Here's what I did to get this working...

1. Edit /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv.

On the install ivtv line, I added:


On the remove ivtv line, I added:


For reference, here is what the final version of the file looks like on my system (note that the install & remove are only one line each, formatting is fscked thanks to word wrap...).



2. Turn on the lirc daemon.



3. Install the ivtvdev X11 driver.

This driver is bundled with the source of ivtv now, or so the docs seem to say. First, I unpacked the ivtv package.



Then I installed the driver.



4. Modify the XF86Config-4 file.

For whatever reason, I like to use links to deal with switching monitor configurations.

First, I made a copy of my (presumably working) XF86Config-4.



Next, I made a copy of the sample config for the PVR 350.



The best way to sum up the changes I made to my copy:



The mouse part was necessary because X wouldn't start until I fixed it.

The Driver part specifies that we should use the X driver we just installed.

My PVR 350's fb is /dev/fb0. There've been other posts that outline how to figure out what yours is.

Finally, the BusID. My output from lspci:



I simply am too stupid to get it working in hex. Apparently, the PCI prefix allows me to put it in as decimal. Thank $deity. If all the hex business doesn't work for you, try this as a last ditch. Convert the hex to a decimal, and use the PCI prefix.

Last, I removed my (backed up!) XF86Config-4 and linked in the PVR 350 config.



Last, to get the changes to take effect, I had to restart gdm.



If the remote is not working, try restarting lircd and then restarting mythfrontend.



According to the docs, the lircd.conf and lircrc files are already setup for the Hauppage gray remote. If you need to use a different config (I hear later PVR 350s come with different remotes), copy the correct files over before restarting lircd.

I tried the PVR.pl script that came with the Knoppmyth install, but it just hosed my /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv file. Like a good script, though, it make backups and told me how to recover my files, so no hard feelings.

If your X config is so b0rked that X won't come up on the TV Out, simply remove XF86Config-4 link and replace it with one pointing to the XF86Config-4.monitor file we kept. Restart gdm, then check your X logs to see what caused all the ruckus.

Hope this helps somebody.

Can anyone confirm that these instructions work for r5a16, too?

Yes, they worked fine for me.

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Grant

No-go for me. Trying to figure out where I went wrong. Getting the black/white stairstep effect. None of the usual things have fixed it so far. Guess I have not put in the required amount of time to resolve it...

By the way, I have found out that the BusID that you get like this:

0000:01:0b.0 from the log file translates to this BusID in Hex:

BusID "0:0x0b:01"

This had me stumped for quite a while, but I'm good at trial and error sometimes.

The Wiki is pretty much a copy of the above instructions, and seems like a more suitable place to collect the most up-to-date situation... I'd like to suggest that any concrete discoveries or improvements to the process are submitted there.

I'm getting the black and white effect also. I've not been able to find anything useful via searching the forum. Any tips for me snapperdragon?

Thanks.

Works for me once I read your excellent instructions, Thank You!
-Got more tweaks to go.. but I thinl you got me over the hump.

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2.6ghz Intel, PVR-350,512MB ram

Okay this is frustraing me too. I am also getting the solid B&W lines on my TV. I think it has something to do with me not having the correct BUSID in my config.

this:
retuned:

So I'm not really sure how to convert this, but here is my XF86 config file:



Can someone help me out... I can't seem to figure it out. Thanks a bunch in advance!

EDIT: and I am running R5A16

Likewise, I'm running to problems getting this script to work... attempting to switch my PVR-350 to the TV screen.. I get a "snow" screen on the TV.. and XFree86 "bails" on my monitor.

First Question.. do I have my device set correctly..

>> Here's the hardware report:

lspci | grep MPEG

0000:02:0c.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)

>> Here's my config setting:

BusID "PCI:02:12:0"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>> Here are my config changes:

diff /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.pvr350-tvout.sample /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.pvr350


4c4
< InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
---
> InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
110c110
< Driver "fbdev"
---
> Driver "ivtvdev"
113c113,114
< Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb1"
---
> Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb0"
> Option "ivtvdev" "/dev/fb1"
117c118
< BusID "0:0x08:0"
---
> BusID "PCI:02:12:0"


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

XFree86.0.log


XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10.1unichrome30.1 20050205195924 gl
aweh@)
Release Date: 15 August 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.10-xenU i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 05 February 2005

This version of XFree86 has been extensively modified by the Debian
Project, and is not supported by the XFree86 Project, Inc., in any
way. Bugs should be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking System; see
<URL: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting >.

