Re: BT8x8 TV Card

[Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net>]

These are the updated pastbin links to my BT8x8 issue. Hopefully these
are helpful, if you need more information, let me know.


dmesg -> http://rafb.net/p/HfS8nS31.html
xorg.conf -> http://rafb.net/p/twDeb451.html
Xorg.0.log -> http://rafb.net/p/hBdXqc31.html
.config -> http://rafb.net/p/vs6MFW28.html

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Robert Hancock wrote:
> Chris Brennan wrote:
>> I'm having a kernel related issue (I think) with the BT878 card I
>> have in my gentoo box.
>>
>> Here are pastebin results of varius infomation, I hope I give all
>> the necessary info. If I am missing something or you need more,
>> please let me know.
>>
>> dmesg -> http://rafb.net/p/MVIiSg62.html xorg.conf ->
>> http://rafb.net/p/dXz4Ry49.html Xorg.0.log ->
>> http://rafb.net/p/LbPBZT56.html config ->
>> http://rafb.net/p/Dm5LDM88.html
>
> These links don't work.
>
>>
>> xawtv gives me a window and when I right click, I can choose what
>>  format and region and all that jazz, but I get no picture. I do
>> get a green overlay w/ some static when it doesn't cause my X
>> Session to freeze. Below is the console output of two apps I am
>> trying to use to access the TV Card.
>>
>> tvtime produces the following error:
>>
>> xaero@Leviathan ~ $ tvtime Running tvtime 1.0.2. Reading
>> configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml Reading configuration
>> from /home/xaero/.tvtime/tvtime.xml xvoutput: No XVIDEO port
>> found which supports YUY2 images.
>>
>> *** tvtime requires hardware YUY2 overlay support from your video
>> card *** driver.  If you are using an older NVIDIA card (TNT2),
>> then *** this capability is only available with their binary
>> drivers. *** For some ATI cards, this feature may be found in the
>>  experimental *** GATOS drivers: http://gatos.souceforge.net/ ***
>> If unsure, please check with your distribution to see if your ***
>> X driver supports hardware overlay surfaces.
>>
>> xaero@Leviathan ~ $
>>
>> tvtime-scanner now that made my heart jump ... cause it scanned
>> and stored all my basic cable channels. But I still can't get a
>> video signal. So I am obviously missing something.
>>
>>
>> So hopefully someone can help me
>
> I assume you did read the message tvtime spit out and looked into
> it?
>