Try ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0 -prepdma It just displays a changing large 640x480 rectangle on the screen but it uses the same calls as the X driver to do it.
John --- Roger Lipscombe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Harvey wrote: > > there is a parameter to ivtv (ivtv_std) that > defines > > the format setting it =2 configures it for PAL i > > believe. (I'm at work and this is from memory). > That > > should help the framebuffer configuration once > that's > > set properly. > > ISTR trying that, and it didn't seem to do anything. > I'll try it again > this weekend. I thought it simply changed the input > standard. Does it > change both? > > > ivtv-osd doesn't support mmap access any more. > > I am not sure whether -vo ivtv uses the frame > buffer > > or the mpeg decoder. If it's the mpeg decoder then > you > > need to make sure that the alpha setting for the > OSD > > isn't getting in the way. You can use ivtvfbctl to > > turn it off. > > I know that I can change the alpha. My problem is > that I want to ensure > that the FB is working, before I try to configure X > to use it. At the > moment it's not. If I can't use -vo ivtv to test it, > what can I use? > > Cheers, > Roger. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
