Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 19:36:57 -0500 From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@pagesz.net> To: David Kulp <dkulp@neomorphic.com> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fxtv DGA problem Message-ID: <19981130193657.A4825@pagesz.net> In-Reply-To: <199811300533.VAA00373@board66.cruzers.com>; from David Kulp on Sun, Nov 29, 1998 at 09:33:55PM -0800 References: <199807231215.FAA06476@hub.freebsd.org> <19980723090736.A16435@ct.picker.com> <199810042105.OAA02532@board66.cruzers.com> <19981129204938.B10866@pagesz.net> <199811300311.TAA00723@board66.cruzers.com> <19981129225538.A17954@pagesz.net> <199811300533.VAA00373@board66.cruzers.com>
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David Kulp:
| > |XSERVER: 'The XFree86 Project, Inc' v3320, Protocol Verson 11.0
| > | Screen Res = 1024x768, DefDepth = 15; NumScreens = 1
| >
| > Ok, so you're running 1024x768, 15 bits per pixel. For kicks, might try
| > other resolutions and depths (16, 24). Also, try moving the TV window
| > to the top left and then the bottom of the screen. Scan your entire
| > desktop. See anything resembling video?
|
|nada. I don't have enough vram for 24 bit, but trying 16 at all
I betcha do :-) I used to have a 2Meg card too. Try 800x600x24.
|different resolutions doesn't work. And moving the window doesn't
|have any effect. I was using 15 bit depth because that's what dtv
|requires.
Ok.
|Here's a clue: I retried running 'dga' (the test program) for the
|first time since upgrading to 3.3.2. It has always only worked for me
|at 8 bit -- not 15 or 16 -- but now it successfully causes a reboot.
|Does dga work for others?
Tell you the truth, I'd never tried it. But here on 3.3.2p3 w/
3.0-RELEASE, here's what I get at 1600x1280x16bpp:
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 78 (X_CreateColormap)
Serial number of failed request: 12
Current serial number in output stream: 269
Appears dga may be one of those X apps that assumes a particular type of
visual is available for its use. That reboot doesn't sound good. Wonder
if it's related to Fxtv not showing DGA output.
|"Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM v2.09" is what the chip says.
|
|Anyone else using fxtv with such an S3 video card?
Hmmm. Grepping the archives, here's an interesting post:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=73206+75623+/usr/local/www/db/text/1997/freebsd-multimedia/19970727.freebsd-multimedia
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 13:30:45 -0700
From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
To: Tim Tsai <tim@futuresouth.com>
Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Bt848 (STB) problems
> > >From The Desk Of Tim Tsai :
...
> > > OS: FreeBSD 3.0-970618-SNAP with XFree (the version that came with it)
> > > HW: Asus Triton motherboard (ATX), 16 megs of RAM, IDE drive
> > > Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM with 1 megs of DRAM
...
> > > I am using 640x480x15 mode.
...
>From The Desk Of Tim Tsai :
> > are you getting video?
>
> No, not at all. I just get a black screen.
>
> > What is your input signal , ntsc or pal?
>
> The input signal comes from a camcorder and goes directly to the RCA
> jack of the STB boad (NTSC).
>
> dmesg is showing that the board is identified correctly (STB board with
> TEMIC tuner).
But this still doesn't give any clue why dtv works and fxtv doesn't. Might
check the DGA calls dtv is making and note any differences. This problem
isn't ringing any bells here. Sorry.
Randall
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