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/
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