No video signal

[Mihály Levente]

Hi,
I'm buyed an used dxr3 card, and i no have video signal on my TV.
The card is setting for PAL composite + s-video out.
I meassured the output signal with voltmeter and indicate 0 volt, that
is seem not to be good. The 3 tranzistors before output connector look
to be good.
The card works with loopback_module, I can watch DVD-s with Xine
dxr3-output on monitor.
I tryed every module options, but without any reason.
Maybe the card is wrong, but how can I be sure?
I use Ubuntu 8.04, the modules I install from dxr3.sourceforge.net.
Sorry for my english, I learn it reading forums :)
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[Clendon Gibson-2]

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Hi Mihaly,

Could you post the options you use when loading the em8300 modules? If you are using the ldm script you can get the driver settings from there. (This is in the em8300/modules dir whereever you compiled the drivers.

Also, could you post the command line setting you use when starting xine to play to your TV?

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From: Mihály Levente <hobolevi@...>
To: dxr3-devel@...
Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 6:31:21 AM
Subject: [Dxr3-devel] No video signal

Hi,
I'm buyed an used dxr3 card, and i no have video signal on my TV.
The card is setting for PAL composite + s-video out.
I meassured the output signal with voltmeter and indicate 0 volt, that
is seem not to be good. The 3 tranzistors before output connector look
to be good.
The card works with loopback_module, I can watch DVD-s with Xine
dxr3-output on monitor.
I tryed every module options, but without any reason.
Maybe the card is wrong, but how can I be sure?
I use Ubuntu 8.04, the modules I install from dxr3.sourceforge.net.
Sorry for my english, I learn it reading forums :)
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[Mihály Levente]

2009/8/24 Clendon Gibson <bsandyman@...>:
> Hi Mihaly,
>
> Could you post the options you use when loading the em8300 modules? If you
> are using the ldm script you can get the driver settings from there. (This
> is in the em8300/modules dir whereever you compiled the drivers.
>
> Also, could you post the command line setting you use when starting xine to
> play to your TV?
>
The options that I probed:

1. insmod bt865.o  # this line is no changed
    insmod em8300.ko dicom_fix=0 dicom_control=0 dicom_other_pal=0
2. insmod em8300.ko dicom_fix=1 dicom_control=1 dicom_other_pal=1
3. insmod em8300.ko dicom_fix=1 dicom_control=1 dicom_other_pal=0
4. insmod em8300.ko dicom_fix=0 dicom_control=1 dicom_other_pal=0

and some other with  use_bt865=1(or 0) and bt865_ucode_timeout=1(or 0) together.

For probes I change the ldm options and use the following script in modules dir:

#!/bin/sh
./rmm
./ldm
./devices.sh
em8300setup

After the script I get:
ERROR: Module i2c_core is in use by i2c_viapro
devfs not mounted, creating device nodes
mknod: "/dev/em8300-0": File exist
mknod: "/dev/em8300_mv-0": File exist
mknod: "/dev/em8300_ma-0": File exist
mknod: "/dev/em8300_sp-0": File exist
Microcode uploaded to /dev/em8300-0
Current settings are:
Video Aspect Audio Spu
PAL           4:3 ANALOG OFF

For Xine I use:
xine -V dxr3 dvd://

Thanks for the reply!!
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[Clendon Gibson-2]

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I think you do not need to run the devices.sh script all the time. I don't think this would cause the problem though.

I forgot to ask before, but could you post the dmesg output that occurs after you run the ldm script?

A logical question is do you know you are using the right cable for the card to the TV? I have a Hollywood Plus DVD card and it uses the s-video connector to drive a composite or RCA style connector.  In other words the right cable is s-video on the card side and a composite video connector on the other.

The driver then has settings for which output to drive. The composite signal via the s-video connector is actually the default.

This section of the dxr3 web page has this.

http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/howto.html#outputmodes

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From: Mihály Levente <hobolevi@...>
To: Clendon Gibson <bsandyman@...>
Cc: dxr3-devel@...
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 3:34:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxr3-devel] No video signal

2009/8/24 Clendon Gibson <bsandyman@...>:
> Hi Mihaly,
>
> Could you post the options you use when loading the em8300 modules? If you
> are using the ldm script you can get the driver settings from there. (This
> is in the em8300/modules dir whereever you compiled the drivers.
>
> Also, could you post the command line setting you use when starting xine to
> play to your TV?
>
The options that I probed:

1. insmod bt865.o  # this line is no changed
    insmod em8300.ko dicom_fix=0 dicom_control=0 dicom_other_pal=0
2. insmod em8300.ko dicom_fix=1 dicom_control=1 dicom_other_pal=1
3. insmod em8300.ko dicom_fix=1 dicom_control=1 dicom_other_pal=0
4. insmod em8300.ko dicom_fix=0 dicom_control=1 dicom_other_pal=0

and some other with  use_bt865=1(or 0) and bt865_ucode_timeout=1(or 0) together.

