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thezfunk:
--- Quote from: jimbodude on August 18, 2009, 03:24:58 pm ---http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/FAQ#Nothing_came_up_on_my_TV.21_What.27s_wrong.3F
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sorry jimbodude,
I should have clarified. I am using the vga output going to a regular computer monitor. I can see and navigate the wizard and everything else so far. What I can't see are the wizard videos. I can hear the lady speaking instructions but the window where I should see her is black. Everything else on the monitor is perfectly viewable.
thezfunk:
--- Quote from: merkur2k on August 18, 2009, 04:21:14 pm ---if all you need is a digital tuner (OTA is actually 8VSB, not QAM ;) ) then look into the HDHomeRun. It is the easiest one to use by far, just plug it into the network and answer the questions that LinuxMCE asks you. Newegg carries it as well.
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Interesting. I thought the wiki said QAM but I very easily could be mistaken.
I do see that recommended across the forums but I would prefer a card in my main machine. I do see what happens around here when you buck the system. Very often you end up with a system that doesn't work ;). I'll have to weight my options and do some more research before I take the plunge. Then, prepare for me to cry about how what I bought doesn't work and how you are all suppose to fix it! Just kidding!
thezfunk:
Looks like I will be heading into my first reinstall. On boot up this evening I was greeted with the gray screen of death as it's referred to around here. Tried installing nvidia drivers that seemed to make things worse and deleting the orbiter and MD. I just managed to royally screw stuff up. Now where did I put that Kubuntu CD again?
thezfunk:
So I finally got Kubuntu to reinstall. I went ahead and tried to update the nvidia drivers straight away. According to the wiki article http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Display_Drivers#Latest_Drivers you should use the command, "telinit 1" to shut down X-Server. That didn't work for me. Kubuntu would begin doing so only to hang. I searched the webternets to discover a command that worked for me.
sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop
That finally stopped X-Server so that I could install the latest Nvidia drivers. They actually seem to be working since I am back in KDE and the version matches what I installed.
Hooray!
Next step.
thezfunk:
Well then. I got 0810 LinuxMCE installed again. First boot I got a blue screen that said, "Failed to start X". Couple of reboots later I realized I needed to start some looking. I didn't find anything on the forums or wiki about my specific problem so I decided to just try reinstalling the 185.18.31 Nvidia drivers I had installed before installing LinuxMCE over Kubuntu. It worked! I love it when a stab in the dark solves the problem.
I can actually see the video as well as hear it now in the wizard. My resolution shows up correctly. I did choose UI1 just for compatibility sake. I don't want to ruin something now that it's working. I think the advanced UI should work but I don't want to break it quite yet.
The only other issue I ran into and saw elsewhere on the forum is the first boot when the AV wizard started properly, my video was being output on the DVI port by default and I had to grab my DVI to VGA converter for a bit. Just another FYI.
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