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Posted: **Tue 07 Aug 2012, 09:32**

This is the original xorg conf file after installing xorg high pet:

#Special base config file used in Puppy Linux.

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this  section  is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

    Load        "dbe"  	# Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection

# This loads the font modules
#    Load        "type1"
#    Load        "freetype"

# This loads xtrap extension, used by xrandr
#   Load       "xtrap"

# This loads the GLX module (if present). xorg 7.4/5 need explicit disable to disable...
    Load    "glx" #LOADGLX

# This loads dri module (if present). 7.4 loads it by default, have to disable...
   Load       "dri" #LOADDRI
#    Disable "dri"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)

    FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12).  This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

#    Option "DontVTSwitch"

# Enables mode switching with xrandr
# There is a report that this can cause Xorg not to work on some
# video hardware, so default is commented-out...
# but i want to use it in xorgwizard so leave on...

    Option "RandR" "on"

# With this, Xorg won't talk to HAL to add evdev devices and you'll be back
# with the old Xorg behavior (pre-7.4)...

    Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"

# For no-Hal, kirk also suggests this...

#    Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"

# Xorg 7.4, Ubuntu Jaunty, CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE is disabled by default...

    Option "DontZap" "false"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb" #xkeymap0
EndSection

#everything past here is auto-generated by Puppy's Xorg Wizard...


#PuppyHardwareProfile=ATI_RADEON_9200VA1916wSERIE

I then added these lines to the xorg conf file, and uncommented just one of the lines:
ENABLE PAGE FLIP and ENABLED IT. Then rebooted.

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Section "Device"
    Identifier "Radeon"
    Driver "radeon"
#    Option	"AGPMode"               "8"   #not used when KMS is on
#	Option	"AGPFastWrite"          "off" #could cause instabilities enable it at your own risk
#	Option	"SWcursor"              "off" #software cursor might be necessary on some rare occasions, hence set off by default
	Option	"EnablePageFlip"        "on"  #supported on all R/RV/RS4xx and older hardware and set off by default
#	Option	"AccelMethod"           "EXA" #valid options are XAA and EXA. EXA is the newest acceleration method and it is the default.
#	Option	"RenderAccel"           "on"  #enabled by default on all radeon hardware
#	Option	"ColorTiling"           "on"  #enabled by default on RV300 and later radeon cards.
#	Option	"EXAVSync"              "off" #default is off, otherwise on
#	Option	"EXAPixmaps"            "on"  #when on icreases 2D performance, but may also cause artifacts on some old cards
#	Option	"AccelDFS"              "on"  #default is off, read the radeon manpage for more information
EndSection

On the reboot I checked GLX GEARS, and it had shot up by 3500 frames, and suddenly all this NEW information has appeared in "DEVICE SECTION" of xorg conf:

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#Special base config file used in Puppy Linux.

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this  section  is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

    Load        "dbe"  	# Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection

# This loads the font modules
#    Load        "type1"
#    Load        "freetype"

# This loads xtrap extension, used by xrandr
#   Load       "xtrap"

# This loads the GLX module (if present). xorg 7.4/5 need explicit disable to disable...
    Load    "glx" #LOADGLX

# This loads dri module (if present). 7.4 loads it by default, have to disable...
   Load       "dri" #LOADDRI
#    Disable "dri"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)

    FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12).  This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

#    Option "DontVTSwitch"

# Enables mode switching with xrandr
# There is a report that this can cause Xorg not to work on some
# video hardware, so default is commented-out...
# but i want to use it in xorgwizard so leave on...

    Option "RandR" "on"

# With this, Xorg won't talk to HAL to add evdev devices and you'll be back
# with the old Xorg behavior (pre-7.4)...

    Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"

# For no-Hal, kirk also suggests this...

#    Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"

# Xorg 7.4, Ubuntu Jaunty, CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE is disabled by default...

    Option "DontZap" "false"

EndSection

#everything past here is auto-generated by Puppy's Xorg Wizard...


Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
	Option      "XkbModel" "pc102"
	Option      "XkbLayout" "us" #xkeymap0
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2" #mouse0protocol
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/mouse"
	#Option      "Emulate3Buttons"
	#Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
	Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" #scrollwheel
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	#DisplaySize	  410   260	# mm
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "VSC"
	ModelName    "VA1916wSERIES"
	Option	    "DPMS"
	HorizSync    24.0-82.0
	VertRefresh  50.0-71.0
	#UseModes     "Modes0" #monitor0usemodes
	Option      "PreferredMode" "1440x900"
	EndSection
	
Section "Modes"
	Identifier "Modes0"
	#modes0modeline0
EndSection

Section "Device"
	### Available Driver options are:-
	### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
	### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
	### [arg]: arg optional
	#Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "Dac8Bit"            	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "BusType"            	# [<str>]
	#Option     "CPPIOMode"          	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "CPusecTimeout"      	# <i>
	#Option     "AGPMode"            	"8"
	#Option     "AGPFastWrite"       	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "AGPSize"            	# <i>
	#Option     "GARTSize"           	# <i>
	#Option     "RingSize"           	# <i>
	#Option     "BufferSize"         	# <i>
	#Option     "EnableDepthMoves"   	# [<bool>]
	 Option     "EnablePageFlip"     	"on"
	#Option     "NoBackBuffer"       	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "DMAForXv"           	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "FBTexPercent"       	# <i>
	#Option     "DepthBits"          	# <i>
	#Option     "PCIAPERSize"        	# <i>
	#Option     "AccelDFS"           	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "IgnoreEDID"         	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "CustomEDID"         	# [<str>]
	#Option     "DisplayPriority"    	# [<str>]
	#Option     "PanelSize"          	# [<str>]
	#Option     "ForceMinDotClock"   	# <freq>
	#Option     "ColorTiling"        	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
	#Option     "RageTheatreCrystal" 	# <i>
	#Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort" 	# <i>
	#Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort" 	# <i>
	#Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort" 	# <i>
	#Option     "TunerType"          	# <i>
	#Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath" 	# <str>
	#Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType" 	# <str>
	#Option     "ScalerWidth"        	# <i>
	#Option     "RenderAccel"        	"on"
	#Option     "SubPixelOrder"      	# [<str>]
	#Option     "ShowCache"          	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "ClockGating"        	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "VGAAccess"          	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "ReverseDDC"         	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "LVDSProbePLL"       	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "AccelMethod"        	# <str>
	#Option     "DRI"                	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "ConnectorTable"     	# <str>
	#Option     "DefaultConnectorTable" 	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"     	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"    	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "ForceTVOut"         	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "TVStandard"         	# <str>
	#Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"    	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"    	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "Int10"              	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "EXAVSync"           	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "ATOMTVOut"          	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "R4xxATOM"           	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "ForceLowPowerMode"  	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "DynamicPM"          	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "NewPLL"             	# [<bool>]
	#Option     "ZaphodHeads"        	# <str>
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "radeon" #card0driver
	VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
	BoardName   "RV280 [Radeon 9200]"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth 24
	#Option         "metamodes" "1440x900_60 +0+0" #METAMODES_0
	Subsection "Display"
		Depth       24
		Modes       "1440x900"
	EndSubsection
EndSection

#PuppyHardwareProfile=ATI_RADEON_9200VA1916wSERIE

How can I get the tuner portion functioning? Xine Player seems to think there is something going on now, but it is confused..
BTW it is an all in wonder 9200.

Posted: **Sun 12 Aug 2012, 17:21**

some people are recommending TvTime
http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/

are you using Music2go Puppy?

Posted: **Sun 12 Aug 2012, 20:30**

darkcity wrote:some people are recommending TvTime
http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/

are you using Music2go Puppy?

I am darkcity, incidentally, I tried out this game Lugaru as a test:

http://208.109.22.214/puppy/viewtopic.p ... 3d18947f37

and the frame rate is really good, didn't have to add any of the libs, so I guess opengl is working. Have to re X to 1024x768 tho', or it crawls, and then the screen goes a funny faded green look to it, don't know what that problem is, but the rabbit runs like the clappers and does some mean karate kicks!

So if i find a tv time pet, will it just work or do I have to do the nuclear scientist stuff with xorg and whatever else (modules?) it needs?
Actually I better answer that question by trying it..

Posted: **Sun 12 Aug 2012, 22:03**

this thread may be of interest
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64096

screen goes a funny faded green look to it

that could be because your using 16bit instead 24bit, on xorg wizard you can choose-

1024x768x16
or
1024x768x24

rabbit runs like the clappers and does some mean karate kicks!

no need for tv then ; -)

might be worth trying on fresh install.

Posted: **Mon 13 Aug 2012, 10:02**

It is a fresh install every time, from a usb stick, no save file, just the xorghigh built in.
Then I try that code, notice video for linux then appears in modules loaded.
Yes, the faded green is because I set it to 16 bit, thanks for that.
Weird that it can't display correctly at 16 bit. Everything runs faster at this bit rate. The playback meters on qtractor+podium are going as fast as windows now as far as I can tell in this mode.
Is linux a resource pig?

