[Openchrome-users] RFD

[Brian Bulkowski]

Hi Folks,

I'm working with the Epia CN10k board, and having some success with 
openchrome. (That's the EPIA with a 1625 but no usable HD output)

Thoughts:

1) Gentoo is a great system for this work - they catch the patches 
pretty fast. I haven't got 3D working yet, and am not sure I'll try for 
it, but MPEG with mplayer is working great, basically out of the box.

2) I'm still messing with my xorg.conf file to get NTSC output. My new 
fancy LCD screen (which supports HD and PAL and whatnot) seems happy 
with various settings, but my old CRT TV isn't. In particular, I'm still 
confused about the interaction between the practical implications of the 
following xorg.conf settings:

HorizSync,
VertRefresh,
Modeline,
Modes


Terry Barnaby's xorg.conf file got me this far (one working TV) - and 
finally clued me to my real problems, which were leaving CRT+TV in the 
BIOS. The Wiki page talks all about mode settings, but not much about 
the interaction of the other three settings with the modes - are they 
ignored by the driver? by X? Changing each one and watching the results 
is tedious, although I'm working through it. And I'll wiki my tips, when 
they work.

I'd love to see someone's working xorg.conf for a straight NTSC TVOUT 
system, especially for a 1625-based system - and have it posted 
somewhere (I haven't poked through the svn yet).

3) Great work to all - my attempts to use the stock VIA drivers on 
Gentoo were - let's say - frustrating. That's not news to all here. I 
did a little hardware wiki page for the CN10k at Gentoo, and expressed 
my opinion that OpenChrome was the only usable choice for this board and 
Gentoo.

Cheers,
-brianb