I would assume the latest, but version of IvyTV release are you using? Have you compiled into X the support for the ivtv framebuffer?
----- Original Message ----- From: Jared Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, November 10, 2006 5:23 pm Subject: [ivtv-users] ivtv_fb on pvr-350 To: [email protected] > Hi, > > I have a PVR-350. I've got IVTV installed and can see tv output > on my tv, which > is great! Now, I'm trying to get the x driver working with a PVR- > 350 card so > that I can play video files on the tv, too. I'm following the > instructions > here: http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto:XDriver > > I think I am having trouble with ivtv_fb. When I try to run "cat > /proc/fb" to > find out which framebuffer device to use, I get no output at all > unless if I > first run "modprobe ivtv_fb". Afterwards, I get "0 cx23415 TV > out", which looks > good and makes me think I want to use /dev/fb0. > > But I have some issues when I try to run "modprobe ivtv_fb". > > If I do this from an xterm, it works, but when I switch to another > virtual > terminal (i.e., with Ctrl+Alt+F1), it give me a blank screen. I > can switch back > to X-windows, using Alt+F7, so it seems like the computer is still > responsive, > I'm just not being shown the console or something. (I checked, > and nothing is > being output to the TV, either.) > > Worse, when I try to run "modprobe ivtv_fb" without x-windows > loaded, from a > regular console, I get "stair-steppy text" on the console and the > console > becomes unresponsive. > > The text looks something like this: (not a screenshot, i just > wrote it down) > > usbcore 134912 4 usbhind,echi_hcd,uhci_hcd > ide_generic 2432 0 > sc_mod 22656 4 > ata_piix 11780 6 > libata 74892 1 ata_piix > > And this goes on: "scsi_mod, ide_disk, ide_cd, cdrom, piix, > generic, thermal, > processor, fan, fbcon, tileblit, font, bitblit, softcursor, > vesafb, > compatibility commoncap, ...", each with more numbers. > > At this point, I can reboot the system by typing Ctrl+Alt+Delete, > but can't > really do anything else. So, I don't think the system has > crashed, it's just > again not letting me interact with the console for some reason. > (I also looked > at the TV, and no console appears there.) > > > Anyway, I am pretty sure that I need to fix this before I can run > X-windows with > the X driver. When I try to just use "X -screen TV" without the > ivtv_fb module > installed, I get error messages. Here is a section of my Xorg.0.log: > > (II) LoadModule: "ivtvdev" > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ivtvdev_drv.o > (II) Module ivtv: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.10.6 > ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 > ... > (II) IVTVDEV_TST: driver for framebuffer: PVR-350 > (II) Primary Device is: PCI 03:02:0 > (WW) ivtvdev: No matching Device section for instance (BusID > PCI:3:3:0) found > (--) Chipset PVR-350 found > (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such device > (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section. > (II) UnloadModule: "ivtvdev" > (EE) Device(s) detected, but none match those in the config file. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > > The relevant (I think) parts of my xorg.conf are: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "TV Card" > Driver "ivtvdev" > BusID "PCI:3:3:0" > Option "ivtv" "/dev/fb0" > Option "VideoOverlay" "on" > Option "XVideo" "1" > Screen 1 > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "NTSC Monitor" > HorizSync 30-68 > VertRefresh 50-120 > DisplaySize 183 122 > Mode "720x480" > DotClock 34.564 > HTimings 720 752 840 928 > VTimings 480 484 488 504 > Flags "-HSync" "-VSync" > EndMode > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "TV" > Device "TV Card" > Monitor "NTSC Monitor" > DefaultDepth 24 > DefaultFbbpp 32 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > FbBpp 32 > Modes "720x480" > EndSubsection > EndSection > > And lspci | grep video says: > > 03:03.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc > iTVC15 MPEG-2 > Encoder (rev 01) > > > Thanks so much! > > Jared > > -- > Jared Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/jared/ > 3600 Greystone Drive #604 - Austin, TX 78731 > (512) 879-3858 > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users > _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
