On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 20:17 +0000, Rumen Yotov wrote: > Hi, > On (02/01/06 11:21), Michael Sullivan wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 17:47 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: > > > On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:57:32 -0600 > > > Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The reason it was giving me the error was because mythbackend was > > > > > shutting down. I ran mythbackend in a screen, detached the screen and > > > > > ran mythfrontend. I did this twice. Both times once mythfrontend > > > > > loaded I selected the Watch Live TV option and it showed me about a > > > > > second and a half of live TV and then froze. Both times I had to > > > > > Cntrl > > > > > +Alt+Backspace to get out of it. I have a 1.33GHz P4 processor, so > > > > > that > > > > > shouldn't be the problem. Amazingly mythbackend is still running in > > > > > the > > > > > screen. Here's the output so far: > > > > > > > > > > > It seems that something is not stable with the X server or with the card > > > drivers. For now, > > > perhaps forget MythTV and just see if you can get a stable input running > > > with something like > > > tvtime - > > > > > > [ N] media-tv/tvtime (0.9.12): High quality television application for > > > use with video capture cards. > > > > > > Perhaps some tweaking to /etc/X11/xorg.conf is needed or different params > > > to the video card > > > driver to change some options. If the system won't play live tv, without > > > issue, messing with MythTV > > > won't fix it. > > > > > > There are some suggestions here - > > > > > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_MythTV#Video > > > > > > Bob > > > > I looked at the link you sent me. Most of it didn't make sense to me. > > One part that did make sense was the > > > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_MythTV#X_Setup > > > > I created a test user (to avoid screwing up my personal account) and > > copied to listed .xinitrc and .xsession information into testuser's > > counterparts of those files. I started kdm and attempted to log in to a > > Custom session with testuser. It kept spitting me back out at the login > > screen. I asked to go back to the console and looked > > at /var/log/kdm.log. There's a bunch of this: > > > > X Window System Version 6.8.2 > > Release Date: 9 February 2005 > > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 > > Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 i686 [ELF] > > Current Operating System: Linux camille 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 #1 SMP Sun Jan > > 1 22:29:29 CST 2006 i686 > > Build Date: 26 December 2005 > > 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: Mon Jan 2 10:58:02 2006 > > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" > > (EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory) > > > > > > Holly said something about my kernel not being set up correctly when I > > was having this problem with gdm, but gdm works just fine. Just kdm and > > the custom session. How do I compile apg into my kernel to fix this? > > Here's my kernel config, created by genkernel: > > > > # > > # Automatically generated make config: don't edit > > # Linux kernel version: 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 > > # Sun Jan 1 22:22:04 2006 > > # > > CONFIG_X86=y > > CONFIG_SEMAPHORE_SLEEPERS=y > > CONFIG_MMU=y > > CONFIG_UID16=y > > CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y > > CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP=y > > CONFIG_ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC=y > >...SKIP... > > > > # > > # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver > > # > > # CONFIG_AGP is not set > ==============^ switch this to ON plus the entry for your motherboard chips > support.
How do I find out what the entry for my motherboard chips (-set I assume) is? Is there a software way to determine this? All I know is that it's SUPPOSED to be a Pentium IV, but it might not be... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
