Re: [Freevo-users] Terminal on TV with G450 and DirectFB

[Magnus Einarsson]

If you want to see the system boot you can set the Matrox card in a mode that enables the TV out on power up using a utility that came with the card (and can also be found on the Matrox web site ftp://ftp.matrox.com/pub/mga/archive/bios/2003/setup257.exe). I ran the utility from a CD so there is no need to install windows on your freevo machine. Now i see the bios POST one the TV and the Linux boot until the framebuffer set the video mode, if you configure a framebuffer mode that is supported on the TV out you *should* be able to see the complete Linux boot until freevo starts but i have not tried that. Regards /Magnus Shawn Dowler wrote: On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:43:48 +0000, Nicholas Ruddick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: All I can say Shawn is I looked into the same ideas you have a few months back and didn't really come up with much. Con2fb seems to have very little information out on it and dfbterm I haven't tried. If you do come up with solutions to boot up screens and terminals share it with the list. I'd be very interested. Nick Shawn Dowler wrote: I had read up a bit on that. I was wondering how it might work without a windowing system. It would also be nice to do something with the boot messages, but that's probably not possible to see them with the current setup I have. I read about con2fb, but am not sure if that would be an option in my case. On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:21:29 +0100, Magnus Einarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You can probably use the DirectFB terminal program dfbterm but i have not tested it yet. /Magnus Shawn Dowler wrote: I've got a nice setup with Freevo running using a Matrox G450 and DirectFB. It's only got a TV hooked up to it so any changes I need to do or anything fancy I need to ssh in from another computer on my network. I was wondering what my options are for a working Terminal display in such a situation. Ideally I'd like to add an option using "Generic" to start this terminal from within freevo itself, but that might be bad if I want to tinker with freevo, maybe I could have the terminal start behind freevo and always be there if I exit freevo? What are your suggestions? I know what I'm doing with Linux, I just wanted some ideas from you guys before I started experimenting. Thanks, Shawn Dowler ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users I thought this looked rather interesting, but I haven't had a chance to try it out yet. Looks promising though. This way you could possibly even get startup messages! http://directory.fsf.org/gui/quingy.html Does anyone know anything about this project? Has anyone ever tried this? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users