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I have to tell ya, when something comes into my mailbox with no subject
and all mime-encoded w/o other content, it gets deleted pretty fast.

Hope someone else read it and helped you.

On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 10:14:05AM -0700, Mike Riley wrote:
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Lan Barnes wrote:

> I have to tell ya, when something comes into my mailbox with no subject
> and all mime-encoded w/o other content, it gets deleted pretty fast.
>
> Hope someone else read it and helped you.

Problem is that the message likely didn't actually originate from Mike
Riley, but someone on the list likely got bit :)

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On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 03:01:12PM -0500, Christopher Maahs wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Lan Barnes wrote:
>
> > I have to tell ya, when something comes into my mailbox with no subject
> > and all mime-encoded w/o other content, it gets deleted pretty fast.
> >
> > Hope someone else read it and helped you.
>
> Problem is that the message likely didn't actually originate from Mike
> Riley, but someone on the list likely got bit :)
>
> ~cj
>

... as in Mike's (presumably Outlook) machine has a virus? My
condolences if that's the case. I've been linux-only so long, I've
forgotten what it's like.

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Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
You know if someone were to do a HowTo on setting up
an IR Blaster to work with Myth, I would kiss them.
Guy

--- "Pace, Jonathan" <JPace@belo.com> wrote:
> perhaps this is better directed to a lircd list, but
> since this may be a
> large user base with the same hardware as i, here
> goes...
>
> i've got a pvr250 and myth is working like a champ,
> including the remote and
> ir receiver that come with the hauppauge card. now
> i'm wanting to get an
> irblaster to control my cable box (so i can include
> premium channels and
> such in my myth television watching goodness), but
> after reading the docs,
> i'm getting the impression that i can use the ir
> receiver _or_ an ir
> blaster/transmitter, but not both, since they
> require compiling lircd with
> different options in the setup.sh and both probably
> rely on /dev/lirc.
> anybody using both? anyone using the Actisys
> IR-200L ir blaster with a
> general instruments cable box that uses an ATT 200B
> remote (neither of which
> appear to have .conf files in lirc/remotes)?
>
> jwp
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RE: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
London Drugs seemed to be ok for me (Vancouver). Not a bad price either.
Otherwise, mail order may be your friend ;)

Emlyn

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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org]On Behalf Of ext James Nikolich
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 6:01 AM
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Subject: [mythtv-users] (no subject)


Hello all;

Hauppauge PVR-250 PCI cards seem to be the tuner-of-choice, from what I've been
reading in this forum. I'm looking to replace my AverMedia TVStudio with a
PVR-250 (or perhaps even two of them), but they seem to be in rather short
supply here in Toronto, Ont. CANADA.

Can anybody advise on where I might be able to find these things locally? For
those familiar with the Toronto scene, I've prowled all the stores in the
College / Spadina stretch... No joy. AlbertWhite out in Mississauga lists
them, but they're on a 5-week backorder (WTH?!?!?)

TIA,

Jim

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RE: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
I'd definetly be willing to help.
I made an offer to Murrant also to mirror his tikiwiki pages. Because he's
on slow bandwith as it seems.

M10K is a good platform to work on. Only getting it all to work properly
takes time... Very much time.
Øyvind, 1 little tip. What I got from the rest. Run xfree-4.3.99.14.ebuild
or higher or your video signal would be bugged. Still have to test it when I
get back from work tonight, but for now it's compiling ;)


Jelle.



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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Øyvind Repvik
Sent: dinsdag 2 december 2003 14:06
To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org
Subject: [mythtv-users] (no subject)

This might be kinda OT, but I'll send it anyways...


I've got a M10K as well. I'm running Gentoo on it. I haven't gotten as far
as setting up mythtv on it yet though... Too busy building the case :)
(http://gallery.repvik.org/)

I've considered setting up a "special interest list" though... For people
running Gentoo on M10K and trying to set up MythTV. There seems to be a few
of us :)

I know there's a lot of M10K and MythTV here, and there's a bit about M10K
and gentoo over at blade 5, but I can't find any site that has MythTV on
Gentoo on M10K :) (And seemingly, a few people seem to have problems with
just this).

I have a domain, and I can set up a mailinglist/phpBB, if there is an
interest for this. (Not meaning to steal from the MythTV list, though)

If anyone is interested in helping out, have tips/tricks/hints/howtos/links,
ANYTHING, I'd be grateful.

