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 1Evdqv-0000CG-Tw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 16:57:10 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k08GriVr020202; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 16:53:44 GMT Received: from mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.9]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k08GoWEF030380 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 16:50:33 GMT Received: (qmail 19629 invoked from network); 8 Jan 2006 16:50:31 -0000 Received: from dsl027-182-150.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO chi.speakeasy.net) (rmsand@[216.27.182.150]) (envelope-sender ) by mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 8 Jan 2006 16:50:31 -0000 Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 08:50:31 -0800 From: Bob Sanders To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend) Message-ID: <20060108085031.5e850782@chi.speakeasy.net> In-Reply-To: <1136697447.10009.2.camel@camille.espersunited.com> 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d85e1be9-d6b2-42b8-b67f-0c104e12589b X-Archives-Hash: a75625962e5d6ac39d6fc1b33046098c 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 - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list