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| Author: | tom118 [ Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Blue screen Live TV |
I have just installed R5F27 after using a previous release for over a year with no problems. Now when i go to watch live tv I get a blue screen, The audio works, but no video. If I go into "watch recordings" the video in the preview works fine, but if I select it to play I get a blue screen again. All other menus and everything work fine it is just a problem with full screen video. Any Ideas? |
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| Author: | tom118 [ Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:57 am ] |
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After some messing around in the appearance tab my wife found that the TV will display if it is is not full screen, by changing the screen settings, GUI width and height to about 1190 wide by 1024 high. If we go upto 1280 X 1024 we get a blue screen. Any ideas? |
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| Author: | kmkittre [ Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:15 pm ] |
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What was your previous release? Did you follow all of tjc's instructions?: http://www.mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16384 |
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| Author: | tom118 [ Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:38 pm ] |
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Unfortunately I don't remember what release I was using before and I have now removed it, so I can't check. |
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| Author: | tom118 [ Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | update! |
ok, I have tried using a different monitor and it works fine, Unfortunately this monitor is a burned out old Sony Trinitron. The monitor I was using before is a Xerox 900p LCD Monitor and I'd like to keep using it. Any ideas what may be causing this problem? |
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| Author: | kmkittre [ Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:57 pm ] |
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I'll ask you again, did you follow these instructions?: http://www.mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16384 tjc put a lot of hard work into these so please use them. Lots of good information. If I had to guess, you have a problem with your xorg.conf file. Most likely in the modeline section. |
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| Author: | tom118 [ Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:07 am ] |
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I assume you are referring to these instructions: http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... structions The link you used didn't work for me. I have looked at these instructions, but really don't know where to start. I can't find anything that applies to my situation. Before I go any further I should make it clear that my Linux experience is limited to getting my previous version on knoppmyth going (with a lot of help from this forum). |
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| Author: | kmkittre [ Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:52 am ] |
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Those links are the same with your link highlighting the word "instructions"... Not sure why it would be any different, and all 3 links work for me. You should read the section "2) X Server and Desktop changes:" If I had to guess, you were probably upgrading from R5D1 or earlier. This means that your XF86Config-4 file was probably not backed up. This is a bummer because if it was working before, you could have used the modelines from that file in the new xorg.conf. Just do a google search for xorg.conf and modelines. That should get you on the right track. These were the instructions I used for my HDTV: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/mythhd.php |
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| Author: | slowtolearn [ Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:18 am ] |
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kmkittre wrote: Those links are the same with your link highlighting the word "instructions"... Not sure why it would be any different, and all 3 links work for me. [topic drift] Not quite, tom118's link does not use the www., a carryover from the "double login" issue - See http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13800 [/topic drift]
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| Author: | tom118 [ Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:59 pm ] |
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Still no joy here, I don't really know how the X Server and Desktop changes apply to my system, I don't even know what to look for, or even how to find xorg.conf. I was wondering if I could get around this problem by changing the resolution that Knoppmyth starts in. Of course I have no idea how to do this either. Pretty useless at Linux, Tom. |
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| Author: | tom118 [ Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:14 pm ] |
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Still no joy here, I don't really know how the X Server and Desktop changes apply to my system, I don't even know what to look for, or even how to find xorg.conf. I was wondering if I could get around this problem by changing the resolution that Knoppmyth starts in. Of course I have no idea how to do this either. Pretty useless at Linux, Tom. |
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| Author: | slowtolearn [ Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:44 pm ] |
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tom118 wrote: Still no joy here, I don't really know how the X Server and Desktop changes apply to my system, I don't even know what to look for, or even how to find xorg.conf. The file in question is /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Open it up in nano (nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf, the nano controls are listed at the bottom) and look for a section similar to I was wondering if I could get around this problem by changing the resolution that Knoppmyth starts in. Code: Section "Screen" You can change the Modes and restart X (pkill xinit) to find the resolution that will work with your TV. Note the multiple Depth sections, you'll want to change at least 24 and 32, if not all of them. (Does R5F27 have nvidia-settings? May be easier to make adjustments with that...)
Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultColorDepth 24 Option "UseEvents" "True" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection ... NOTE: I strongly recommend backing up your xorg.conf before making any changes - Eg. cp -p /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.tom118 |
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| Author: | tom118 [ Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Sorted, Thanks Guys! |
By edidting the /etc/X11/xorg.conf as suggested and changing my screen settings to 1024X768 with separate modes for for GUI and tv playback (in Utilities/setup> Setup> Appearance) I am now able to view my Mythtv full screen on my nice LCD monitor. Thanks very much for all your help. Tom. |
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| Author: | slowtolearn [ Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sorted, Thanks Guys! |
tom118 wrote: By edidting the /etc/X11/xorg.conf as suggested and changing my screen settings to 1024X768 with separate modes for for GUI and tv playback (in Utilities/setup> Setup> Appearance) I am now able to view my Mythtv full screen on my nice LCD monitor. Glad you got it sorted out.
Thanks very much for all your help. Tom. Curious: What resolutions does your Xerox 900p LCD support, and what video chipset/card are you using to drive it? |
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| Author: | Girkers [ Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:41 pm ] |
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Looking at the specs of this monitor you should be able to drive it at 1280x1024, that is if your video card can handle that. Refer: http://www.xerox-displays.info/product_display_xa7.html# Out of interest whilst I was looking at this monitor I found they had a voluntary recall, http://www.xerox-displays.info/news20060530.html. This news may be a little old, just thought I would let you know if you were not already aware. |
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