[mythtv-users] Siemens Scaleo E

Sun Aug 30 09:07:04 UTC 2009

>I believe there are a couple of people using these for Myth, any of 
>you using SD to a CRT TV via SCART ? If so, could you share your 
>settings (especially for X) ?

Well I've been going nuts today trying to get this working :-(

Boot the machine and I get a text display working fine. As soon as I 
start X, I can see that there is something, but it's outside the sync 
range of the TV and so is all screwed up.

The log says :

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

>X.Org X Server 1.4.2
>Release Date: 11 June 2008
>X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
>Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.2-10.lenny2)
>Current Operating System: Linux simon-tv 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Thu May 
>28 15:39:35 UTC 2009 i686
>Build Date: 08 June 2009  09:12:57AM
>
>	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>	to make sure that you have the latest version.
>Module Loader present
>Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
>(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Aug 29 16:18:56 2009
>(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
>(==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
>(**) |-->Screen "WidescreenTV" (0)
>(**) |   |-->Monitor "WidescreenTV"
>(**) |   |-->Device "Intel0"
>(==) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
>(==) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
>(==) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
>	Using the first mouse device.
>(==) The core keyboard device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
>	Using the first keyboard device.
>
>...
>
>(--) PCI:*(0:2:0) Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated 
>Graphics Controller rev 4, Mem @ 0xfdf00000/19, 0xd0000000/28, 
>0xfdf80000/18, I/O @ 0xff00/3
>(--) PCI: (0:2:1) Intel Corporation 82915G Integrated Graphics 
>Controller rev 4, Mem @ 0xfde80000/19
>
>...
>
>(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0
>(WW) intel: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found
>(--) Chipset 915G found
>
>...
>
>(==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
>(==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
>(==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
>(II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 915G
>(--) intel(0): Chipset: "915G"
>(--) intel(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000
>(--) intel(0): IO registers at addr 0xFDF00000
>(II) intel(0): 2 display pipes available.
>(==) intel(0): Using EXA for acceleration
>(==) intel(0): Enabling EXA render acceleration
>(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
>(II) LoadModule: "ddc"(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
>(II) Loading sub module "i2c"
>(II) LoadModule: "i2c"(II) Module "i2c" already built-in
>(II) intel(0): Output VGA using monitor section WidescreenTV
>(II) intel(0): I2C bus "CRTDDC_A" initialized.
>(II) intel(0): I2C bus "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOB" initialized.
>(II) intel(0): I2C device "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOB:SDVO Controller B" 
>registered at address 0x70.
>(II) intel(0): I2C bus "SDVOB DDC Bus" initialized.
>(II) intel(0): Output TMDS-1 has no monitor section
>(II) intel(0): SDVO device VID/DID: 02:43.00, clock range 25.0MHz - 
>200.0MHz, input 1: Y, input 2: N, output 1: Y, output 2: N
>(II) intel(0): I2C bus "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOC" initialized.
>(II) intel(0): I2C device "SDVOCTRL_E for SDVOC:SDVO Controller C" 
>registered at address 0x72.
>(II) intel(0): I2C bus "SDVOC DDC Bus" initialized.
>(II) intel(0): Output VGA-2 has no monitor section
>(II) intel(0): SDVO device VID/DID: 02:C2.01, clock range 25.0MHz - 
>166.0MHz, input 1: Y, input 2: N, output 1: Y, output 2: N
>(II) intel(0): Current clock rate multiplier: 1
>(II) intel(0): Current clock rate multiplier: 8
>(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
>(II) intel(0): I2C device "CRTDDC_A:ddc2" removed.
>(II) intel(0): I2C device "SDVOC DDC Bus:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
>(II) intel(0): I2C device "SDVOC DDC Bus:ddc2" removed.
>(II) intel(0): Output VGA connected
>(II) intel(0): Output TMDS-1 disconnected
>(II) intel(0): Output VGA-2 connected
>(II) intel(0): Output VGA using initial mode 1280x768
>(II) intel(0): Output VGA-2 using initial mode 1280x768
>(II) intel(0): detected 256 kB GTT.
>(II) intel(0): detected 7932 kB stolen memory.
>(==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
>(==) intel(0): Will not try to enable page flipping
>(==) intel(0): Triple buffering disabled
>(==) intel(0): Intel XvMC decoder disabled
>(==) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
>(==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
>
>...
>
>(II) intel(0): Output configuration:
>(II) intel(0):   Pipe A is on
>(II) intel(0):   Display plane A is now enabled and connected to pipe A.
>(II) intel(0):   Pipe B is on
>(II) intel(0):   Display plane B is now enabled and connected to pipe B.
>(II) intel(0):   Output VGA is connected to pipe A
>(II) intel(0):   Output TMDS-1 is connected to pipe none
>(II) intel(0):   Output VGA-2 is connected to pipe B
>(II) intel(0): [drm] dma control initialized, using IRQ 16
>(II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
>(II) intel(0): DPMS enabled
>(II) intel(0): Set up textured video
>(II) intel(0): Set up overlay video
>(II) intel(0): direct rendering: Enabled
>(WW) intel(0): Option "MonitorLayout" is not used
>(--) RandR disabled

The bits that bother me are :
>(II) intel(0): Output VGA using initial mode 1280x768
>(II) intel(0): Output VGA-2 using initial mode 1280x768
It insists on using 1280x768 and I don't seem to be able to get it to 
do anything else.

This is my xorg.conf :

>Section "InputDevice"
>	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
>	Driver		"kbd"
>	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
>	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
>	Option		"XkbLayout"	"gb"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
>	Driver		"mouse"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Device"
>	Identifier	"Intel0"
>	Driver		"intel"
>	BusID		"PCI:0:2:0"
>	Option		"MonitorLayout" "TV"
>EndSection
>
>#Section "Device"
>#	Identifier	"Intel1"
>#	Driver		"intel"
>#	BusID		"PCI:0:2:1"
>#	Option		"MonitorLayout" "NONE,TV"
>#EndSection
>
>Section "Monitor"
>	Identifier	"WidescreenTV"
>	ModeLine "1024x576pali" 19.750 1024 1056 1152 1264 576 581 
>586 625 -hsync -vsync interlace # 16:9
>	ModeLine "720x576pali"  13.5    720 722   786 864  576 581 
>586 625 -hsync -vsync interlace # 4:3 DVB
>	ModeLine "768x576pali"  14.75   768 789   858 944  576 581 
>586 625 -hsync -vsync interlace # 4:3 Analogue
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>	Identifier	"WidescreenTV"
>	Device		"Intel0"
>	Monitor		"WidescreenTV"
>	Subsection	"Display"
>		Modes		"1024x576pali"
>		Depth		24
>	EndSubSection
>EndSection

Have I made a basic mistake in the config ?

Google tells me that a few others have had the same or similar 
problems, but no solutions ! Could this bug report be relevant : 
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17698

I've just tried booting MythBuntu - but it too comes up with just 
'noise' across the screen.

Anyone any ideas ?
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