Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 03:19:00 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: the bt848, more the programs that use DGA extensions Message-ID: <19970502031900.14251@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199705021010.DAA07889@rah.star-gate.com>; from Amancio Hasty on Fri, May 02, 1997 at 03:10:26AM -0700 References: <19970502022227.41154@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> <199705021010.DAA07889@rah.star-gate.com>
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Amancio Hasty scribbled this message on May 2: > Talk to the XFree86 people about X errors . That particular card probably does > not support properly the DGA extension . You can always find out by > reading README.<whatevercard> from the XFree86 distribution . ok.. I'll check it.. I've tried it with 3.2 and 3.2A, but right now I'm going to go find the file that has the specific info... > Try to get a VRAM card such as an S3 968. Try not to get DRAM based cards > because they are not really that fast for you. ok.. sounds good... > I take a little offense with the implication that the driver is related to > anything from the linux camp. sorry... I was just talking about the probe output... their output is Linux like (that is ALL that I ment by the statement)... basicly you have a line without the driver id put before it... Linux does this plus other anoying things (like Mklinux you have COLOR console with each of COLOR a different color) > The core video technology was written from scratch straight out of the > Bt848 databook and I am not so sure that the tuner code has that much to share > with the linux driver also. The driver model came out of the Matrox > Meteor driver which for a long time there was no linux counterpart. > > So in summary, the BT848 driver at least the video component is 100% > FreeBSD grown 8) well.. I'm glad to hear that... > Try not to watch too much TV. Oh thats just a little problem I got > over here with TV on my PC 8) heh... I hope to fix my video card soon... (but at least I still have my small 10" monitor to watch tv)... ttyl.. > >From The Desk Of John-Mark Gurney : > > well... I have gotten my STB TV Tuner card (I can sell these card to > > people at $130+shipping if anybody is interested)... > > > > now I seem to have a problem with XFree86 giving return errors on the > > DGA calls... the two that I get (first with fxtv, second with dtv) are: > > hydrogen,ttyp3,~/bktr/fxtv-0.41,502$./fxtv > > ./fxtv > > X Error of failed request: 153 > > Major opcode of failed request: 142 (XFree86-DGA) > > Minor opcode of failed request: 0 (XF86DGAQueryVersion) > > Serial number of failed request: 12 > > Current serial number in output stream: 12 > > > > hydrogen,ttyp3,~/bktr/dtv,504$./tv > > X Error of failed request: 153 > > Major opcode of failed request: 142 (XFree86-DGA) > > Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (XF86DGAGetVideoLL) > > Serial number of failed request: 17 > > Current serial number in output stream: 17 > > > > right now I'm running a CLGD5440, but XFree86 sees it as a clgd5430... > > is the problem with me not having a compatible video card? and if so, > > which should I choose? a CLGD5446 or a Diamond Stealth 64? (both will > > have 2megs ram) > > > > toe card probes fine... (any body object to me modifing the bt848 driver > > so it isn't Linux like?) as you can see below... > > bktr0 <BrookTree 848> rev 17 int a irq 14 on pci0:9 > > mapreg[10] type=0 addr=fd000000 size=1000. > > reg16: virtual=0xf5cf5000 physical=0xfd000000 size=0x1000 > > brooktree0: PCI bus latency is 32. > > bktr0: buffer size 3555328, addr 0x2cc000 > > STB TV/PCI, Temic NTSC tuner, dbx stereo. > > vga0 <VGA-compatible display device> rev 71 on pci0:10 > > mapreg[10] type=0 addr=fc000000 size=1000000. > > pci0: uses 16781312 bytes of memory from fc000000 upto fd000fff. > > pci0: uses 4 bytes of I/O space from 6000 upto 6003. > > > > right now I'm going to try xtvr as soon as I complete the build for FWF... > > > > -- > > John-Mark > > Cu Networking Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 > > > > Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD > > -- John-Mark Cu Networking Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
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