[ydl-gen] Video Issue on PS3

[Brandon Williams]

Thanks, David. I actually found this doc and tried it after sending my
post and it fixed the problem. I still don't see the kboot prompt, but
once the kernel is loaded and the system starts booting, everything is
fine.

Thanks,
Brandon

On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 15:37 +1000, David Seikel wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:13:26 -0600 Brandon Williams
> <bwwilliams at tehkernel.com> wrote:
> 
> > I installed YDL 5.0 on my PS3 today while it was hooked up to a 32"
> > Sharp Aquos LCD TV. When I moved it to my 52" Toshiba DLP, I don't see
> > any of the text from kboot, or the rest of the boot process. The
> > system will boot and present the GDM login screen, but there is a
> > green background for everything. The colors are all messed up, and it
> > almost looks like they're inverted. Oddly, when I'm using GAIM and
> > send or receive a message, my TV appears to go through a resolution
> > change where the colors are correct for a brief moment, then the
> > screen goes back to it's previous state. The TV is connected via HDMI
> > and supports up to 1080i, so I'm not sure what's going wrong. Anyone
> > else seen this behavior?
> 
> That sounds like a YUV versus RGB problem.  Try switching the video
> mode between 4 and 36.  From the HOWTO -
> 
> "The PS3 uses a set number of video modes, denoted by number rather than
> by resolution:
> 
> 	0:auto mode
> 	YUV
> 	60Hz 1:480i 2:480p 3:720p 4:1080i  5:1080p
> 	50Hz 6:576i 7:576p 8:720p 9:1080i 10:1080p
> 	RGB
> 	vesa 11:WXGA 12:SXGA 13WUXGA
> 	60Hz 33:480i 34:480p 35:720p 36:1080i 37:1080p
> 	50Hz 38:576i 39:576p 40:720p 41:1080i 42:1080p"
> 
> Note that the table is split into two sections, YUV and RGB.  Your DLP
> monitor might be fussy about which one it gets, and you probably had
> the other one used for your LCD monitor.
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