2009-02-26, 01:26
olympia Wrote:Easy task
Don't remove those lines!
Just use the screen calibration! ...and enjoy!
Well, I didn't think it would be that easy, but YES!
Many Many Thanks!
While I'm at it, let me answer a few of my previous questions that may help some other noobs like me.
majorheadache Wrote:When I stop XBMC I do not have a proper prompt. There is no blinking cursor, no text saying what user/folder I am in. The keyboard works -- I can type letters etc, but nothing executes. Is this normal?.
Press Alt-F2 to get a bash(?) prompt. Then you can run your commands.
majorheadache Wrote:I tried to start XBMC (which I admit, I'm not exactly sure how to do.) I went to my XBMC folder and typed xbmc ENTER. .
From the prompt, Ctrl-d works for me. I've seen a few other methods I haven't tried, but this is working for me right now.
majorheadache Wrote:I have tried setting the S/PDIF to HDMI but then I get no sound at all.
I finally have this sorted and I think my problems were three-fold. First, I had to change the audio output to HDMI in the BIOS. Next, and I think this may be projector specific, I had to have the option
Code:
Option "ModeValidation" "NoEdidModes"
in the Screens section of my xorg.conf file. I think EDID was telling the PC not to send sound because the projector can't process it. Further, you don't want to simply use
Code:
Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"
because that also disables HDMI audio, from what I read.
Once I had all that, I had to go through one more round of
Code:
# rename /etc/init.d/alsa-utils
sudo mv /etc/init.d/alsa-utils /etc/init.d/alsa-utils.x
# reboot your system
reboot
# rename /etc/init.d/alsa-utils.x back to /etc/init.d/alsa-utils
sudo mv /etc/init.d/alsa-utils.x /etc/init.d/alsa-utils
#start the alsamixer and activate iec958 output
alsamixer
which I got from the sound no longer working thread.