docs under 
>>>> multi app config
>>>>
>>>> -Wayne
>>>>
>>>> Derek Watson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Wayne
>>>>>
>>>>> The error isn't easily ignored since myth actually crashes at this 
>>>>> point after displaying a green screen for about 2-3 seconds.
>>>>>
>>>>> I get:
>>>>>
>>>>> (*) DirectFB/Layer: Enabled 'FBDev Primary Layer'.
>>>>> (!!!)  *** CAUTION [letting unprivileged 
>>>>> IDirectFBDisplayLayer::GetSurface() call pass until cooperative 
>>>>> level handling is finished] *** idirectfbdisplaylayer.c (147)
>>>>> (*) DirectFB/Layer: Enabled 'NVidia Overlay'.
>>>>> 2004-01-12 17:44:52 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
>>>>> (!) [ 1522:    0.000] --> Caught signal 11 (at (nil), invalid 
>>>>> address) <--
>>>>>
>>>>> I've just recompiled everything using the following settings:
>>>>>
>>>>> directfb:
>>>>> ./configure --with-gfxdrivers nvidia
>>>>> make
>>>>> make install
>>>>>
>>>>> qte:
>>>>> ./configure -qt-gif -no-exceptions -disable-opengl -qt-imgfmt-png 
>>>>> -qt-imgfmt-jpeg -qt-imgfmt-mng -thread -qt-sql-mysql 
>>>>> -I/usr/include/mysql/
>>>>> make
>>>>>
>>>>> myth:
>>>>> ./configure
>>>>> qmake mythtv.pro
>>>>> make
>>>>> make install
>>>>>
>>>>> The myth UI works fine, it seems only to crash when it attempts to 
>>>>> playback video on screen. This occurs in both the watch tv and 
>>>>> watch recordings screens.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any further ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Derek.
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: "Wayne A. Hogue II" <mythtv at chiphead.net>
>>>>>> Reply-To: Development of mythtv <mythtv-dev at mythtv.org>
>>>>>> To: Development of mythtv <mythtv-dev at mythtv.org>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [mythtv] DirectFB + QTE
>>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 06:05:37 -0500
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Derek Watson wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi folks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm having trouble getting myth working with DirectFB + QTE as 
>>>>>>> per Wayne's instructions. Does anyone have any ideas what the 
>>>>>>> error message below could mean? I'm using Gentoox and have tried 
>>>>>>> using both the xboxfb and rivafb but neither seem to work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can manually set the overlay to triple buffer with "dfblayer 
>>>>>>> -l 01 -b BACKVIDEO" without
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's setting double not triple. The nvidia dfb driver used on 
>>>>>> the xbox doesn't support triple. The errors can be ignored as 
>>>>>> they are only diags.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Wayne
>>>>>>
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