MythTV seems to be great, although I haven't tried it yet :P M10K is great,
although I haven't tried hardware decoding yet :P Gentoo is great. :)

Øyvind


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RE: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
There are more of us.... ;-)

Have tried to get RH9 to work, but it wont work..

Rasmus

On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 14:31, Jelle Kalf wrote:
> I'd definetly be willing to help.
> I made an offer to Murrant also to mirror his tikiwiki pages. Because he's
> on slow bandwith as it seems.
>
> M10K is a good platform to work on. Only getting it all to work properly
> takes time... Very much time.
> Øyvind, 1 little tip. What I got from the rest. Run xfree-4.3.99.14.ebuild
> or higher or your video signal would be bugged. Still have to test it when I
> get back from work tonight, but for now it's compiling ;)
>
>
> Jelle.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Øyvind Repvik
> Sent: dinsdag 2 december 2003 14:06
> To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] (no subject)
>
> This might be kinda OT, but I'll send it anyways...
>
>
> I've got a M10K as well. I'm running Gentoo on it. I haven't gotten as far
> as setting up mythtv on it yet though... Too busy building the case :)
> (http://gallery.repvik.org/)
>
> I've considered setting up a "special interest list" though... For people
> running Gentoo on M10K and trying to set up MythTV. There seems to be a few
> of us :)
>
> I know there's a lot of M10K and MythTV here, and there's a bit about M10K
> and gentoo over at blade 5, but I can't find any site that has MythTV on
> Gentoo on M10K :) (And seemingly, a few people seem to have problems with
> just this).
>
> I have a domain, and I can set up a mailinglist/phpBB, if there is an
> interest for this. (Not meaning to steal from the MythTV list, though)
>
> If anyone is interested in helping out, have tips/tricks/hints/howtos/links,
> ANYTHING, I'd be grateful.
>
> MythTV seems to be great, although I haven't tried it yet :P M10K is great,
> although I haven't tried hardware decoding yet :P Gentoo is great. :)
>
> Øyvind
>
>
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Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Ryan Pisani wrote:

> When I launch the tv-viewer in mythtv my whole system ends up locking up
> after I see a bunch of messages about /dev/dsp not loading.

Could be permissions - are you running myth as root? (if not, you should
be)

BTW, you might want to put a subject on future postings - most people scan
the subject lines for mails they are interested in or can help with, so a
lot of people won't even open your mail if you don't fill in the subject.

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Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
Sounds like you've got either esd (esound daemon) or artsd running, and
it's locking /dev/dsp.. I ran into this problem as well, with similar
results.

This should solve it (as root):

killall artsd && killall esd && mythbackend&

mythfrontend

Optionally, run artsd using alsa drivers (so that audio is realtime),
and invoke mythfrontend using the arts wrapper:

artsdsp mythfrontend;

Hope this helps..
Aaron


On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 12:25, Ryan Pisani wrote:
> All,
>
> I have just installed the current version of mythTV on RedHat 9,
> and I'm having problems loading the sound module.
> The device appears to be there, but I get no sound on Xawtv or Tvtime when
> I test it. I can however get sound from playing an avi, or mp3 file.
> When I launch the tv-viewer in mythtv my whole system ends up locking up
> after I see a bunch of messages about /dev/dsp not loading.
>
> Any idea's?
>
> Dmesg output:
>
> i2c-proc.o version 2.8.2 (20031211)
> i2c-core.o: i2c core module version 2.8.2 (20031211)
> Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> bttv: driver version 0.9.12 loaded
> bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
> bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
> PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:09.0
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:09.1
> bttv0: Bt878 (rev 2) at 00:09.0, irq: 9, latency: 32, mmio: 0xe3002000
> bttv0: detected: Hauppauge WinTV [card=10], PCI subsystem ID is 0070:13eb
> bttv0: using: Hauppauge (bt878) [card=10,autodetected]
> bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffdb [init]
> bttv0: Hauppauge/Voodoo msp34xx: reset line init [5]
> bttv0: Hauppauge eeprom: model=61381, tuner=Temic 4039FR5 (21), radio=yes
> bttv0: using tuner=21
> bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... found
> msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3430G-A1 +nicam +simple +radio
> msp3410: daemon started
> bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
> bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
> tvaudio: TV audio decoder + audio/video mux driver
> tvaudio: known chips:
> tda9840,tda9873h,tda9874h/a,tda9850,tda9855,tea6300,tea642
> 0,tda8425,pic16c54 (PV951),ta8874z
> tuner: chip found @ 0xc2
> tuner: type set to 21 (Temic NTSC (4039 FR5))
> bttv0: registered device video0
> bttv0: registered device vbi0
> bttv0: registered device radio0
> bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
> bttv0: PLL can sleep, using XTAL (28636363).
> parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,EPP]
> parport_pc: Via 686A parallel port: io=0x378
> lp0: using parport0 (polling).
> lp0: console ready
> 0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 nvidia.o Kernel Module 1.0-4496 Wed
> Jul 16
> 19:03:09 PDT 2003
>
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan Pisani
>
>
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Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
Jamison Ables wrote:

