I too am having trouble with video out. My display only comes in black and white. I, however, am using an ATI Radeon X800Pro. I seem to have this problem system wide (dual booting Windows XP and FC4). I'm using a standard svideo cable to RF (yellow) plug, and running the cable to the tv. Any ideas?

Bryan Halter wrote:

I can't speak to your ATI issues but I can confirm that it is possible to get this setup working in Gentoo as I'm watching CSI on my Gentoo bases MythTV box now :) My setup has an Nvidia based video card which does not allow me to use the kernel frame buffer device along with the nvidia.ko kernel module this may be your problem too looking at the last line of dmesg. I suspect your issue is not "Gentoo w/TV-Out" but ATI tv-out that would be my first step, once you have X working move onto the IVTV part. I just upgraded from a bt878 to a PVR-500 and have to say it went very well, though you have to make sure your myth user is in the video group otherwise you'll get permissions errors accessing the tuner on /dev/v4l/video0. To verify that you can use the tuner at all use something like TVTime which doesn't do all the extra stuff Myth does. Now that you can watch TV this is when you should try to make it all play nice with Myth. Since you should now have Myth working correctly this is when you should work on LIRC as it is the last and in terms of a working system least important. I realize that for usability it is the most important but a working remote and no recordings doesn't do you much good either.

Don Sheehan wrote:

I cut this down to make it to the list. Thanks

On 11/19/05, *Don Sheehan* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:

    I am having very little success setting up myth on multiple
    levels. Any help is greatly appreciated. I am pulling my hair
    outand there was not much to start with!

    At this point, after following more than a few howto's and
    guides, I am ready to start over if that is the best course of
    action. Is there a clean howto for gentoo with TV-out working?

    Thanks!


    Gentoo 2.6.14
    ATI Radeon 7000
    Hauppauge 150MCE w/ remote
    media-tv/mythtv-0.18.1-r1
    media-tv/ivtv-0.4.0-r2
    app-misc/lirc-0.7.0-r1


    I could not get TV-out to work with the radeon driver but it is
    working with vesa
          Is this a possible problem?
          It was in color, now it is B&W only, ugghhh

    I cannot get the video input to show anything but black static.
    The cable (RG-6) is attached to the coax connector and I have
    checked that there is signal.
          Which device is the right one? I get output from
    /dev/v4l/video0, video24 and video32 but it is black static.
          I have followed the ivtv guidance to get the firmware into
    /lib/modules... but no change even after a reboot.

    The mce remote does not work. (it is the one with gray on top) I
    tried jarod's file and the one that gets created by manually when
    I compiled lirc from source.
         The lircd log below shows it as ok after the last reboot and
    it loads the firmware accorging to dmesg below.
         irw show nothing.


    Now I have lots of this in /var/log/messages and dmesg
    Nov 19 20:16:28 gentoo ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW
    #158240: Stealing a Buffer, 512 currently allocated


    Linux version 2.6.13-gentoo-r5 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.6
    (Gentoo 3.3.6, ssp-3.3.6-1.0, pie-8.7.8)) #1 SMP Sat Nov 5
    08:01:36 EST 2005
    <snipped>
    511MB LOWMEM available.
    found SMP MP-table at 000ff780
    On node 0 totalpages: 130864
      DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:1
      Normal zone: 126768 pages, LIFO batch:31
      HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1
    DMI 2.3 present.
    ACPI: RSDP (v000 ACPIAM                                ) @ 0x000faac0
    <snipped>
    vesafb: ATI Technologies Inc., R100, 01.00 (OEM: ATI RADEON VE)
    vesafb: VBE version: 2.0
    vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:5478
    vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00c550c, set palette = c00c5558
    vesafb: pmi: ports = a010 a016 a054 a038 a03c a05c a000 a004 a0b0
    a0b2 a0b4
    vesafb: monitor limits: vf = 0 Hz, hf = 0 kHz, clk = 0 MHz
    vesafb: scrolling: redraw
    Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
    vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe0000000, mapped to 0xe0880000, using
    10240k, total 65536k
    fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
    <snipped>
    Linux video capture interface: v1.00
    ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
    ivtv:  version 0.4.0 (tagged release) loading
    ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.13-gentoo-r5 SMP preempt 586 4KSTACKS
    gcc-3.3
    ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info
    ivtv:  between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
    ivtv:  mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
    ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based)
    ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0d.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
    ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
    tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26582, rev = C299, serial# = 8441914
    tveeprom: tuner = <unknown> (idx = 99, type = -1069535552)
    tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
    tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5)
     : chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
    ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
    cx25840 0-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
    cx25840 0-0044: loaded /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM firmware (14264
    bytes)
    ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
    wm8775 0-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
    ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
    ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
    ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
    ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers
    (4096KB total)
    ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers
    (2048KB total)
    ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers
    (2048KB total)
    ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers
    (2048KB total)
    ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
    tuner 0-0061: tuner type not set
    tuner 0-0061: tuner type not set
    ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #0
    ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
    <snipped>
    usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
    usb 2-2: ep0 maxpacket = 16
    usb 2-2: default language 0x0409
    usb 2-2: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
    usb 2-2: Product: eHome Infrared Transceiver
    usb 2-2: Manufacturer: SMK
    usb 2-2: SerialNumber: SM003w0J
    usb 2-2: hotplug
    usb 2-2: adding 2-2:1.0 (config #1, interface 0)
    usb 2-2:1.0: hotplug
    <snipped>
    usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
    usb 2-2: ep0 maxpacket = 16
    usb 2-2: default language 0x0409
    usb 2-2: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
    usb 2-2: Product: eHome Infrared Transceiver
    usb 2-2: Manufacturer: SMK
    usb 2-2: SerialNumber: SM003w0J
    usb 2-2: hotplug
    usb 2-2: adding 2-2:1.0 (config #1, interface 0)
    usb 2-2:1.0: hotplug
    <snipped>
    ALSA sound/pci/via82xx.c:580: codec_read: codec 0 is not valid
    [0xfe0000]
    ALSA sound/pci/via82xx.c:580: codec_read: codec 0 is not valid
    [0xfe0000]
    ALSA sound/pci/via82xx.c:580: codec_read: codec 0 is not valid
    [0xfe0000]
    ALSA sound/pci/via82xx.c:580: codec_read: codec 0 is not valid
    [0xfe0000]
    ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
    radeonfb: cannot reserve FB region
    <snipped>


