silly me. adjusting color temperature and tint in the television's settings corrected all the colors.
sorry for the false alarm...i figured once i'd posted the question, i'd figure it out :p -sean On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 4:39 AM, sean <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm writing this message from a live Knoppix disc running through my > atv, so I've gotten that far --- and I'm ready to install linux but > for one concern: > white = green > black = purple > > Yes, no matter what linux liveCD i try, once X starts, everything that > is black is purple, and everything that should be white is green. > > I saw on an earlier thread that some people said this was happening > and that unplugging and re-plugging the HDMI cable seemed to correct > the problem, but this is not the case for me. Composite is worse; it > generates an entirely unstable image. > > I've tried running Ubuntu Gutsy and Hardy, same color problems. I've > tried installing the proprietary nvidia drivers on Hardy but whenever > I try to invoke either Synaptic or Aptitude, the system crashes. I > also tried Fedora 10 but that will not even start X to run Anaconda > (worthy of note here, however, is that the ncurses installer is proper > colors) > > Is this something that will correct itself if I install linux and get > the nvidia driver installed? or is there some fix that I should try > first? I'd hate to install linux and not be able to get it working > right; my girlfriend would swiftly kill me were that to happen. > > The version of atv I have is 160gb > > > Thanks in advance for any advice. > > > > PS- > > Here's my lspci, just in case it helps: > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML > and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML > and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) > 00:07.0 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Device 27a3 (rev 03) > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High > Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express > Port 1 (rev 02) > 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB > UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) > 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 > EHCI Controller (rev 02) > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface > Bridge (rev 02) > 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE > Controller (rev 02) > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller > (rev 02) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72M [Quadro NVS > 110M/GeForce Go 7300] (rev a1) > 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n > (rev 05) > 03:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) > > and my lsmod under this knoppix disc: > Module Size Used by > hfs 30084 0 > ipv6 165228 12 > ppdev 5380 0 > parport_pc 23356 0 > lp 6480 0 > parport 20180 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp > 8139too 15360 0 > mii 3584 1 8139too > snd_hda_intel 292216 1 > ssb 22660 0 > i2c_i801 6672 0 > pcmcia 21012 1 ssb > aufs 92396 1 > cloop 12368 1 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