> Alright I'm getting ready to build my transmitter, like this one.
> http://www.lirc.org/images/simple_transmitter.gif I have a serial
> cable already to got and I'm going 2 pull my power off the computer
You don't need to pull power from the computer power supply with the
simple circuit.
> power supply. My question is as follows, I know that the "DTR" is the
> 4 pin on a serial but what goes at the other end? Also I have a few
The other pin is ground, pin 5.
> 4.7K ohm resistors so do u think that would work or should i stick
> them in series? (I have 5v and 12v) Finally is an IR LED from a tv
One 4.7k ohm resister should be plenty. In fact it might be to much.
> remote alright? Thanks Jamison
The ir led from a remote should work fine.

-dan
RE: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
Cody,

I had the same symptoms but with on board GF4 on board video. The
following fixed it for me.

On the Settings/TV Settings/Playback:
Enable Jitter Reduction and Extra Audio Buffering -> Rid me of the
choppy playback
Enable Deinterlace Playback -> Rid me of the vertical lines.

Hope this works for you!

Eric

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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Cody Walker
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:26 AM
To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org
Subject: [mythtv-users] (no subject)

So I got the pvr-350 video out working. only problem is there are lines
all
up and down the screen.. the screen chops along.. And sound sometimes
lags..
the iamge looks horrible.. what could be wrong?
RE: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
<SNIP>

>
> We have 2 tv's, primary downstairs, and secondary upstairs.
> In getting the output to both tv's, I've come up with a
> couple of options, but I'm leaning towards running about 50'
> of rca cable to the downstairs receiver. Since I have two
> soundcards, I should be able to dedicate one to myth, and one
> to pc audio.
> I hope. Of course I'm worried about the quality of the video
> after such a long run. Would I be better off with svideo over
> such a distance, with an svideo->composite adapter at the end?
>

Seeing as your talking about running cables, have you seen
http://www.kat5.tv/index1.html
Might be useful for you.

Greg
Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
On Thursday 27 May 2004 14:39, Mark Andrachek, Jr. wrote:
> Greetings. For quite some time now I've been thinking about
> building my own PVR, and my recent experiences with comcast,
> and the need to save a little money have been pushing me
> harder and harder in that direction. Cutting ~40/month for
> digital cable + PVR, should pay for itself pretty quickly.

Welcome!

Just for future reference, don't start a new thread by replying to a
message. It ends up burying your message inside the existing thread,
so anybody not reading that thread might ignore your message! (Plus
some people get annoyed...)

> I'm not a newbie to pvr's, linux, or video,

That's definitely a plus...

> but I am a
> a complete and total myth n00b. I've been very impressed
> by the screenshots, as well as the level of community
> support and involvement of this project.
>
> I've had my wife using Linux for about the past 3 months,
> and she's hooked.

Wish I could say the same...

> I can't get her off shishen-sho (kde
> game). :) I've been given permission to fully convert
> our machine to Linux, and since she and our 3 month old
> went to visit his grandparents for the week... I've got
> room and time to make a mess and geek out - a 3 day
> weekend no-less!
>
> So, I picked up a pvr-250 and got the hardware installed
> and functioning under 'doze last night, and I've got a few
> questions before I go any further.
>
> The machine is a 1.4 Ghz Athlon, 512 Mb RAM 2x120Gb seagate
> 7200 drives, on-motherboard audio, sb live! pci, geforce2
> with composite out, and a dvd drive. And the PVR-250 of
> course.
>
> The computer is, and will continue to be on the second
> floor of our townhouse, and will still need to be used
> for light word processing, email. Oh, and Shishen-Sho,
>
> :)
>
> We have 2 tv's, primary downstairs, and secondary upstairs.
> In getting the output to both tv's, I've come up with a couple
> of options, but I'm leaning towards running about 50' of rca
> cable to the downstairs receiver. Since I have two soundcards,
> I should be able to dedicate one to myth, and one to pc audio.
> I hope. Of course I'm worried about the quality of the video
> after such a long run. Would I be better off with svideo
> over such a distance, with an svideo->composite adapter at
> the end?

