Hi guys just installed myth today from the image I downloaded off the site.

I have reinstalled it a few times trying to get the video to work properly.

Basicaly I can get video out put on my TV which is what I want, but it comes out in black and white. Is this a setting I can change or is it a hardware thing.

I am using a VIA M10000 at the moment. No TV card at all just the board. So I am trying to get the video off the board to display in colour. I can get colour on the computer monitor but not on the TV.

I thought it might be something in the XF86config-4 file that I can change, but I can not see anything there and keep messing it up.

Any help would be apreciated.

Regard,
Alexis

What type of output are we talking here? Regular RCA video jack? S-Video?

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If you are using S-Video cables, make sure there aren't any bent pins. Also, my TV acted weird when an S-Video cable and a composite cable were plugged in at the same time for the same video input even though only one had signal.

Sorry forgot to mention that the boot loader is in colour, but as soon as X starts the GUI goes Black and white.

I am using the composite out, and also tried the S-Video, getting the same affect.

what type of input do you have to the tv?

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Xsecrets

I am using the composite in on the TV.

Just to note I did try it on two diffrent TV's I have at work were I set the box up. I then took it home reinstalled and tried it on my home TV.

I also used the tv option when I installed.

To me it sounds as if X is set up to use S-video output.

Until X starts the graphics card probably uses some BIOS or default setting that is set to composite.

That sounds plausable. Any idea how I would go about fixing that or attempting to fix it?

Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file.

Change:
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"

To:
Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"

Restart X with:
/etc/init.d/gdm restart

Or just reboot the machine.

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Thanks for the help all.

I managed to fix the problem. The company I work for develops and sels music video systems based on the M10000.

I took the XF86config-4 file off of one of our video players and this sorted the problem.

I have put the file below.

Enjoy.


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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
# Option "DontVTSwitch"
# Option "DontZap"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "drm"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Buttons" "3"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "TV"
HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
VertRefresh 60
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "via"
BusID "1:0:0"
Option "ActiveDevice" "CRT,TV"
Option "TVType" "PAL"
Option "TVOutput" "S-Video"
Option "TVVScan" "over"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
Endsection

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