[mythtv-users] hauppauge 350 tvout no go!

[Dave Ashmore]

John Harvey wrote:

>These config & log files now have nothing about loading ivtv drivers in
>them.
>There was a post a little while ago about getting X to work on the 350. It
>might be worth looking over that and seeing if there is something that you
>have missed or follow that guide and see where you get to.
>
>If it really says that it cant open /dev/fb0 then it sounds like you don't
>have ivtv-fb module loaded.
>You can check this with lsmod.
>Also try running 
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>ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0 -prepframe
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>and see if you get a constantly changing pattern on the tv out. At least
>this will prove the driver etc. are loaded and working.
>
>
>John
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
>>bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Dave Ashmore
>>Sent: 14 December 2004 22:15
>>To: Discussion about mythtv
>>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] hauppauge 350 tvout no go!
>>
>>David Erickson wrote:
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>>>Dave,
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>>>I had some significant problems getting it to work myself but i am still
>>>using Redhat 9.  I can tell you that I know several people on here have
>>>gotten it to work on FC3.  Unfortunately the X windows version that Red
>>>Hat 9 and FC3 uses are different so I can't help other than to suggest
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>>you
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>>>follow Jarod's website's instruction very clearly as I have never had a
>>>problem when I followed that.  I'll be updating to FC3 after the
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>>holiday's
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>>>but hopefully you'll get around this stump before then.
>>>
>>>Dave
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>>>>Sorry for the following frustration but I have mythtv working in FC3 and
>>>>all is well recording.
>>>>Ok here goes my rant.
>>>>http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr350_datasheet.htm
>>>>I would suggest users just buy the 250 as the X tvout does not seem to
>>>>work for me.
>>>>If I go to myth setup/utilities>playback use pvr-350 out.
>>>>I can in fact use the watch tv or playback a video and it does work with
>>>>poor color but I cannot ween myself from using a monitor. I want/need
>>>>pvr-350 tvout to display the X desktop. If I did not in fact have the
>>>>monitor plugged in I would not be able to use the mythfrontend menu.
>>>>lspci reports:
>>>>01:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15
>>>>MPEG-2 Enc
>>>>oder (rev 01)
>>>>
>>>>cat /var/log/messages |grep "iTVC15 TV out"
>>>>Reports:
>>>>Dec 13 20:38:34 mythbox kernel: ivtv-osd: fb0: iTVC15 TV out frame
>>>>buffer device
>>>>SO the way I see it "I" can't get this to work.
>>>>SO here is what I'm thinking.
>>>>One of the following:
>>>>Buy another graphics card and torture myself to possibly getting it to
>>>>work to display X desktop with tvout.
>>>>Getting an xbox and try to use it as a frontend.
>>>>Continue to try to get X desktop to display on the pvr-350 tvout.
>>>>
>>>>Or could I possibly get a product like this display from vga to
>>>>component video and leave well enough alone?
>>>>
>>>>Specifications for HD15 (VGA) Male to RCA x 3 Male, D / Shield, (VGA to
>>>>Component Video), 6 ft Part Number 10H1-50106
>>>>http://www.national-tech.com/specs/10h2-50106.htm
>>>>(I'm thinking this looks like the easiest way to go if it would in fact
>>>>work)
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone have the pvr-350 displaying X desktop?
>>>>If so how?
>>>>Please advise.
>>>>
>>>>Regards
>>>>Dave Ashmore
>>>>
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>>Ok here is my files but I edited them back to the original state.
>>I know when it locks up the cpu there is something on the screen that
>>says /dev/fb0 no such device.
>>I would assume its in the log file but this stuff is way over my head
>>the troubleshooting aspect.
>>My files are posted here:
>>http://djash.com/pvr350
>>
>>If there is anything else we need to troubleshoot please let me know.
>>
>>--
>>Regards
>>Dave Ashmore
>>MDK 10.1 Official Mozilla 1.7.3
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Based on the output from lspci -a what should the bus id be for my 
xorg.conf file be?
/sbin/lspci -v
01:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 
MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR-350
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

/bin/dmesg |grep Initialized
ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0
[drm] Initialized i915 1.1.0 20040405 on minor 0:

cat /var/log/messages |grep "iTVC15 TV out"
Dec 13 20:38:34 mythbox kernel: ivtv-osd: fb0: iTVC15 TV out frame 
buffer device
Dec 14 18:28:11 mythbox kernel: ivtv-osd: fb0: iTVC15 TV out frame 
buffer device


BusID "0:1x9:0"?

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Dave Ashmore
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