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mythpeterp
May 3rd, 2008, 12:38 PM
I have just got an 8.04 box up and running and the last remaining problem I am having is in getting it to output video via VGA to my HDTV.

I previously had this exact same setup working with a MythTV install on top of FC4 (via MythDora). I have tried just replacing the xorg.conf file with the one from that install with no results. The weird thing is, the splash screen looks fine, its just when XFCE starts up that I have issues.

I am running an ATI Radeon 8500 LE, attached to a Philips 55PP9352 via DB15. I have attached the xorg.conf that used to work. Any ideas?
wombo
May 3rd, 2008, 12:44 PM
I dont think you should have any problems.

I have my Mythbuntu box running into my big LCD screen (LG 42LC2D) via VGA. The box just treats it as a normal monitor.

I did have to change the input mode on the LCD screen for that port.
mythpeterp
May 3rd, 2008, 12:49 PM
Yeah, I tried changing from RGB to CmYK, but that didn't help matters.
tgm4883
May 3rd, 2008, 01:03 PM
Did you install the ati configurator from MCC?

Please post the output of xrandr -q from the terminal
mythpeterp
May 3rd, 2008, 01:07 PM
"Can't open display"

I don't think I am using the proprietary drivers, so the ATI configurator is not available to me...
tgm4883
May 3rd, 2008, 03:25 PM
"Can't open display"

I don't think I am using the proprietary drivers, so the ATI configurator is not available to me...

You can't do that when SSH'd in, you have to run xrandr -q from the machine
mythpeterp
May 5th, 2008, 09:55 PM
Gotcha. This is via VNC, since I can't actually see anything from the machine.

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1680 x 1200
VGA-0 disconnected 1280x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
1280x768 (0x56) 80.1MHz
h: width 1280 start 1344 end 1480 total 1680 skew 0 clock 47.7KHz
v: height 768 start 769 end 772 total 795 clock 60.0Hz


Any help?
superm1
May 6th, 2008, 12:11 AM
That VNC session: it's live on the X server, not a VNC created X server right?

If that's the case, lets see a /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see what it claims.
mythpeterp
May 6th, 2008, 12:38 AM
Attached