D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>
> If I use startx -- -fbbpp 8 to start the X server, I can see
> the TV picture (but only in black and white).
>
> Once, when I used startx -- -fbbpp 16 to start the X server, I
> could see a nice colour picture. At some point later, the machine
> froze solid, requiring a reboot. It didn't even respond to pings
> from another machine, so the freeze was not just of the display. I
> have yet to figure out how to repeat this success.
>
> I tried startx -- -fbbpp 24 but that left me with a black xawtv
> image.
>
Sounds like the same problem as mine. I've tried a Rage 128 and a
Radion (?) graphics card, which both give me a solid black/solid
blue/colourfull (static) patterns in the xawtv window. However, using
it in the RH7.1 box the Radion card is from works ok.
So, there seems to be quite a lot of incompatibility between different
graphics cards/mobo chipsets/etc. The hauppage.com site has some stuff
about which mobos/cards are incompatible and even a mention of Linux
plus some useful links, etc --maybe worth a trip over there.
I may try flash updating my BIOS. My mobo is a Gigabyte Slot A (Athlon
600MHz) with AMD chipsets.
I hope this is of interest,
Mark