For probes I change the ldm options and use the following script in modules dir:

#!/bin/sh
./rmm
./ldm
./devices.sh
em8300setup

After the script I get:
ERROR: Module i2c_core is in use by i2c_viapro
devfs not mounted, creating device nodes
mknod: "/dev/em8300-0": File exist
mknod: "/dev/em8300_mv-0": File exist
mknod: "/dev/em8300_ma-0": File exist
mknod: "/dev/em8300_sp-0": File exist
Microcode uploaded to /dev/em8300-0
Current settings are:
Video    Aspect    Audio    Spu   
PAL              4:3    ANALOG    OFF

For Xine I use:
xine -V dxr3 dvd://

Thanks for the reply!!
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[Mihály Levente]

I think we get the problem description!

[13711.733209] i2c-adapter i2c-0: Transaction error!
[13711.748366] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0d.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level,
low) -> IRQ 21
[13711.748380] em8300-0: EM8300 8300 (rev 2) <6>bus: 0, devfn: 104,
irq: 21, <6>memory: 0xfae00000.
[13711.748401] em8300-0: mapped-memory at 0xdcd80000
[13711.749069] em8300-0: using MTRR
[13711.924980] em8300-0: detected card: DXR3 with BT865.
[13711.990889] em8300-0: Chip revision: 2
[13711.996154] bt865.o: BT865 chip detected
[13711.996565] bt865.o: Defaulting to PAL
[13711.996571] bt865.o: Configuring for PAL
[13712.227102] irq 21: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
[13712.227117] Pid: 10222, comm: firefox Not tainted 2.6.24-24-generic #1
[13712.227143]  [<c0169254>] __report_bad_irq+0x24/0x80
[13712.227169]  [<c016952b>] note_interrupt+0x27b/0x2c0
[13712.227202]  [<c0168750>] handle_IRQ_event+0x30/0x60
[13712.227223]  [<c0169ee6>] handle_fasteoi_irq+0x86/0xe0
[13712.227242]  [<c0106f0b>] do_IRQ+0x3b/0x70
[13712.227252]  [<c01321e1>] irq_exit+0x51/0x80
[13712.227257]  [<c0118895>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x55/0x80
[13712.227279]  [<c0105403>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30
[13712.227354]  =======================
[13712.227356] handlers:
[13712.227358] [<dcf04710>] (em8300_irq+0x0/0x170 [em8300])
[13712.227372] Disabling IRQ #21

The dxr3 is the only card in computer, everithing else is integrated
in motherboard. I have one old PII computer too with Geexbox and when
I try the card in this, the program froze. I would install the card in
that machine to have a low cost media center :D!

2009/8/25 Clendon Gibson <bsandyman@...>:

> I think you do not need to run the devices.sh script all the time. I don't
> think this would cause the problem though.
>
> I forgot to ask before, but could you post the dmesg output that occurs
> after you run the ldm script?
>
> A logical question is do you know you are using the right cable for the card
> to the TV? I have a Hollywood Plus DVD card and it uses the s-video
> connector to drive a composite or RCA style connector.  In other words the
> right cable is s-video on the card side and a composite video connector on
> the other.
>
> The driver then has settings for which output to drive. The composite signal
> via the s-video connector is actually the default.
>
> This section of the dxr3 web page has this.
>
> http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/howto.html#outputmodes
>
> ________________________________
> From: Mihály Levente <hobolevi@...>
> To: Clendon Gibson <bsandyman@...>
> Cc: dxr3-devel@...
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 3:34:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dxr3-devel] No video signal
>
> 2009/8/24 Clendon Gibson <bsandyman@...>:
>> Hi Mihaly,
>>
>> Could you post the options you use when loading the em8300 modules? If you
>> are using the ldm script you can get the driver settings from there. (This
>> is in the em8300/modules dir whereever you compiled the drivers.
>>
>> Also, could you post the command line setting you use when starting xine
>> to
>> play to your TV?
>>
> The options that I probed:
>
> 1. insmod bt865.o  # this line is no changed
>     insmod em8300.ko dicom_fix=0 dicom_control=0 dicom_other_pal=0
> 2. insmod em8300.ko dicom_fix=1 dicom_control=1 dicom_other_pal=1
> 3. insmod em8300.ko dicom_fix=1 dicom_control=1 dicom_other_pal=0
> 4. insmod em8300.ko dicom_fix=0 dicom_control=1 dicom_other_pal=0
>
> and some other with  use_bt865=1(or 0) and bt865_ucode_timeout=1(or 0)
> together.
>
> For probes I change the ldm options and use the following script in modules
> dir:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> ./rmm
> ./ldm
> ./devices.sh
> em8300setup
>
> After the script I get:
> ERROR: Module i2c_core is in use by i2c_viapro
> devfs not mounted, creating device nodes
> mknod: "/dev/em8300-0": File exist
> mknod: "/dev/em8300_mv-0": File exist
> mknod: "/dev/em8300_ma-0": File exist
> mknod: "/dev/em8300_sp-0": File exist
> Microcode uploaded to /dev/em8300-0
> Current settings are:
> Video    Aspect    Audio    Spu
> PAL              4:3    ANALOG    OFF
>
> For Xine I use:
> xine -V dxr3 dvd://
>
> Thanks for the reply!!
> --
> Hobo
>
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