Ashley Dawkins wrote: A while ago I wrote a wiki page for DirectFB.org which explains how to set up the TV out on a Matrox G400 DH Max, don't know if it helps but it is here:http://directfb.org/wiki/index.php/Matrox_G400_Dual_Head and I have written some stuff on http://www.linuxowl.com/hardware.html#problems.
It may help. Duncan > > Hi, one thing about Freevo is that there are many ways to achieve the > same result. Based on the articles in the Wiki and a good price on the > card, I purchased a Matrox G400. I have a good Freevo setup for a > standalone Media Centre style box, but moving it to a completely > monitor/keyboard/mouse free set-up is giving me some grief. I have > followed the articles in the Wiki to get TV out, I use the mga drivers > from the Mplayer source with good results, but I find I am unable to > tweak the configuration to my satisfaction. Some of this is outside > the scope of the Freevo project, but hopefully someone who has a nice > standalone solution can offer some most welcome words of wisdom. > > I will step through my ‘niggles’ > > 1. I use lilo to boot the system, which initially outputs to the TV > when it is connected to the composite connection on the second > head of the G400. As the kernel output starts, this only appears > on the monitor. I was looking at the nice bootspalsh solution in > the skins section, but if I only had the TV connected, my > current configuration would not show this. > > 2. I have the commands to enable TV out in my rc.local as per the > Wiki. When executed, I have the TV output back with no output on > the monitor. > > 3. When I start Freevo, I get output to both the monitor and the > TV. Okay, I could disconnect the monitor and achieve what I am > after, but I still don’t get what is going on and I would like > to understand it. > > I would love to be able to contribute to the Wiki, but the bits are > not quite gelling together for me to feel confident about doing this. > Any help or suggestions to overcome the above issues would be very > much appreciated, as would any other suggestions or comments regarding > a standalone project. Has anyone used a microdrive in a project, and > if so, how does it perform? > > My box is based on Slackware 10.2 with Freevo 1.5.4. > > Thanks in advance. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
