[Openchrome-users] TV-out (PAL) on VIA CN13000 / Ubuntu 10.04

[Xavier Bachelot]

On 09/01/2010 01:06 PM, John wrote:
> *bump*
> 
> Hi -
> 
> Anyone got any suggestions on what I can try to get my TV OUT (PAL) 
> working on a VIA EPIA CN10000 board?
> 
> Does anyone have TV OUT working on this or a similar (CN700 /1625M video 
> chips) platform?
> If so, could you send me your xorg.conf?  And details of which drivers 
> you're using?  What BIOS settings do you use?
> 
> Do I need to compile the latest driver (I'm currently using the stock 
> openchrome from ubuntu 10.04)
> 
> Any help, pointers, suggestions would be really appreciated!
> 
This should work-around the issue :
http://www.openchrome.org/trac/attachment/ticket/342/openchrome-revert_tvout_fixes_part_2b.patch

Look at the whole bug report for more context.

Regards,
Xavier

ps : please don't top post.

> Many Thanks
> 
> John
> 
> On 09/08/10 10:15, John wrote:
>> Hi -
>>
>> Hope someone can help me, I've been trying for weeks but had no success
>> getting TV out to work with PAL output on a VIA EPIA CN13000 (CN700
>> /1625M video chips).  The system has a basic Ubuntu 10.04 installation.
>>
>>   From what Ive read it should be fairly straightforward but Im not
>> having any success.
>>
>> I can switch the "TVout" on in th BIOS (either NTSC or PAL, either
>> composite or S-Video or both) and they work fine in boot up (VIA splash
>> screen), BIOS editing screen and text boot up of ubuntu.  So its clear
>> the TV out function *can* work and does work with the default video mode
>> of VIA and text mode during boot of ubuntu.
>> (Note NTSC seems to be only black and white, PAL is colour)
>>
>> However, at the point when ubuntu switches to the X server (or the fb
>> based text console when booting text only) the TV output briefly flashes
>> green and then disappears.
>>
>> the text output mode (from fbset) is 640x480-60; fbset wont allow me
>> change it to a different mode and there doesnt seem to be a modeset for
>> PAL in the /etc/fb.modes file anyway.
>>
>> but X is even more worrying in that it often appears to CRASH the
>> machine.  I cant ssh in, nothing is coming out, no services seem to
>> start (nmap on the machine shows nothing including no reply to ping)
>>
>> this is with many combinations of settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but
>> the one I really thought would work was (note: BIOS set to TV-out only,
>> PAL, on both comp and S-video)
>>
>> ....
>> Section "Device"
>>           ### Available Driver options are:-
>>           ### Values:<i>: integer,<f>: float,<bool>: "True"/"False",
>>           ###<string>: "String",<freq>: "<f>  Hz/kHz/MHz"
>>           ### [arg]: arg optional
>>           #Option     "PrintVGARegs"           # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "PrintTVRegs"            # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "I2CScan"                # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "VBEModes"               # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "AccelMethod"            #<str>
>>           #Option     "ExaNoComposite"         # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "ExaScratchSize"         #<i>
>>           #Option     "SWCursor"               # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "ShadowFB"               # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "RotationType"           # [<str>]
>>           #Option     "Rotate"                 # [<str>]
>>           #Option     "VideoRAM"               #<i>
>>           Option     "ActiveDevice" "TV"          # [<str>]
>>           #Option     "BusWidth"               # [<str>]
>>           #Option     "Center"                 # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "PanelSize"              # [<str>]
>>           #Option     "ForcePanel"             # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "TVDotCrawl"             # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "TVDeflicker"            #<i>
>>           Option     "TVType" "PAL"                # [<str>]
>>           #Option     "TVOutput" "Composite"               # [<str>]
>>           #Option     "TVPort"                 # [<str>]
>>           #Option     "DisableVQ"              # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "DisableIRQ"             # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "EnableAGPDMA"           # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "NoAGPFor2D"             # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "NoXVDMA"                # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "VbeSaveRestore"         # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "DisableXvBWCheck"       # [<bool>]
>>           #Option     "ModeSwitchMethod"       # [<str>]
>>           #Option     "MaxDRIMem"              #<i>
>>           #Option     "AGPMem"                 #<i>
>>       Identifier  "Card0"
>>       Driver      "openchrome"
>>       VendorName  "VIA Technologies, Inc."
>>       BoardName   "CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro]"
>>       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>>       Identifier "Screen0"
>>       Device     "Card0"
>>       Monitor    "Monitor0"
>>       SubSection "Display"
>>           Viewport   0 0
>>           Modes    "720x576Noscale"
>>           Depth     8
>>       EndSubSection
>>       SubSection "Display"
>>           Viewport   0 0
>>           Modes    "720x576Noscale"
>>           Depth     15
>>       EndSubSection
>>       SubSection "Display"
>>           Viewport   0 0
>>           Modes    "720x576Noscale"
>>           Depth     16
>>       EndSubSection
>>       SubSection "Display"
>>           Viewport   0 0
>>           Modes    "720x576Noscale"
>> #        Modes    "800x600"
>> #        Modes    "1024x768"
>>           Depth     24
>>       EndSubSection
>> EndSection
>>
>> Any ideas / help would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    
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