[mythtv-users] OT: Shuttle SK41G

[nick]

Hi all,

Apologies for the OT post (well, it's on-topic in the sense that I'm 
trying to set up a mythTV box), but I'm tearing my hair out here and 
would appreciate any suggestions.

I just got hold of a Shuttle SK41G to turn into a mythTV set-top box, 
and so far everything seems to be okay, except for one thing: the TV-
out doesn't work.  At all.  Not during bootup (I get about 3 seconds of 
mis-synced junk, just lines, and then nothing), and not from X (if at 
640x480, I get the same un-synced lines; if any other res, I get 
nothing).

I'm running the Debian sarge (testing) XFree86 4.2 package along with 
the latest 'savage' driver from probo.com (I also tried the Debian 
packaged version).  The s3switch utility (which is supposed to switch 
between outputs on savage cards) doesn't seem to work correctly, 
either.  Half the time it just crashes or complains that it can't 
switch (this is when switching to CRT or LCD).  And, as noted, when it 
*can* switch to TV, I get no output, or garbled output.

I'm about at the end of my rope here, and have posted at viaarena about 
this, but I figured maybe someone here has tried this box before.  Any 
suggestions would be very much appreciated!


thanks a lot,
Nick