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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:31 pm 
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After several attempts, I finally got live tv working. I can view, record, pause, hear sound..everything just fine. HOWEVER..I have no TV output. Everything I can see is on my monitor and not the TV.
When I fire up the machine, both the TV and monitor are initalized and I can see it post. Right after loading lilo.conf the TV goes blank and only the monitor works.
I've searched the forums and only found posts regarding nvidia cards, but I still tried editing the XF86Config-4 file by adding:

Code:
Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
# sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
        Option     "sw_cursor"
        #Option     "hw_cursor"
        #Option     "NoAccel"
        #Option     "ShowCache"
        #Option     "ShadowFB"
        #Option     "UseFBDev"
        #Option     "Rotate"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Option      "DPMS"
        Option      "TVType" "NTSC-M"
        Option      "TVVScan" "over"
        Option      "TVOutput" "composite"
        Option      "ActiveDevice" "CRT,TV"
# The following line is auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
        Driver      "ati"
        VendorName  "All"
        BoardName   "All"
#       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection


I've even tried commenting out DPMS as it was suggested.

my specs are:
AMD Athlon 800
60GB HDD
PVR-150 retail (non mce)
ATI Rage 128 Pro ViVo AGP
512MB RAM
Knoppmyth R5A12

Thanks in advance!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 4:19 pm 
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all I can say is good luck.

one suggestion ditch the ati card and get nvidia.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:12 pm 
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I was afraid someone was going to say that. I've been pricing 'em on ebay. Would a 64MB card take care of it, or should I go with a 128?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:10 pm 
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a 64 should be fine as video really doesn't take that much video memory. You probably want something that is a gforce4 or newer, as they changed some of the tvout stuff, to allow adjustments, and additional configuration via the XF86Config file. on the older ones you have to use nvtv and some say the quality is not so good.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:59 pm 
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At this point the 128's are almost as cheap... This is what I grabbed
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814164046
As far as I can tell it's identical (down to the stickers) to this popular model:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814140017
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