OpenELEC Mediacenter - OpenELEC Forum - Topic: Having a hard time transitioning to new HTPC and 1080i. (1/2)

Welcome, Guest

Page:
1
2

TOPIC: Having a hard time transitioning to new HTPC and 1080i.

Having a hard time transitioning to new HTPC and 1080i. 11 months 6 days ago #1

Hdale85
OFFLINE
Junior Boarder
Posts: 30
Karma: 0

So previously I had 1080i working on my old HTPC with OpenELEC running pre-eden build. I've not got a new HTPC and the main difference is it's an AMD/ATI setup vs the old one being Nvidia GPU. The new system is an AMD E350 Fusion APU. I copied over my old xorg.conf and copied the settings into the new one that made the old one work and it's not working still. I'm not sure what's going on and can't figure out anything more to try at this point. I'm running the Beta 4 Eden build.

Here is my old xorg.conf

Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DynamicTwinView" "False"
Option "NoFlip" "false"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "ConnectToAcpid" "0"
Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = Native"
Option "ModeValidation" "NoVesaModes, NoXServerModes"
Option "UseEDID" "true"
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-1"
Option "HWCursor" "false"
Option "ModeDebug" "false"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen"
Device "nvidia"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "ColorRange" "Full"
# Option "ColorRange" "Limited"
# Option "ColorSpace" "RGB"
# Option "ColorSpace" "YCbCr444"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1080i_60" "1920x1080_60i" "1920x1080@60i" "1920x1080i@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "false"
EndSection

And this worked fine for a long time, several years with upgrades happening all inbetween.

If you need any logs just let me know where they are located and I can grab them.

Last Edit: 11 months 6 days ago by Hdale85.

The administrator has disabled public write access.

Re: Having a hard time transitioning to new HTPC and 1080i. 11 months 5 days ago #2

lrusak OFFLINE Administrator Posts: 2007 Thank you received: 260 Karma: 262	well I think a big problem is you are trying to load nvidia drivers for an amd gpu.... Are you running the fusion build of Openelec? Have you tried without this xorg.conf?
	<-- Hit me with some karma if I've helped you out The administrator has disabled public write access.

Re: Having a hard time transitioning to new HTPC and 1080i. 11 months 5 days ago #3

Hdale85
OFFLINE
Junior Boarder
Posts: 30
Karma: 0

Yes running the fusion build, and I'm not using the Nvidia drivers, if you read more closely that's my OLD setup from my previous HTPC which used Nvidia drivers. My current xorg.conf is using fglrx drivers. I was trying to reuse the parts I needed to get 1080i with my old setup but it did not work.

My TV is an old RPTV that only supports 1080i and it doesn't have digital inputs there for it won't get any EDID info from the TV. So if I use it without a xorg.conf file it works on a normal display but not on the TV because it can't get EDID info from it. I need to force it into 1080i and it seems that the ATI/AMD drivers need to do it differently or something.

The administrator has disabled public write access.

Re: Having a hard time transitioning to new HTPC and 1080i. 11 months 5 days ago #4

newphreak NOW ONLINE Staff Posts: 1008 Thank you received: 90 Karma: 24	Try if this works then: xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=3641
	Samsung UE40C6715 40" led tv - Denon AVR-3313 - NAD C275BEE - B&W DM683 - B&W HTM61 - B&W 686 Asus EB1501P ION2 - OCZ Vertex 2 64gb ssd - Built in IR Receiver Asus E35M1-I DELUXE Fusion - Kingston 100S 16gb ssd - Philips OVU412000 IR Receiver And a Logitech Harmony Touch to control it all. The administrator has disabled public write access.

Re: Having a hard time transitioning to new HTPC and 1080i. 11 months 5 days ago #5

Hdale85 OFFLINE Junior Boarder Posts: 30 Karma: 0	Yeah I tried that, and no dice. I've tried many combinations and still nothing works. I put in a modeline, then changed the Modes to the modeline and still nothing. How do you list the displays and stuff with xrandr from ssh? I'm wondering if I can try and change the resolution with xrandr and see if it even works.
	The administrator has disabled public write access.

Re: Having a hard time transitioning to new HTPC and 1080i. 11 months 4 days ago #6

Hdale85
OFFLINE
Junior Boarder
Posts: 30
Karma: 0

Ok here's an update on what I've tried so far.

This is my current xorg.conf I'm using.

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "aticonfig Layout"
Screen 0 "screen" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "fglrx"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "HWCursor" "false"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "HDTV"
VendorName "Mitsubishi"
ModelName "WS-65869"
Option "DPMS"
UseModes "Custom modes"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "Custom modes"
Modeline "1920x1080" 74.25 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1094 1124 interlace -hsync -vsync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen"
Device "fglrx"
Monitor "HDTV"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1080"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "false"
EndSection

And here is a pastebin of my xorg log.
pastebin.com/fTjDBkH0

Last Edit: 11 months 4 days ago by Hdale85.

The administrator has disabled public write access.

Page:
1
2

Moderators: MikeBuzz, ericab, turbomettwurst, lrusak