    gentoo ~ # more /var/log/lircd
    Nov 18 20:31:15 gentoo lircd 0.7.1: lircd(mceusb) ready
    Nov 18 20:31:22 gentoo lircd 0.7.1: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
    Nov 18 20:31:22 gentoo lircd 0.7.1: could not get file
    information for /dev/lirc0
    Nov 18 20:31:22 gentoo lircd 0.7.1: default_init(): No such file
    or directory
    Nov 18 20:31:22 gentoo lircd 0.7.1: caught signal
    Nov 18 18:53:15 gentoo lircd 0.7.1: lircd(mceusb) ready
    Nov 19 18:56:22 gentoo lircd 0.7.1: accepted new client on /dev/lircd
    Nov 19 18:56:22 gentoo lircd 0.7.1: could not get file
    information for /dev/lirc0
    Nov 19 18:56:22 gentoo lircd 0.7.1: default_init(): No such file
    or directory
    Nov 19 18:56:22 gentoo lircd 0.7.1: caught signal
    Nov 18 20:34:09 gentoo lircd 0.7.1: lircd(mceusb) ready
    gentoo ~ # irw
    gentoo ~ #

    mythfrontend starup messages
    Total desktop width=640, height=480, numscreens=1
    2005-11-19 21:03:27.058 Using screen 0, 640x480 at 0,0
    2005-11-19 21:03:27.061 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1
    www.mythtv.org <http://www.mythtv.org>
    2005-11-19 21:03:27.061 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
    2005-11-19 21:03:27.572 Switching to square mode (blue)
    mythtv: could not connect to socket
    mythtv: Connection refused
    lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
    2005-11-19 21:03:27.846 Joystick disabled.
    2005-11-19 21:03:27.915 Registering Internal as a media playback
    plugin.
    2005-11-19 21:03:28.210 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as
    a media handler
    2005-11-19 21:03:28.211 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as
    a media handler
    2005-11-19 21:03:28.980 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a
    media handler

    [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ lsmod
    Module                  Size  Used by
    ipv6                  250528  18
    snd_pcm_oss            59392  0
    snd_mixer_oss          19584  1 snd_pcm_oss
    snd_seq_dummy           3684  0
    snd_seq_oss            34368  0
    snd_seq_midi_event      7008  1 snd_seq_oss
    snd_seq                57040  5
    snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
    ohci_hcd               34916  0
    parport_pc             39716  0
    parport                35880  1 parport_pc
    floppy                 59316  0
    pcspkr                  3616  0
    rtc                     9172  0
    radeonfb               22804  0
    snd_via82xx            28800  0
    gameport               16264  1 snd_via82xx
    snd_ac97_codec         79292  1 snd_via82xx
    snd_pcm                97764  3
    snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
    snd_timer              26660  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
    snd_page_alloc         10856  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
    snd_mpu401_uart         8096  1 snd_via82xx
    snd_rawmidi            26720  1 snd_mpu401_uart
    snd_seq_device          8652  4
    snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
    snd                    63524  13
    
snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
    i2c_viapro              8176  0
    ehci_hcd               47080  0
    uhci_hcd               34348  0
    sata_via                8516  0
    tda9887                13264  0
    wm8775                  6204  0
    cx25840                39732  0
    firmware_class         10368  1 cx25840
    tuner                  35976  0
    tveeprom               11792  0
    ivtv                  210836  0
    i2c_algo_bit            9480  1 ivtv
    i2c_core               21696  7
    i2c_viapro,tda9887,wm8775,cx25840,tuner,tveeprom,i2c_algo_bit
    videodev                9888  1 ivtv
    sk98lin               164448  0
    sata_promise           11012  0
    libata                 46532  2 sata_via,sata_promise
    amd64_agp              12232  1
    agpgart                35280  1 amd64_agp
    usbcore               133308  4 ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
    dm_mod                 58076  0

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