[mythtv-users] Unable to Initialize Video - ATI X800

[Mike Perkins]

Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 13/12/2007, Scott Souter <scott at tbwifi.ca> wrote:
>>
>> [scott at localhost database]$ mythfrontend
>> 2007-12-12 22:57:30.662 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
>> 2007-12-12 22:57:30.662 AudioOutput Error: WARNING: something is currently
>> using: /dev/dsp, retrying.
>> 2007-12-12 22:57:30.662 NVP: Disabling Audio, reason is: WARNING: something is
>> currently using: /dev/dsp, retrying.
> 
>> 2007-12-12 22:57:30.664 VideoOutput, Error: Not compiled with any useable
>> video output method.
>> 2007-12-12 22:57:30.664 Unable to initialize video.
>> 2007-12-12 22:57:49.726 TV Error: StartPlayer(): NVP is not playing after
>> 20000 msec
>> 2007-12-12 23:05:41.126 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
> 
> As your logs are telling you, you appear to have neither i)
> accelerated Xv video support installed for your video driver nor ii)
> Xv support compiled into your installation of MythTV. Fix this, and
> you should be sorted. Not sure if the open source radeon driver
> supports your card.
> 
> The fglrx driver should provide Xv support though, so check to make
> sure it is installed correctly@
> 
> # xvinfo
> 
> You also appear to have a problem with your audio device, but get the
> video output problem fixed first.
> 
You may do better on the audio side if you set you system up as ALSA rather than 
OSS. My setup is Mandriva 2007.1 and I have a lower spec ATI PCIe card (RV370), 
but my system works with ALSA. Also, I'm using the 'ati' driver version 6.6.3. 
Looking at my Xorg.0.log, it seems this driver might handle your card as well. I 
tried the fglrx driver and got nowhere with it.

Mike Perkins