TV Time after being installed appears after I put the code in and restart X.
It says no signal. No video device.
No such device or address.
Cannot open capture device /dev/video0.

Could be wrong, but I think I need to "fill in" the answers to these sections in the code below. Wonder what the heck Zaphodheads is, sounds like a band.

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Section "Device"
   ### Available Driver options are:-
   ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
   ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
   ### [arg]: arg optional
   #Option     "NoAccel"               # [<bool>]
   #Option     "SWcursor"              # [<bool>]
   #Option     "Dac6Bit"               # [<bool>]
   #Option     "Dac8Bit"               # [<bool>]
   #Option     "BusType"               # [<str>]
   #Option     "CPPIOMode"             # [<bool>]
   #Option     "CPusecTimeout"         # <i>
   #Option     "AGPMode"               "8"
   #Option     "AGPFastWrite"          # [<bool>]
   #Option     "AGPSize"               # <i>
   #Option     "GARTSize"              # <i>
   #Option     "RingSize"              # <i>
   #Option     "BufferSize"            # <i>
   #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"      # [<bool>]
    Option     "EnablePageFlip"        "on"
   #Option     "NoBackBuffer"          # [<bool>]
   #Option     "DMAForXv"              # [<bool>]
   #Option     "FBTexPercent"          # <i>
   #Option     "DepthBits"             # <i>
   #Option     "PCIAPERSize"           # <i>
   #Option     "AccelDFS"              # [<bool>]
   #Option     "IgnoreEDID"            # [<bool>]
   #Option     "CustomEDID"            # [<str>]
   #Option     "DisplayPriority"       # [<str>]
   #Option     "PanelSize"             # [<str>]
   #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"      # <freq>
   #Option     "ColorTiling"           # [<bool>]
   #Option     "VideoKey"              # <i>
   #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal"    # <i>
   #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort"    # <i>
   #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort"    # <i>
   #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort"    # <i>
   #Option     "TunerType"             # <i>
   #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath"    # <str>
   #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType"    # <str>
   #Option     "ScalerWidth"           # <i>
   #Option     "RenderAccel"           "on"
   #Option     "SubPixelOrder"         # [<str>]
   #Option     "ShowCache"             # [<bool>]
   #Option     "ClockGating"           # [<bool>]
   #Option     "VGAAccess"             # [<bool>]
   #Option     "ReverseDDC"            # [<bool>]
   #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"          # [<bool>]
   #Option     "AccelMethod"           # <str>
   #Option     "DRI"                   # [<bool>]
   #Option     "ConnectorTable"        # <str>
   #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable"    # [<bool>]
   #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"        # [<bool>]
   #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"       # [<bool>]
   #Option     "ForceTVOut"            # [<bool>]
   #Option     "TVStandard"            # <str>
   #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"       # [<bool>]
   #Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"       # [<bool>]
   #Option     "Int10"                 # [<bool>]
   #Option     "EXAVSync"              # [<bool>]
   #Option     "ATOMTVOut"             # [<bool>]
   #Option     "R4xxATOM"              # [<bool>]
   #Option     "ForceLowPowerMode"     # [<bool>]
   #Option     "DynamicPM"             # [<bool>]
   #Option     "NewPLL"                # [<bool>]
   #Option     "ZaphodHeads"           # <str>
   Identifier  "Card0"
   Driver      "radeon" #card0driver
   VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
   BoardName   "RV280 [Radeon 9200]"
   BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Posted: **Mon 13 Aug 2012, 16:57**

according to

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 026#490026

a channels.conf file needs setting up?

---

Good point about "16bit mode not working"
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=01503
---

Zaphodheads could be an alien race?

Posted: **Mon 13 Aug 2012, 17:17**

Confirmed error with

X Org 1.7.6
ATI Technologies Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]

set via ALSA wizard
(havent tried manual edit yet)

Posted: **Mon 13 Aug 2012, 21:14**

You're a gold mine of old threads darkcity, that project by Synth that never materialised had a link by Lobster to a great little on the fly mp3 editor.

Checked the Barry K vs Playdayz 16 bit greenish screen post. Will attempt that tip shortly.

Could do with a Zaphodhead to give me a hand with the videocard

Edit: Strange, I went into Xorg through the screen that looks like old msdos screen without adding any of that new "device section" code, and now I can see all those options already there.
And yet if I look at the xorg.conf in Geany they are not there.

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