Hi, If you just want good framebuffer support, I had great luck with the latest Via framebuffer driver from viarena. They are standard source packages- none of the binary weirdness from their X stuff. I'm actually using a Commell board with CN400 but it seems to work nicely- both to standard NTSC TV using composite out and using component out for 720p to my HD set. Unfortunately it appears that you won't get a lot of the benefits of DirectFB if you run the Via driver- one layer only, etc.
jdb On Mar 14, 2006, at 9:06 PM, mike wrote: > hey crew, > > i've been out for the last year or two, life's tribulations i had to > attend to. > now back, and i'm asking all of you, what's up with viafb, what's new? > > ok, silly rhyme time is over. > > i've been scouring the intertron for the last few days gathering > information on cle266 and the state of dvrs, carputers, pvrs, settop > boxes, linux framebuffer, and all the mess that goes along with it. > > i've tried a few things, changed a few things, and i'm switching gears. > > i'm searching for the promised land -- that plane of existance where > tv-out on my nehemiah board does something that doesn't require me to > synchronize motor functions of my neck with the flyback transformer in > my tv. seems the refresh rate is always wrong, but close enough that > it might just be running 50Hz rather than the 60Hz used in the land i > come from. > > i find it interesting that, when i boot into text mode (no > framebuffer), my xenarc 700ts 7" LCD touchscreen display reports > 720x400 and my TV displays the output superbly. every other mode and > kernel i've experienced with has never given me a stable display on my > tv. add to that the fact that the patcher2k 2.6 patch apparently eats > kernel arguments and craps them into an invisible toliet. so, all of > my tweaking and testing has had to take place by changing code, > recompiling the kernel, and rebooting. needless to say, it isn't very > efficient. > > also i find the lack of fb modes for NTSC signals disturbing. yes, i > know convergence was a german firm and it appears that most dfb > developers are from the other side of the pond than i am, but i expect > at least one 60Hz mode. > > i have scoured and googled and grepped and typed and hacked and > slashed and compiled and tweaked; and i just haven't found the right > combination of magical ingredients. > > does anyone have a linux system with cle266 and NTSC tvout working > that would be willing to share their arcane knowledge? > > thanks, > > -mike > > _______________________________________________ > directfb-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users > _______________________________________________ directfb-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users
