From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EvexF-0007rN-AL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:07:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k08I46G6005985; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 18:04:06 GMT Received: from bullet.espersunited.com (24-117-226-93.cpe.cableone.net [24.117.226.93]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k08HvqfP010590 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 17:57:53 GMT Received: from camille.espersunited.com (camille.espersunited.com [192.168.1.3]) by bullet.espersunited.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k08Hvq4V032291 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 11:57:52 -0600 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend) From: Michael Sullivan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20060108085031.5e850782@chi.speakeasy.net> References: <1135878795.9187.17.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <1135904790.9334.1.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <1135980482.11114.12.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <20051230193033.4c9f126c@chi.speakeasy.net> <1136011206.11068.1.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <20051231091827.4db53412@chi.speakeasy.net> <1136154629.9572.4.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <1136155627.3028.3.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <1136156252.3686.2.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <20060101174719.0a21e8de@chi.speakeasy.net> <20060101192012.7dce0470@chi.speakeasy.net> <1136680929.9948.4.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <20060107195002.7f9200f9@chi.speakeasy.net> <1136697447.10009.2.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <20060108085031.5e850782@chi.speakeasy.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 11:57:52 -0600 Message-Id: <1136743072.9804.6.camel@camille.espersunited.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 46140189-c901-4a7d-b805-2b1e20f3a643 X-Archives-Hash: 449c2a1a460df12a66141605cd7e75f5 On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 08:50 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: > On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:17:27 -0600 > Michael Sullivan wrote: > > > > I tried the test "cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg" and opening it in mplayer > > and all I got was the blank screen. > > Blank screen indicates no signal. > > > I tried it with /dev/video24 and > > got static > > Typical tuner input, no channel, aka white noise. > > > and with /dev/video32 I got weird polygonal images. > > Probably a station close by, but not tuned in - a tuner input or possible the FM radio > port. > > > I think > > mythfrontend is freezing up after that 1.5 seconds because it takes > > awhile to get back to the menu screen. Why is /dev/video spitting out > > nothing now, when it was just fine before I followed the mythtv howto? > > > > Typically a channel and input needs to be switched on before anything will display. > Another way to test is to listen if there is audio, but the screen is still blank. That indicates > an incorrect display setting, possibly in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. > > Bob I managed to get the cat /dev/video0 test to work by issuing "ivtvctl -p 4" (4 is my tuner), but it won't work with mythtv - all I get is the blank screen. That and my mythbackend keeps dying. It leaves no log files. How can I diagnose why it's dying? You've mentioned more than once that the problem might be with my xorg.conf file. That file was generated by X -configure. What changes would I need to make to the xorg.conf file? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list