On 02/20/2012 10:55 AM, John Brown wrote: > > Xavier, > > I got back from my trip a little earlier than expected and was able to have a > little play with my dead MythTV Frontend again. > > Having updated openchrome according to your instructions things seem to have > progressed forward. The log now shows openChrome version = 0.2.905, and > listed VX900 as supported. Thanks! > > Now what is happening is that it progress further through the boot sequence, > but ends up with a blank screen and a message from the monitor which says to > switch to 1680*1050 @ 60hz or any other mode that it supports. (I currently > have the computer connected to a computer monitor in my computer room. Once I > get it working there I'll move it back out to the lounge and the TV). > > I made various changes to xorg.conf by cutting and pasting sections that were > important in getting it going in Ubuntu Feisty several years ago, but the > result remained the same. I've tried exploring the errors and warning below, > but wasn't able to make any progress. > > Attached are my latest xorg.conf and log. > > The log contains some errors: > > [ 13.900] (EE) [drm] drmOpen failed. > [ 13.900] (EE) CHROME(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. > > I don't know what these are, but found some posts which seemed to indicate > that drm and dri are not implemented on the VX900 chipsets anyway? Which > seems to indicate these are not fatal errors and my main problems is due to > something else? > Harmless.
> Also this warning seemed to indicate a problem to me: > > [ 14.006] (WW) CHROME(0): [XvMC] XvMC is not supported on this chipset. > > Isn't that what I am trying to use?! > Harmless too. And no, that's no what you are trying to use. > The ultimate problem though is obviously all of the " (II) CHROME(0): Not > using mode ..." entries, which appear to eliminate every possible mode, > seemingly for a different reason each time. However, to me it doesn't give > any indication of why its rejecting these mods, apparent from the errors and > warning cited earlier. > > > Any suggestions of what to try next? > > Thanks again for your help so far. > > John > > Why are you trying to use 1366x768 ? The log seems to indicate you have a 1680x1050 monitor. I would try without an xorg conf at all. Please keep the mailing list CC'ed. X. _______________________________________________ openchrome-users mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.openchrome.org/mailman/listinfo/openchrome-users Main page: http://www.openchrome.org Wiki: http://wiki.openchrome.org User Forum: http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=1
