Radeon 8500 video overlay gone (xawtv and kdetv broken)

[Łukasz Maśko]

Dnia niedziela, 2 stycznia 2011, Robert Braddock napisał:
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> Now, it seems as though my overlay device just isn't there.  Kdetv says
> there's no video device at all and xawtv reports "no usable video port
> found".  Since kdetv and xawtv are unrelated programs, I'm guessing X is
> the one doing something different.

I don't know, it it will be of any help, but try running xawtv with -nodga 
option. It helps me with a different card (Intel), but maybe will help you 
as well. You can also give TVtime a try.
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