Heh... well, first of all, you might run into dual-head or Xinerama
issues, hopefully nothing unsolveable. You might want to search the
archives for more specifics. Also, some video cards (don't know if the
GF2 is one) only support Xv scaling on the first head, meaning that to
get Xv on your TV-out you'd have to set up the VGA as a mirror display;
not what you want. Like I said, search the archives & ask around;
there are quite a number of people with GF2s, so odds are you should be
OK there.

As far as the cabling goes, S-Video is always better, but I don't know
if you can go 50' with it. A couple of people have reported success
doing this on the list, IIRC. Of course, you'd still have to run RCA
cable for the sound, I guess.

>
> For the tv in the upstairs bedroom, I've got an xbox that's
> pretty much just collecting dust that I can network and
> set up as the frontend. With this setup would the xbox
> be able to watch live tv? Or would I need to run coax in
> for that?

You'll be able to watch LiveTV on the Xbox as long as the tuner isn't
busy recording something else, or someone isn't using it for LiveTV
downstairs. You can only encode 1 stream at a time per tuner, and
Recording & LiveTV are equivalent in that respect -- LiveTV is just
recording & watching at the same time, for a simple view.

>
> I had thought about getting a UHF transmitter like this:
> http://www.accessorywarehouse.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&S
>tore_Code=AWI&Product_Code=501015&Category_Code= That would allow any
> tv within 300' to tune in, but I don't
> think it's stereo, don't know how good the reception would
> be, and I don't know if I want my neighbors to be able to
> know my viewing habits. ;) Still, a neat bit of kit.
>
> Lastly we come to the issue of control. With the PC
> upstairs, and the output down, I'm wondering if a
> 50' audio extension cable would work to extend the
> length of the IR receiver that was bundled with the
> pvr-250... has anyone ever tried it? I already have
> 2 learning universal remotes that can easily learn
> the hauppage remote. Should I bite the bullet and
> get a remote extender? Would it even work with
> 802.11g, 2 2.4Ghz cordless phones, and a 2.4 Ghz
> baby monitor? Recommendations?

Don't know about RF interference issues. You could run some serial
cable along with your A/V cables. You might be able to use CAT-3 or
CAT-5 wire, using DB-9 (serial)<->CAT-3/5 adapters at either end.
Again, it's been done, so search the list archives.


Good luck!

-JAC
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Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
> So, I picked up a pvr-250 and got the hardware installed
> and functioning under 'doze last night, and I've got a few
> questions before I go any further.
Hopefully it's not a weird one that's marginally supported. I haven't
been paying too much attention to these threads, but apparently there are a few
revisions that are troublesome... something to be prepared for.

>
> The machine is a 1.4 Ghz Athlon, 512 Mb RAM 2x120Gb seagate
> 7200 drives, on-motherboard audio, sb live! pci, geforce2
> with composite out, and a dvd drive. And the PVR-250 of
> course.
For use with the PVR-250, perfectly fine machine specs.

> We have 2 tv's, primary downstairs, and secondary upstairs.
> In getting the output to both tv's, I've come up with a couple
> of options, but I'm leaning towards running about 50' of rca
> cable to the downstairs receiver. Since I have two soundcards,
> I should be able to dedicate one to myth, and one to pc audio.
> I hope.
That should be doable, but will require some tweaking.

Of course I'm worried about the quality of the video
> after such a long run. Would I be better off with svideo
> over such a distance, with an svideo->composite adapter at
> the end?
The biggest issue with this is whether you are talking baseband or
modulated video. IIRC, baseband signal is not AGC'd and has a specified
output voltage level (0.7 Vrms into 75 Ohms). That means that on a long run,
as the voltage drops, the contrast and saturation will decrease. Fifty feet
shouldn't be too bad, but will definately cause problems if poor quality cable
(either lossy or poor matching impedance). I'm assuming you will send the
audio over dedicated wires then?
If you run modulated video, it's another quality loss, but more
traditional as far as getting signal over longer distances. As you found out,
audio is a problem with this solution, as encoding stereo is currently fairly
expensive. Mono is *easy*, and that's what you get with the $15 Wal-mart "DVD
RF Modulator."

