From 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 15:20:36 -0700 Subject: Linux-2.6.12-rc2 Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip! --- Documentation/video4linux/bttv/PROBLEMS | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/video4linux/bttv/PROBLEMS (limited to 'Documentation/video4linux/bttv/PROBLEMS') diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/PROBLEMS b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/PROBLEMS new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8e31e9e36bf --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/PROBLEMS @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +- Start capturing by pressing "c" or by selecting it via a menu! + +- Start capturing by pressing "c" or by selecting it via a menu!!! + +- The memory of some S3 cards is not recognized right: + + First of all, if you are not using XFree-3.2 or newer, upgrade AT LEAST to + XFree-3.2A! This solved the problem for most people. + + Start up X11 like this: "XF86_S3 -probeonly" and write down where the + linear frame buffer is. + If it is different to the address found by bttv install bttv like this: + "insmod bttv vidmem=0xfb0" + if the linear frame buffer is at 0xfb000000 (i.e. omit the last 5 zeros!) + + Some S3 cards even take up 64MB of memory but only report 32MB to the BIOS. + If this 64MB area overlaps the IO memory of the Bt848 you also have to + remap this. E.g.: insmod bttv vidmem=0xfb0 remap=0xfa0 + + If the video memory is found at the right place and there are no address + conflicts but still no picture (or the computer even crashes), + try disabling features of your PCI chipset in the BIOS setup. + + Frank Kapahnke also reported that problems + with his S3 868 went away when he upgraded to XFree 3.2. + + +- I still only get a black picture with my S3 card! + + Even with XFree-3.2A some people have problems with their S3 cards + (mostly with Trio 64 but also with some others) + Get the free demo version of Accelerated X from www.xinside.com and try + bttv with it. bttv seems to work with most S3 cards with Accelerated X. + + Since I do not know much (better make that almost nothing) about VGA card + programming I do not know the reason for this. + Looks like XFree does something different when setting up the video memory? + Maybe somebody can enlighten me? + Would be nice if somebody could get this to work with XFree since + Accelerated X costs more than some of the grabber cards ... + + Better linear frame buffer support for S3 cards will probably be in + XFree 4.0. + +- Grabbing is not switched off when changing consoles with XFree. + That's because XFree and some AcceleratedX versions do not send unmap + events. + +- Some popup windows (e.g. of the window manager) are not refreshed. + + Disable backing store by starting X with the option "-bs" + +- When using 32 bpp in XFree or 24+8bpp mode in AccelX 3.1 the system + can sometimes lock up if you use more than 1 bt848 card at the same time. + You will always get pixel errors when e.g. using more than 1 card in full + screen mode. Maybe we need something faster than the PCI bus ... + + +- Some S3 cards and the Matrox Mystique will produce pixel errors with + full resolution in 32-bit mode. + +- Some video cards have problems with Accelerated X 4.1 -- cgit v1.2.3