Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 10:39:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: FreeBSD Hardware <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: BrookTree 848 causing my screen to get messed up, how to fix? Message-ID: <XFMail.980406103905.dburr@POBoxes.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I just acquired a BrookTree 848 based TV capture card. It appears to be a clone; it just says "TV Capturer" on the box, with no apparent manufactuer, etc. But it definitely uses the Bt848 chip, I can see it plain as day on the board. And FreeBSD does recognize it: bktr0 <BrookTree 848> rev 18 int a irq 10 on pci0:10:0 Miro TV, Temic NTSC tuner. In any case, I got the driver compiled, and the fxtv port compiled and working. I can successfully view the TV tuner output in a window on my screen. However, when that window is visible (i.e. not hidden behind any other windows), it causes the rest of my screen to become garbled, so that all windows (xterms, my Netscape browser, etc.) become virtually unreadable. If the window is hidden behind another, nothing gets garbled. The same thing happens when I use the Windows software that came with the card. Any ideas as to what's going on here, and how to fix it? Here, in brief, are the details of my system: Pentium 133, motherboard based on VIA VP 586 Apollo chipset, Creative Labs Graphics Blaster MA202 with 2 MB VRAM (Cirrus Logic CL-GD5446). Other cards in system include Adaptec AHA-2940AU PCI SCSI controller, ISA NE-2000 ethernet clone, USR Sportster 56K modem, Sound Blaster ViBRA16C PnP sound card. Another problem I'm having is that, occasionally, the card gets really confused, and it thinks that it's a PAL card instead of an NTSC card: bktr0 <BrookTree 848> rev 18 int a irq 10 on pci0:10:0 Miro TV, Philips PAL I tuner. Naturally, this means that I can't view anything (being in the USA, our cable systems are NTSC). Switching modes in the FXTV program does *not* work. Any ideas? Please e-mail if possible. Thanks! - --- Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNSkTOfjpixuAwagxAQG7lAP/a6ZMOg2y1g/D+z2KLD5Xelg1zhXgauMK oTRjYFkn0H631pduYG9G5KpvpTLSiZs6k/V5I4ohsVv9uKmRa5aG+yWZLh9jybW7 Lt7vjdhkkfWn6a0tdJD3TzYIP08cn+Fe4iBZeF5S3G1Q4/vAtggBMx+oiXt+Vb/i NX2cJZ2aqrk= =rLDZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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