[ydl-gen] trouble booting playstation 3 with Linux preinstalled: blank blue screen displayed

[Derick Centeno]

Hi John:

Did you read the links which were recommended earlier?  Video settings on the
PS3 is not a straight-forward affair, unfortunately.  If the documentation
available on the Fixstars site or advice available here or on the YDL Board
remain unclear or impractical then maybe you may consider Fixstars fee based
support service discussed here:

http://us.fixstars.com/services/support.shtml/

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:00:48 +0100
John Goche <johngoche99 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to connect my PlayStation 3 to my computer monitor so that
> I can use boot into the Sony Game OS and from there into the
> preinstalled Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 which I purchased from
> http://us.fixstars.com/ . To that end I have purchased the following
> box which should allow me to switch from my PC's output to the
> PlayStation output both attached to the output device: a computer
> monitor. The box specs are at:
> 
> http://www.climaxdigital.co.uk/epages/BT3449.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT3449
> 
> However, this HDVGA2008 by Climax Digital lets me switch between the
> PC view (which works just fine) and the PlayStation 3 view
> (which does not work: it just displays a blank blue screen).
> It seems to me that for this purpose a 3-cable component and
> a composite cable are the same thing (I have looked at the
> connectors and they seem the same).
> I don't know why the PlayStation 3, when switched on,
> and routed through the box, just displays a blue screen
> instead of the XMB (CrossMediaBar)?
> 
> Thanks a lot for any help,
> I am really puzzled,
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John Goche

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