Larry
On 6/13/05, Larry Taub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The machine does in fact seem to be hanging. In the IRC channel, I was advised to look for a framebuffer in the kernel but could not find one. I am using a 16k stack kernel provided by linuxant because my next task is to set up wireless pci.If I boot with VGA only connected, it goes in fine and I can startx and have it go to whichever display I configure in xorg.conf. I can plug in S-video once it is finished booting and has a login prompt and use that display for X if I desire.If I have only S-video connected, it hangs though I still have keyboard responsiveness in that the lights will turn on + off and I can get a response out of control alt del. I cannot access the machine remotely either. It displays the BIOS information. It checks for boot devices then informs me it is switching to GRUB level 2 and then I get a black screen with a signal. The hard drive light remains on for a few seconds then shuts off and doesn't come back on. It leads me to believe it is hanging at this point. If I plug in the VGA at this point, I get no display.If I boot with VGA + S-video both connected, it goes in fine and I can startx and have it go to whichever display I configure in xorg.conf.If I have nothing connected, it boots fine and I can access it remotely. However, plugging in either VGA or S-video cable yields me no signal.
So, in summary, I have a decent workaround to get my S-Video working: I need to have a VGA cord connected to boot the computer then I can remove the VGA cord once X is loaded and hope to not need to reboot again. If I exit out of X at this point, the TV display seems to be not synced but it does show what is on the command line scrolling horizontally on the screen at a rapid pace.Unfortunately, I see no option to configure my video card in the BIOS because it is a separate card.Thanks for any suggestions.On 6/12/05, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:On 6/12/05, Larry Taub < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I boot with S-Video plugged in, the BIOS shows up fine and the tv
> displays that the grub bootloader stage 2 is beginning and then it never
> continues. If I plug in a VGA monitor or nothing, it boots fine and when it
> gets to the X login screen, I can hook in my S-Video cable and see
> everything just fine and it works fine on the tv after this point.
When you only have S-Video plugged in, is the machine actually
hanging, or is there just no output on the TV? Depending on X, it may
be looking for a VGA monitor to be present to successfully launch the
X server. If this is the case, it is usually possible to edit the
xorg.conf file to tell X that you are using on S-Video output.
Alternatively, if you are using a clone mode, then it is likely it
will try and detect the presence of the VGA card first (which may
explain why it works and you get cloned displays with both VGA and
S-Video connected)
>
> Obviously, I don't intend on rebooting this machine often but it would be
> nice to figure out what is causing this problem and perhaps fix it
> especially since my backend/frontend machine boots fine with just the
> S-Video cable (on the same TV and S-Video cable right now).
On my Pundit-R (ATI based) machine, I use only S-Video output
connected to the TV. I changed the BIOS to reflect this, and also
edited my xorg.conf file to tell it I am using only display via
S-Video.
HTH,
Nick
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