black screen

[ukmgranger]

Hi there,

I have just installed SageTV client on my PPC G4 mac mini. All I seem to get is a black screen. no menu, nothing.

When loading, the client finds my PC server fine.

The os is OSX 10.4.11 (fresh'ish install)

[pratt733]

Could be that you are using VESA mode instead of graphics mode (i.e. no video driver loaded). What does System Profiler say about your Display?

I had the same problem until I was loading the right driver.

[ukmgranger]

Originally Posted by pratt733

Could be that you are using VESA mode instead of graphics mode (i.e. no video driver loaded). What does System Profiler say about your Display?

I had the same problem until I was loading the right driver.

This is what system profiler says:

ATI Radeon 9200:

Chipset Model: ATY,RV280
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
VRAM (Total): 32 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x5962
Revision ID: 0x0001
ROM Revision: 113-xxxxx-116
Displays:
SONY TV:
Resolution: 1360 x 768
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Not Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported

Any other ideas?

[pratt733]

Don't take this as gospel, but I'm pretty sure QE/CI needs to be supported in order to not get the black screen (at least in my case).

Are you running this on an Intel Mac, by any chance?

[pratt733]

Never mind - just saw your sig. Do you have another video card you can try, by any chance?

[dotheDVDeed]

Originally Posted by pratt733

Do you have another video card you can try, by any chance?

Mac Mini only has onboard video--no slots for video cards.

I had this problem also with versions 6.3.3 and 6.3.5 of the Mac Server (I also have a PPC Mac Mini with 9200 ATI Radeon)


Version 6.2.10 of the Mac Server ran fine--but it did not recognize my HD Homerun.

I gave up and crossed over to the "dark side" and went with Windows instead.

Maybe when they updated to 6.3 Core Video became a requirement?

TIM

[ukmgranger]

There must be a way of getting it to work!!

I did have it working a while back, but cannot remember what version it was that I was using.

This is really infuriating. I can't even enter my License key now - but that is for another thread!!