On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 08:50 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: > On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:17:27 -0600 > Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I tried the test "cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg" and opening it in mplayer > > and all I got was the blank screen. > > Blank screen indicates no signal. > > > I tried it with /dev/video24 and > > got static > > Typical tuner input, no channel, aka white noise. > > > and with /dev/video32 I got weird polygonal images. > > Probably a station close by, but not tuned in - a tuner input or possible the > FM radio > port. > > > I think > > mythfrontend is freezing up after that 1.5 seconds because it takes > > awhile to get back to the menu screen. Why is /dev/video spitting out > > nothing now, when it was just fine before I followed the mythtv howto? > > > > Typically a channel and input needs to be switched on before anything will > display. > Another way to test is to listen if there is audio, but the screen is still > blank. That indicates > an incorrect display setting, possibly in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. > > Bob
I managed to get the cat /dev/video0 test to work by issuing "ivtvctl -p 4" (4 is my tuner), but it won't work with mythtv - all I get is the blank screen. That and my mythbackend keeps dying. It leaves no log files. How can I diagnose why it's dying? You've mentioned more than once that the problem might be with my xorg.conf file. That file was generated by X -configure. What changes would I need to make to the xorg.conf file? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
