[mythtvnz] KnoppMyth R5E50 on Shuttle ST61G4 - TV out problems

[David Nock]

Hi Karl,

Thanks for the info and the offer. I have already found a 5200 and
have now installed that in the Shuttle. Also, I currently have a PATA 
drive but will file the SATA info away for future reference. :-)

Have reinstalled KnoppMyth and I get a cleaner picture after a reboot.
However it is black and white, and if I switch to a console it is quite
jittery. Oh well, will install the NVidia drivers and see how it looks.

Cheers
Dave

Karl Leaning wrote:
> Just a side note, be wary of the chipset on the Shuttle ST61G4. It has 
> problems with the SATA under Linux. I am using one of those boxes for my 
> current file and print server. I found the response a little tardy when 
> copying large number of small files over the network (or populating SQL 
> databases), upon changing to a PATA drive everything came back to life 
> as it were.
> 
> Also there are problems with the USB ports not being fully USB 2.0 
> standard.
> 
> You will get a bonus by using a AGP video card of about 5% improvement 
> in memory bandwidth. The 5200 has the advantage that some use passive 
> cooling. If you do require a 5200 card, I have one you can have (read 
> gratis) which supports dual DVI and has a break out box for supporting 
> component and S-Video that I used in my Shuttle.
> 
> David Nock wrote:
>>
>> Hi Alan,
>>
>> Thanks for this. I did see a lot of people using 5200's when googling 
>> for a solution. Think I have a 5200 lying around here somewhere so 
>> will give it a try.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Dave
>>
>> AlanP wrote:
>>> At 02:10 p.m. 12/01/2007, you wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to set up KnoppMyth R5E50 on Shuttle ST61G4 with a P4 
>>>> 2.8G/512Mb and 120Gb HD. Using the onboard video (ATI 9100IGP).
>>>>
>>>> If anyone has any ideas of how I can get this working, they would be 
>>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> I don't think you're going to like this, but ATI have a history of 
>>> pretty dismal Linux drivers. The almost universal use of NVidia 
>>> FX5200s exists for a reason, since NVidia's drivers aren't perfect, 
>>> but they're a heck of a lot better than ATI's.
>>>
>>> So... Afraid I can't help, just letting you know it might be a bit of 
>>> a b!tch to get working with that chipset. Have you tried googling for 
>>> 'linux 9100igp tvout' or something?
>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Dave
>>>
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