ya the same guy. I'm trying to fix his code and port
it to handle the XF4 arch... i'm not devoting much
time to it, but i'll prolly finish it by may or
something... as i am in no hurry to watch TV.... ;-)
Slackware Linux, GNOME, enlightenment, efm. 'nuff
said. ;-)
Nikhil.
--- Gerry Mascarenhas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have the older Pixel View 5 n 1, I was using a
> driver by Itha..
> something? from Israel I was not getting a good
> picture, it was very
> grainy and kept jumping, sound was OK, I think it
> was XTVtap. I will be
> obliged if you send me the driver.
>
> Thanks,
> Gerry
>
> Nick Hill wrote:
> >
> > Sorry i didn't answer the TV part in muh last
> mail.
> > Does u're PixelView have a BT848? if it does, then
> > u're ready to rock. there're a truck load of
> players
> > there, in fact, they come with the kernel too, in
> v4l.
> >
> > But if u're card is one of the unlucky ones (like
> > mine), then there's a small hack to get it going.
> A
> > guy started writing the driver back in 1998, and
> has
> > abandoned all tries... i took up where he left
> off...
> > and it comes a few times, but gives me a problem
> with
> > some 2.3 kernels. But the 2.3pre series have
> pretty
> > stable I2C support, and XF4 also has good support
> for
> > it, and maybe i can pull it off... i can send u
> the
> > driver right now, if u want to play around... i
> think
> > once it is stable it can be integrated into the
> kernel
> > v4l branch... atleast i hope... ;-)
> >
> > Nikhil.
> > IGNULUG-HYD.
> > --- Gerry Mascarenhas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Still does not work Nick. I have even tried the
> > > default HorizSync 28-33
> > > and the VertRefresh 43-72, these from the man
> > > XF86Config but I still get
> > > 640x480 res. BTW I too have a Pixelview TV.. et
> > > all..Have you been able
> > > to use the TV part and get a reasonable picture
> in
> > > Linux
> > >
> > > Gerry
> > >
> > > Nick Hill wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi I've got the same card at home, along with
> > > another,
> > > > and happily running Xinerama and multi-head.
> Have
> > > u
> > > > tried adding the hsync and vsync lines to u're
> > > monitor
> > > > section? Try adding a Modes line in u're
> Screen
> > > > section. I'll modify the config file u've sent
> me.
> > > see
> > > > if it works...
> > > >
> > > > > Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
> > > > > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> > > > > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> > > > > InputDevice "Keyboard0"
> "CoreKeyboard"
> > > > > EndSection
> > > > >
> > > > > Section "Files"
> > > > > EndSection
> > > > >
> > > > > Section "Module"
> > > > > Load "extmod"
> > > > > Load "xie"
> > > > > Load "pex5"
> > > > > Load "glx"
> > > > > Load "dri"
> > > > > Load "GLcore"
> > > > > Load "dbe"
> > > > > Load "record"
> > > > > EndSection
> > > > >
> > > > > Section "InputDevice"
> > > > > Identifier "Keyboard0"
> > > > > Driver "keyboard"
> > > > > EndSection
> > > > >
> > > > > Section "InputDevice"
> > > > > Identifier "Mouse0"
> > > > > Driver "mouse"
> > > > > Option "Protocol" "auto"
> > > > > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> > > > > EndSection
> > > > >
> > > > > Section "Monitor"
> > > > > Identifier "Monitor0"
> > > > > VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> > > > > ModelName "Monitor Model"
> > > > HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
> > > > VertRefresh 50 - 90
> > > > >
> > > > > EndSection
> > > > >
> > > > > Section "Device"
> > > > > Identifier "Cirrus Logic GD5446"
> > > > > Driver "cirrus"
> > > > > VendorName "Cirrus Logic"
> > > > > BoardName "GD5446"
> > > > > BusID "PCI:0:15:0"
> > > > > EndSection
> > > > >
> > > > > Section "Screen"
> > > > > Identifier "Screen0"
> > > > > Device "Cirrus Logic GD5446"
> > > > > Monitor "Monitor0"
> > > > > SubSection "Display"
> > > > > Depth 1
> > > > > EndSubSection
> > > > > SubSection "Display"
> > > > > Depth 4
> > > > > EndSubSection
> > > > > SubSection "Display"
> > > > > Depth 8
> > > > Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
> > > "640x480"
> > > > > EndSubSection
> > > > > SubSection "Display"
> > > > > Depth 15
> > > > > EndSubSection
> > > > > SubSection "Display"
> > > > > Depth 16
> > > > Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
> > > "640x480"
> > > > > EndSubSection
> > > > > SubSection "Display"
> > > > > Depth 24
> > > > > EndSubSection
> > > > > EndSection
> > > > >
> > > > > Section "DRI"
> > > > > EndSection
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > make the changes. and try starting u're server
> > > with
> > > > XFree86 -xf86config <file> -bpp 8 or 16.
> However
> > > mine
> > > > is not a Pure GD5446. its on my PixelView
> card...
> > > > NEwayz... try this. lets see, if it doesn't
> work,
> > > > maybe i new idea will... ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Nikhil.
> > > > IGNULUG-HYD.
> > > >
>
>
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