[mythtv-users] xorg.conf for Epia SP13000
Sean Covel
seanecovel at comcast.net
Sat Mar 18 21:46:49 UTC 2006
Warren, R.G.,
Thank you both for responding. I tried Warren's xorg.conf and got the
same results as before. I'm beginning to wonder if I have a problem
with my TV. Let me explain:
When the machine first boots I do see a picture. I'm running EpiOS. I
see the bios boot, then the frame buffer kicks in and I get a pretty
screen while the system boots. At this point I'm sitting at a login
screen. I login and then do startx. At this point the screen goes
black (actually a little gray) and then flashes and goes black (almost
like the TV is off).
I looked at my Xorg.0.log and it seems like everything came up fine.
Here are the only odd lines:
sp13000 ~ # grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Current Operating System: Linux sp13000 2.6.15-epios-r100 #1 SMP PREEMPT
Fri Jan 27 00:25:59 CET 2006 i686
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) VIA(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI.
sp13000 ~ # grep WW /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) via: More than one matching Device section for instances
(WW) VIA(0): Manufacturer plainly copied main PCI ids to Subsystem/Card ids.
(WW) VIA(0): VT162x: Unknown cable combination: 0x0 5.
(WW) VIA(0): [XvMC] Cannot use XvMC without DRI!
sp13000 ~ # grep NI /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
sp13000 ~ # grep ?? /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
sp13000 ~ #
Now, about the TV. It only has composite inputs. I'm going to be
getting a new TV soon. I wanted to get this setup for S-Video so I'd be
ready when I got the new TV so I went to RadioShack and bought a
Composite to S-Video converter. It is supposed to work. Could it be
causing my problem?
Sean
R. G. Newbury wrote:
> Firstly,
> Warren,
> Thank you for posting this. It looks nothing like mine, which is based
> on Jarod's (for an M10000). I will have to do some more playing.
>
> Sean,
>
> Make sure that you have set the BIOS on the motherboard for output
> through both the S-Video AND the VGA outputs.
>
> The BIOS controls whether you get output through these ports.
>
> The first time I tried to output to a TV with S-video I got nothing...
>
> Sounds like you may have the same problem.
> This is from Jarod's guide and is a section of his xorg.conf for an
> M10000. Details will be different. He has the monitor commented out. I
> haven't played with having both working at once (not sure its possible),
> but the available switches imply that you can. He has both "ActiveDevice
> TV" and "ActiveDevice CRT,TV" commented out....(huh?)
>
> #Section "Monitor"
> # Identifier "Monitor0"
> # VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> # ModelName "Dell P991"
> # DisplaySize 370 270
> # HorizSync 30.0 - 107.0
> # VertRefresh 48.0 - 120.0
> # Option "dpms"
> #EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> ModelName "Analog NTSC Television"
> HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
> VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "BlankTime" "0"
> Option "StandbyTime" "0"
> Option "SuspendTime" "0"
> Option "OffTime" "0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "via"
> VendorName "Via Technologies"
> BoardName "CLE266 Unichrome"
> Option "PciRetry" "true"
> # Option "UseBIOS" "true"
> # Option "ActiveDevice" "TV"
> # Option "ActiveDevice" "CRT,TV"
> Option "TVType" "NTSC"
> # Option "TVOutput" "Composite"
> # Option "TVDeflicker" "0"
> Option "TVOutput" "S-Video"
> # Option "TVOutput" "RGB"
> Option "TVVScan" "over"
> # Option "TVVScan" "under"
> # Option "TVDotCrawl"
> # Option "NoDDCValue"
> # Option "HQVManualSwitch"
> # Option "NoHQVVFilter"
> # Option "CaptureOverScanOff"
> # Option "Cap0Deinterlace" "Bob"
> # Option "Cap0Deinterlace" "Weave"
> # Option "Cap1Deinterlace" "Bob"
> # Option "Cap1Deinterlace" "Weave"
> # Option "Cap0FieldSwap"
> # Option "NoCap0HFilter"
> # Option "NoCap1HFilter"
> Option "EnableAGPDMA" "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "720x480" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
>
>
>
>
>
> Warren wrote:
>
>>The xorg.conf for EPIA motherboards changes a lot depending on which
>>driver, etc. This one is actually for use with the Open Chrome
>>(www.openchrome.org) drivers, which if you are using an SP board you
>>should be using instead of the Unichrome drivers built into the kernel,
>>as those are really only meant for the EPIA-M motherboards. Good luck
>>with this - it is the end result of many months of tweaking. It has
>>lirc support built in but will allow for a failure of either the primary
>>mouse or the lirc mouse without dying.
>>
>>Good Luck!
>>Warren
>>
>>
>>*Section "ServerLayout"
>> Identifier "Default Layout"
>> Screen "Screen0"
>> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>> InputDevice "LIRC-Mouse" "SendCoreEvents"
>> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "ServerFlags"
>> Option "DontVTSwitch"
>> Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
>>EndSection
>>
>>
>>Section "Files"
>> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>> ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "Module"
>> Load "glx"
>> Load "record"
>> SubSection "extmod"
>> Option "omit xfree86-dga"
>> EndSubSection
>> Load "dbe"
>> Load "xtrap"
>> Load "freetype"
>> Load "type1"
>> Load "dri"
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "InputDevice"
>> Identifier "Keyboard0"
>> Driver "kbd"
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "InputDevice"
>> Identifier "Mouse0"
>> Driver "mouse"
>> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>> Option "Buttons" "5"
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "InputDevice"
>> Identifier "LIRC-Mouse"
>> Driver "mouse"
>> Option "Device" "/dev/lircm"
>> Option "Protocol" "IntelliMouse"
>> Option "SendCoreEvents"
>> Option "Buttons" "5"
>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "Monitor"
>> Identifier "Monitor0"
>> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
>> ModelName "Monitor Model"
>> HorizSync 20 - 90
>> VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
>> ModeLine "720x480" 26.7 720 736 808 896 480 481 484 497
>> Modeline "720x480Over" 21.0 720 728 760 800 480 480 483 525
>>-HSYNC +VSYNC
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "Device"
>> Identifier "Via Unichrome CN400"
>> Driver "via"
>> Option "ActiveDevice" "TV"
>> Option "TVType" "NTSC"
>> Option "TVOutput" "S-Video"
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "DRI"
>> Mode 0666
>>EndSection
>>
>>Section "Screen"
>> Identifier "Screen0"
>> Device "Via Unichrome CN400"
>> Monitor "Monitor0"
>> DefaultDepth 16
>> Subsection "Display"
>> Depth 16
>> #Modes "720x480"
>> Modes "720x480Over"
>> EndSubSection
>>EndSection
>>*
>>
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