Q: Can't start Sage, but can start KDE

[laurenglenn]

I have a Radeon 9500 card with dual display (AGP card).

I got the install working (finally).....

The packages had to be installed manually, as "emerge" would not work until I rebooted after the initial setup.

Now I got the ATI driver installed by typing in "emerge ati-drivers"

When I run "startx," it stops and tells me that the RADEON has no "Display" section for PCI:1:0:1

So, I ran X -configure to get the information into ~/xorg.conf.new and ran "X -config ~/xorg.conf.new" and it runs Sage, but when it's about to start the UI, it crashes back to the BASH prompt.

Even if I copy the info from PCI:1:0:0 (which is the primary display) and change the "PCI:1:0:0" to "PCI:1:0:1", it still crashes.....

If I change ~/.xinitrc to have "exec startkde" then KDE starts and is fully functional.

Why can't I get SageTV to run? Has anyone gotten Sage to work under KDE?

Thanks,
Lauren

[_Demo_]

The current opengl sagetv handler doesn't work with ATI cards.

_Demo_

[laurenglenn]

Originally Posted by _Demo_

The current opengl sagetv handler doesn't work with ATI cards.

_Demo_

But I can still buy a Sage Media Extender and use that, I'm guessing?

Lauren

[_Demo_]

Originally Posted by laurenglenn

But I can still buy a Sage Media Extender and use that, I'm guessing?

Lauren

That's right, you could also try to use the x11xv driver instead of xvgl to see the user interface.

_Demo_

[laurenglenn]

update:

I broke down and bought an nVidia card. Reinstalled SageTV and everything works now.. The Sage Media Extender is coming soon....

Thanks,
Lauren