>
> For the tv in the upstairs bedroom, I've got an xbox that's
> pretty much just collecting dust that I can network and
> set up as the frontend. With this setup would the xbox
> be able to watch live tv? Or would I need to run coax in
> for that?
I have not run linux or mythtv on the x-box, but alegedly it works
pretty well. I don't even know that much about them, but my understanding is
that they've got onboard video/audio (of course), ethernet, and an IR port? If
it works as well as some people claim, I would seriously consider running a
single ethernet cable the 50' distance between the master box and downstairs.
A frontend is basically half a mythtv box that can play videos (or
recordings) over the network. Use the x-box as the frontend... needs nothing
more than the ethernet cable (and of course the additional complexity of
getting linux/mythtv on the xbox and setting up a multiple mythtvbox
frontend/backend).

>
> I had thought about getting a UHF transmitter like this:
> http://www.accessorywarehouse.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AWI&Product_Code=501015&Category_Code=
> That would allow any tv within 300' to tune in, but I don't
> think it's stereo, don't know how good the reception would
> be, and I don't know if I want my neighbors to be able to
> know my viewing habits. ;) Still, a neat bit of kit.
>
> Lastly we come to the issue of control. With the PC
> upstairs, and the output down, I'm wondering if a
> 50' audio extension cable would work to extend the
> length of the IR receiver that was bundled with the
> pvr-250... has anyone ever tried it? I already have
> 2 learning universal remotes that can easily learn
> the hauppage remote. Should I bite the bullet and
> get a remote extender? Would it even work with
> 802.11g, 2 2.4Ghz cordless phones, and a 2.4 Ghz
> baby monitor? Recommendations?
If you've got IR on the xbox, you won't need an extender. Also, for
further note, setting up the IR part of mythtv doesn't require a universal
remote. It can be taught to pretty much interpret any remote... map the keys
however you like. An old DirecTV or Tivo remote is great for a mythtv PVR.

>
> I'm trying to keep this as inexpensive as I can, while
> maintaining the relative ease of use. The faster this
> pays for itself, the sooner I can convince the powers
> that be that adding a second tuner, more disk space,
> or other upgrades would be worthwhile.
>
Sounds like you've already got all the stuff you need to do it. The
xbox in the primary loop means it'll take awhile to get it all going.

-Cory


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Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
Pete Stagman wrote:

>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I just installed the new nVidia driver using apt-get.
>
> When I tried to restart X, it failed. Here's what's in the
> XFree86.0.log file:
>
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
> DIA(0): Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480;"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TVOverScan" "0.6"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Forcing SVIDEO output
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Use of NVIDIA internal AGP requested
> (**) NVIDIA(0): TV Standard string: "NTSC-M"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): TwinView enabled
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xF4000000
> (--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xEA000000
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> (II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
> (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
> The only attached monitor is my TV using SVideo. There is a configured
> NEC multisync in the Config which I used to originally install.
>
> I'm using Axel's kernel 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl_48.rhfc1.at and installed
> the new driver using Jarod's recommended:
> # apt-get install kernel-module-nvidia-graphics6106-$MYKERNEL
> # apt-get install nvidia-graphics6106
>
> I had tried it with "RenderAccel" "1" and without and get the same error.
>
> I know I can always go back to the old driver that was working, but
> I'd rather move to the new one and get the best quality I can.
>
> Any ideas what's going on here? What other info would you like?
>
> --Pete
>
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Funny, that's the exact same error I get when trying to install the old
drivers (4363), as 6106 seems to be giving me trouble.
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Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
Trevor Hill wrote:

