Here’s an example xorg.conf which works with X-out on a PVR-350 with a PAL TV
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Example xorg.conf file
Monday, April 18th, 2005MythTV / PVR-350 / Ubuntu
Monday, April 18th, 2005This blog entry used to contain an overview for constructing a MythTV box from Ubuntu and a Hauppauge PVR-350 card.
I’ve moved it from the blog into a permanent page here.
X-Out on a PVR-350
Monday, April 18th, 2005Install the ivtv driver as described here http://www.willmer.com/kb/2005/02/installing-ivtv-driver-for-pvr-350-card/
Then, following the instructions in utils/README.X11,
install -c -m 0444 ivtvdev_drv_o /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ivtvdev_drv.o
Then, set your default kernel to use a frame buffer.
Add
vga=791
to your kernel line
Add this to the line starting # kopt… in /boot/grub/menu.lst
vga=791
Identify the PCD ID of the PVR-350 card.
lspci
and look for the line relating to the PVR card. Mine says this…
0000:02:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
The first column gives you the bus, slot, function. You’ll need this for the xorg.conf.
Then add this to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# add this as the first ServerLayout if you want it load automatically
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "TV"
Screen 0 "TV"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Hauppauge PVR350"
Driver "ivtvdev"
Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb1"
BusID "0:02:06" # this is the PCI ID you got earlier.
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "PAL Monitor"
HorizSync 30-68
VertRefresh 50-120
Mode "720x576"
DotClock 42.6
HTimings 720 760 832 944
VTimings 576 577 580 602
Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
EndMode
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "TV"
Device "Hauppauge PVR350"
Monitor "PAL Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
DefaultFbbpp 32
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
FbBpp 32
EndSubsection
EndSection
You can see the entire xorg.conf file here.
Reboot and see if it works…
Not working? You may need to rebuild the kernel to get it going
Follow the instructions at http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/KernelHowto…