On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:00:43 -0500, Robert Braddock wrote: > On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 12:59:54PM -0500, Robert Braddock wrote: >> Now, it seems as though my overlay device just isn't there. Kdetv says >> there's no video device at all and xawtv reports "no usable video port >> found". > > FYI, someone on the xorg list gave me a tip to put "radeon.modeset=0" on > the kernel command-line at boot. After doing that, the overlay device > is back, but kdetv and xawtv still don't work: kdetv shows some red > lines instead of video xawtv can only show video at the default tiny > window size. Any resizing > will resize the image, but be black everywhere that wasn't visible > through the default window (even if I start it with -fullscreen).
You can try with another programs to view the TV, like Videolan, Me-TV or even Kaffeine :-? > Is there any other program that understands the video overlay device > thing? Kdetv and xawtv just don't seem to prioritize working... > > Can I get a /dev/video0 for a Radeon 8500's input? Xorg obviously isn't > going to bother to keep it working, and it would be really nice to be > able to use a better program than xawtv. Maybe you card does not allow that... what tv tuner chipset has? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.01.03.12.59...@gmail.com