> Pete Stagman wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I just installed the new nVidia driver using apt-get.
>>
>> When I tried to restart X, it failed. Here's what's in the
>> XFree86.0.log file:
>>
>> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
>> DIA(0): Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
>> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
>> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
>> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480;"
>> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TVOverScan" "0.6"
>> (**) NVIDIA(0): Forcing SVIDEO output
>> (**) NVIDIA(0): Use of NVIDIA internal AGP requested
>> (**) NVIDIA(0): TV Standard string: "NTSC-M"
>> (**) NVIDIA(0): TwinView enabled
>> (--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xF4000000
>> (--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xEA000000
>> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
>> (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
>> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
>> (II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
>> (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
>> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>>
>> Fatal server error:
>> no screens found
>>
>> The only attached monitor is my TV using SVideo. There is a
>> configured NEC multisync in the Config which I used to originally
>> install.
>>
>> I'm using Axel's kernel 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl_48.rhfc1.at and installed
>> the new driver using Jarod's recommended:
>> # apt-get install kernel-module-nvidia-graphics6106-$MYKERNEL
>> # apt-get install nvidia-graphics6106
>>
>> I had tried it with "RenderAccel" "1" and without and get the same
>> error.
>>
>> I know I can always go back to the old driver that was working, but
>> I'd rather move to the new one and get the best quality I can.
>>
>> Any ideas what's going on here? What other info would you like?
>>
>> --Pete
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
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>>
> Funny, that's the exact same error I get when trying to install the
> old drivers (4363), as 6106 seems to be giving me trouble.
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>
>
>
Heh, I discovered that apt didn't install the appropriate
kernel-module-nvidia-....-4363... package.
Installing it again manually fixed that right up.

--Trevor
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Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
At 01:31 PM 7/10/2004, you wrote:

>Trevor Hill wrote:
>
>>Pete Stagman wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>I just installed the new nVidia driver using apt-get.
>>>
>>>When I tried to restart X, it failed. Here's what's in the XFree86.0.log
>>>file:
>>>
>>>(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
>>>DIA(0): Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480;"
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TVOverScan" "0.6"
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Forcing SVIDEO output
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Use of NVIDIA internal AGP requested
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): TV Standard string: "NTSC-M"
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): TwinView enabled
>>>(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xF4000000
>>>(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xEA000000
>>>(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
>>>(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
>>>(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
>>>(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
>>>(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
>>>(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>>>
>>>Fatal server error:
>>>no screens found
>>>
>>>The only attached monitor is my TV using SVideo. There is a configured
>>>NEC multisync in the Config which I used to originally install.
>>>
>>>I'm using Axel's kernel 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl_48.rhfc1.at and installed the
>>>new driver using Jarod's recommended:
>>># apt-get install kernel-module-nvidia-graphics6106-$MYKERNEL
>>># apt-get install nvidia-graphics6106
>>>
>>>I had tried it with "RenderAccel" "1" and without and get the same error.
>>>
>>>I know I can always go back to the old driver that was working, but I'd
>>>rather move to the new one and get the best quality I can.
>>>
>>>Any ideas what's going on here? What other info would you like?
>>>
>>>--Pete
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>mythtv-users mailing list
>>>mythtv-users@mythtv.org
>>>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>>>
>>Funny, that's the exact same error I get when trying to install the old
>>drivers (4363), as 6106 seems to be giving me trouble.
>>_______________________________________________
>>mythtv-users mailing list
>>mythtv-users@mythtv.org
>>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>>
>>
>Heh, I discovered that apt didn't install the appropriate
>kernel-module-nvidia-....-4363... package.
>Installing it again manually fixed that right up.
Yep, I installed manually and all is well.

--Pete



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Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 22:08, Chris Brodie wrote:
> First post here...

>
> -Leadtek Winfast 2000XP. Leadtek site says it does encoding in a
> roundabout way. This card was exceeding cheap so I REALLY want to make
> sure it does hardware encoding before I continue.
>

> Many thanks,
>
> Chris
Sorry Chris, I have the winfast deluxe and no it does not do hardware
encoding. It is a pretty good card for me but I would go for the PVR
250. I think you can get it from pcalcamy.com (someone posted that
earlier I don't know if that is correct) and it also showed up in
compusa's ad today for $79 with rebates, note this is MCE oem, different
card but still works.
Do your self a favor and spend the money on a PVR250 or 350 I wish I did
since I'm starting to make DVD's
HTH
Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
>
> -Albatron KM-18g Motherboard. It has onboard Network, Video, TV, Audio
> (just AC97 but I only have TV speakers right now).

I have one, works well. I use the onboard video and audio (SPDIF, with
an optical header (didnt come with the board)). Board also supports
wake-on-rtc (I have myth shutdown, then turn back on 5min before it has
to record anything).

Dave
Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
just to clairify, the one in the compusa add is actually not the MCE
oem, but the non-MCE 980.

I might spend a few extra bucks and get an athlon XP-M, that way it'll
be sure to run cool, and may even work better as well due to the cache
not being nerfed.

