On 09/01/2010 01:06 PM, John wrote: > *bump* > > Hi - > > Anyone got any suggestions on what I can try to get my TV OUT (PAL) > working on a VIA EPIA CN10000 board? > > Does anyone have TV OUT working on this or a similar (CN700 /1625M video > chips) platform? > If so, could you send me your xorg.conf? And details of which drivers > you're using? What BIOS settings do you use? > > Do I need to compile the latest driver (I'm currently using the stock > openchrome from ubuntu 10.04) > > Any help, pointers, suggestions would be really appreciated! > This should work-around the issue : http://www.openchrome.org/trac/attachment/ticket/342/openchrome-revert_tvout_fixes_part_2b.patch
Look at the whole bug report for more context. Regards, Xavier ps : please don't top post. > Many Thanks > > John > > On 09/08/10 10:15, John wrote: >> Hi - >> >> Hope someone can help me, I've been trying for weeks but had no success >> getting TV out to work with PAL output on a VIA EPIA CN13000 (CN700 >> /1625M video chips). The system has a basic Ubuntu 10.04 installation. >> >> From what Ive read it should be fairly straightforward but Im not >> having any success. >> >> I can switch the "TVout" on in th BIOS (either NTSC or PAL, either >> composite or S-Video or both) and they work fine in boot up (VIA splash >> screen), BIOS editing screen and text boot up of ubuntu. So its clear >> the TV out function *can* work and does work with the default video mode >> of VIA and text mode during boot of ubuntu. >> (Note NTSC seems to be only black and white, PAL is colour) >> >> However, at the point when ubuntu switches to the X server (or the fb >> based text console when booting text only) the TV output briefly flashes >> green and then disappears. >> >> the text output mode (from fbset) is 640x480-60; fbset wont allow me >> change it to a different mode and there doesnt seem to be a modeset for >> PAL in the /etc/fb.modes file anyway. >> >> but X is even more worrying in that it often appears to CRASH the >> machine. I cant ssh in, nothing is coming out, no services seem to >> start (nmap on the machine shows nothing including no reply to ping) >> >> this is with many combinations of settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but >> the one I really thought would work was (note: BIOS set to TV-out only, >> PAL, on both comp and S-video) >> >> .... >> Section "Device" >> ### Available Driver options are:- >> ### Values:<i>: integer,<f>: float,<bool>: "True"/"False", >> ###<string>: "String",<freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" >> ### [arg]: arg optional >> #Option "PrintVGARegs" # [<bool>] >> #Option "PrintTVRegs" # [<bool>] >> #Option "I2CScan" # [<bool>] >> #Option "VBEModes" # [<bool>] >> #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] >> #Option "AccelMethod" #<str> >> #Option "ExaNoComposite" # [<bool>] >> #Option "ExaScratchSize" #<i> >> #Option "SWCursor" # [<bool>] >> #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>] >> #Option "RotationType" # [<str>] >> #Option "Rotate" # [<str>] >> #Option "VideoRAM" #<i> >> Option "ActiveDevice" "TV" # [<str>] >> #Option "BusWidth" # [<str>] >> #Option "Center" # [<bool>] >> #Option "PanelSize" # [<str>] >> #Option "ForcePanel" # [<bool>] >> #Option "TVDotCrawl" # [<bool>] >> #Option "TVDeflicker" #<i> >> Option "TVType" "PAL" # [<str>] >> #Option "TVOutput" "Composite" # [<str>] >> #Option "TVPort" # [<str>] >> #Option "DisableVQ" # [<bool>] >> #Option "DisableIRQ" # [<bool>] >> #Option "EnableAGPDMA" # [<bool>] >> #Option "NoAGPFor2D" # [<bool>] >> #Option "NoXVDMA" # [<bool>] >> #Option "VbeSaveRestore" # [<bool>] >> #Option "DisableXvBWCheck" # [<bool>] >> #Option "ModeSwitchMethod" # [<str>] >> #Option "MaxDRIMem" #<i> >> #Option "AGPMem" #<i> >> Identifier "Card0" >> Driver "openchrome" >> VendorName "VIA Technologies, Inc." >> BoardName "CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro]" >> BusID "PCI:1:0:0" >> EndSection >> >> Section "Screen" >> Identifier "Screen0" >> Device "Card0" >> Monitor "Monitor0" >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Modes "720x576Noscale" >> Depth 8 >> EndSubSection >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Modes "720x576Noscale" >> Depth 15 >> EndSubSection >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Modes "720x576Noscale" >> Depth 16 >> EndSubSection >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Modes "720x576Noscale" >> # Modes "800x600" >> # Modes "1024x768" >> Depth 24 >> EndSubSection >> EndSection >> >> Any ideas / help would be greatly appreciated! >> >> Thanks >> John >> >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > openchrome-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://wiki.openchrome.org/mailman/listinfo/openchrome-users > Main page: > http://www.openchrome.org > Wiki: > http://wiki.openchrome.org > User Forum: > http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=1 > _______________________________________________ openchrome-users mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.openchrome.org/mailman/listinfo/openchrome-users Main page: http://www.openchrome.org Wiki: http://wiki.openchrome.org User Forum: http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=1
