Wow, thanks for replying so fast! I found another howto, very similar to Ollila's, here: http://www.perturb.org/content/linux-voodoo3.txt and at least it gave me some diagnostic commands to run. Here they are, with their output: --------------------------- [root at localhost lm_sensors-2.8.7]# lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3 (rev 01) (yay, the motherboard detects the card.) --------------------------- [root at localhost lm_sensors-2.8.7]# lsmod | grep i2c i2c_sensor 2176 2 w83781d,eeprom i2c_i801 6160 0 i2c_voodoo3 3588 0 i2c_algo_bit 7304 1 i2c_voodoo3 i2c_core 16388 5 w83781d,eeprom,i2c_sensor,i2c_i801,i2c_algo_bit (His howto says "Specifically look for the voodoo3, proc, and core. If you have those you're good to go." I don't have proc, and nothing refers to "bt869".) --------------------------- [root at localhost lm_sensors-2.8.7]# ls /proc/sys/dev/ cdrom raid rtc scsi (no "sensors" subdir...waah) --------------------------- [root at localhost lm_sensors-2.8.7]# sensors as99127f-i2c-2-2d Adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at e800 VCore 1: +1.73 V (min = +1.62 V, max = +1.78 V) (beep) VCore 2: +1.73 V (min = +1.62 V, max = +1.78 V) (beep) +3.3V: +3.44 V (min = +3.14 V, max = +3.46 V) (beep) +5V: +5.03 V (min = +4.73 V, max = +5.24 V) (beep) +12V: +11.73 V (min = +10.82 V, max = +13.19 V) (beep) -12V: -11.76 V (min = -13.22 V, max = -10.74 V) (beep) -5V: -5.13 V (min = -5.25 V, max = -4.74 V) (beep) fan1: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 2) (beep) fan2: 4720 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 2) (beep) fan3: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 2) (beep) M/B Temp: +25?C (high = +105?C, hyst = +0?C) (beep) CPU Temp: +18.5?C (high = +80?C, hyst = +75?C) (beep) temp3: -31.5?C (high = +80?C, hyst = +75?C) (beep) vid: +1.700 V alarms: beep_enable: Sound alarm enabled eeprom-i2c-0-50 Adapter: I2C Voodoo3/Banshee adapter Unknown EEPROM type (255). (I dunno what that's supposed to be telling me, but here it is anyway.) --------------------------- [root at localhost lm_sensors-2.8.7]# modprobe -v bt869 FATAL: Module bt869 not found. --------------------------- (this is my dead end.) Does that tell you anything else? I assume that echoing settings into /proc/sys/dev/sensors/bt869*/res (or whatever) is fruitless if the "file" isn't already in the /proc virtual fs, right? Thank you again. I really appreciate your help -- and if I get this working, I WILL write a howto and send you the url. :) -- MB On Sep 28, 2004, at 7:26 PM, Philip Edelbrock wrote: > It sounds like you are very close. For everything to look/work right, > make sure you get your resolution set first, then configure the bt869. > Make sure you set its resolution and other parameters (PAL vs. NTSC) > to match what ever modeline you've got going in X. The BT869 is a > pretty dumb chip. It receives a raw stream of video data but doesn't > nessesarily know what the resolution is. You have to tell it. > > If you've got black-and-white on the TV, then you probably just need > to set the settings while running in X to get things synced up. What > I mean by this is that you need to do things like 'echo "640 480" > > /proc/sys/dev/sensors/bt869*/res' (or a path similar to this... this > is off the top of my head). > > I hope this helps.