The hard dirve is the exact one I have, and am about to get another,
as it is totally silent (the northbirdge fan makes far more noise) and
is by far the fastest 7200 rpm drive I have ever used (PATA version.)

for IR, if you get a motherboard that doesn't have it's serial ports
in the back panel, but rather has pin headers for them to go in a pci
slot, say, then you could do what you want to do by wiring it to that.
the same goes for a usb header; you'd have to buy a usb ir reciever
that way, but it may be easier to find a mobo that has usb headers
than serial.

I too have the leadtek card, and can confirm that it is software
encoding. I just ordered a pvr 250, as I use this box for a lot, and
get skipping in my recordings if I, say, play ut2004 while somthing is
recording. However, if it's not a general purpose box, the image
quality is pretty decent.

-Nate

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:22:35 -0700, listman <listman@depfyffer.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 22:08, Chris Brodie wrote:
> > First post here...
>
> >
> > -Leadtek Winfast 2000XP. Leadtek site says it does encoding in a
> > roundabout way. This card was exceeding cheap so I REALLY want to make
> > sure it does hardware encoding before I continue.
> >
>
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Chris
> Sorry Chris, I have the winfast deluxe and no it does not do hardware
> encoding. It is a pretty good card for me but I would go for the PVR
> 250. I think you can get it from pcalcamy.com (someone posted that
> earlier I don't know if that is correct) and it also showed up in
> compusa's ad today for $79 with rebates, note this is MCE oem, different
> card but still works.
> Do your self a favor and spend the money on a PVR250 or 350 I wish I did
> since I'm starting to make DVD's
> HTH
>
>
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Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
> I just purchased some new hardware and am building a MythTV box
> based on
> Jarod Wilson's HOWTO at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php.
> I've gotten
> to the portion of the HOWTO, after installing the ivtv stuff using
> apt-get,
> where I send a test signal to the TV-Out of the PVR-350. When I
> do that all
> I see on the TV is snow. I moved on to the next step to see if I
> couldrecord and view the signal coming in on my cable line into
> the FM connector
> and again all I got was snow.

Sounds like it is working. There is no "test pattern" AFAIK and your reception of "snow" indicated you are looking at the rf in connector of your card. My suggestion at this point is to continue with the myth install. Once compiled and installed you should be have complete control of your card and view/record something.

I never had much luck getting the card to output anything useful using the command line interface.
RE: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
Well...once I realized I had the cabling all screwed up...duh...

So now I definitely am getting a signal on the TV-OUT. I get a test pattern
now when I run the 'saa7127 test_image=1'. Initially when I ran the saa7127
in normal mode all I got was the green screen, but I found a post mentioning
the need to change one of the registers (I think that's right)... So I did
that and now I get alternating white/pink diagonal stripes across the
screen. I believe I may need to apply the tuner patch from ivtv.no-ip.com
and have submitted a separate post on that issue.

Thanks,
Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wmunson@rochester.rr.com [mailto:wmunson@rochester.rr.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 2:29 PM
> To: mr-mencel@wiu.edu; Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] (no subject)
>
> > I just purchased some new hardware and am building a MythTV
> box based
> > on Jarod Wilson's HOWTO at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php.
> > I've gotten
> > to the portion of the HOWTO, after installing the ivtv stuff using
> > apt-get, where I send a test signal to the TV-Out of the PVR-350.
> > When I do that all I see on the TV is snow. I moved on to the next
> > step to see if I couldrecord and view the signal coming in
> on my cable
> > line into the FM connector and again all I got was snow.
>
> Sounds like it is working. There is no "test pattern" AFAIK
> and your reception of "snow" indicated you are looking at the
> rf in connector of your card. My suggestion at this point is
> to continue with the myth install. Once compiled and
> installed you should be have complete control of your card
> and view/record something.
>
> I never had much luck getting the card to output anything
> useful using the command line interface.
>
Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
Cook, Michael J. (Business Development) wrote:

> Is there any way to configure MythTV to use a Proxy for HTTP access? I
> am behind a firewall and a “direct” connection will not work for me.
>
>
If you're talkabout about the datadirect grabber, yes. It uses wget and
you need to set wget for proxy access. I know there is something in the
archive about this. Try searching for wget and proxy.

Kevin
Re: (no subject) [ In reply to ]
Cook, Michael J. (Business Development) wrote:
> Is there any way to configure MythTV to use a Proxy for HTTP access? I am
> behind a firewall and a "direct" connection will not work for me.

export HTTP_PROXY=http://proxyserver.com:port/

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