We strongly encourage the use of the "reportbug" package and command
to ensure that bug reports contain as much useful information as
possible.

Before filing a bug report, you may want to consult the Debian X FAQ:
XHTML version: file:///usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.xhtml
plain text version: file:///usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz

Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.11.9-chw-2 (root@devonthego.mysettopbox.tv) (gcc ve
rsion 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-12)) #1 SMP Sat May 14 12:11:44 CDT 2005 T

Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sun Aug 28 16:32:16 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "TV Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "NTSC Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer"
(**) |-->Input Device "PS/2 Mouse"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/truetype".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/truetype").
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bits
tream-vera".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera").
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/
fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dp
i,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/
X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
(++) using VT number 7

(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,2570 card 1043,80f2 rev 02 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,2571 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1d:0: chip 8086,24d2 card 1043,80a6 rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1d:1: chip 8086,24d4 card 1043,80a6 rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:2: chip 8086,24d7 card 1043,80a6 rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:3: chip 8086,24de card 1043,80a6 rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:7: chip 8086,24dd card 1043,80a6 rev 02 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,244e card 0000,0000 rev c2 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,24d0 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1f:1: chip 8086,24db card 1043,80a6 rev 02 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:5: chip 8086,24d5 card 1043,8152 rev 02 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0322 card 107d,290f rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:0a:0: chip 1186,1300 card 1186,1301 rev 10 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:0c:0: chip 4444,0803 card 0070,4000 rev 01 class 04,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:0d:0: chip 104c,8024 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 0c,00,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000dfff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xfa000000 - 0xfbefffff (0x1f00000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0xc000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0006 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xfbf00000 - 0xfbffffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xf4000000 - 0xf8ffffff (0x5000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] rev 161, Mem @ 0xfa0
00000/24, 0xe8000000/27, BIOS @ 0xfbee0000/17
(--) PCI: (2:12:0) unknown vendor (0x4444) unknown chipset (0x0803) rev 1, Mem @
0xf4000000/26
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xe4000000 from 0xe7ffffff to 0xe3fffff
f
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xfbff8000 - 0xfbffbfff (0x4000) MX[B]


(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "v4l"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/linux/v4l_drv.o
(II) Module v4l: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 0.0.1
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No symbols foun
d
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 2.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
(II) Module record: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "ivtvdev"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ivtvdev_drv.o
(II) Module ivtv: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.8.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
(II) IVTVDEV: driver for framebuffer: PVR-350
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Chipset PVR-350 found
(EE) (null)(0): ivtvHWProvbe failed to do IVTVFB_IOCTL_GET_STATE for device /dev
/fb0
(EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
(II) UnloadModule: "ivtvdev"

(EE) Device(s) detected, but none match those in the config file.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to debian-x@lists.debian.org.

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_________________
// Brian - Hardware:
ASUS P5P800 - P4 3Ghz, 500 GB PATA HD
ASUS P5K-V - P4 Core2 Duo, 500 GB SATA HD
Hauppauge PVR-350, IR Blaster, Comcast Digital Cable
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/KnoppMyth/
KnoppMyth R5F27 >> R5.5

Oh, looks like I got the problem.. the config is pointing the tv-card at /dev/fb0 .. I'll try fixing this to /dev/fb1 and see that happens.. and report my results! (my friend Carl pointed this out to me.)

// Brian

Yep, that did the trick.. but I also had to run the script through again before it did finally work.. unclear why it just didn't pop when I found the issue.

// Brian

Worked for me (R5A16). Excellent instructions indeed!!

I had it (almost) all worked out from other posts, but the line about installing the ivtvdev X11 driver (and how to), did the trick!
TNX.