Orange Pi Zero, TV-OUT and X11vnc

[nickeh]

Hi,

 

I got my Zero today and installed the legacy jessie server. I need X (for one app) so I followed the same path as I did on my Raspberry Pi running Raspbian lite.

 

sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends xserver-xorg
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends xinit
sudo apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-terminal
sudo apt-get install lightdm

Should TV-OUT (pin 9 (and GND on pin 2) on 1x13 header) work as I do not get anything on my composite monitor?

 

I looked in /boot/boot.cmd and it says setenv disp_mode "1920x1080p60" which is not compatible with a composite signal. I tried to alter it to 720x576i50 but no luck.

 

I just wanted the TV-OUT to see that everything was working and that I really have a graphical desktop. I'm planning on using only X11vnc but it seems that the graphical desktop is not there because I can not get X11vnc to start.

*** x11vnc was unable to open the X DISPLAY: ":0", it cannot continue.

It seems like the X server is started and lightdm but I don't have enough experience to find what is wrong

root       673  0.0  1.8  29544  9376 tty7     Ss+  10:48   0:00 /usr/bin/X :0 -seat seat0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch 
root       702  0.0  0.6  27796  3448 ?        Sl   10:48   0:00 lightdm --session-child 17 20
lightdm    708  0.0  0.2   4000  1488 ?        Ss   10:48   0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd --user
lightdm    709  0.0  0.2   5748  1144 ?        S    10:48   0:00 (sd-pam)   
lightdm    711  0.1  2.2  35420 11476 ?        Ssl  10:48   0:01 /usr/sbin/lightdm-gtk-greeter
lightdm    716  0.0  0.0   3108   492 ?        S    10:48   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --autolaunch a6959a1b583340b7a8741924192b921b --binary-syntax --close-stderr
lightdm    717  0.0  0.1   4572   856 ?        Ss   10:48   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

 

[iLoveDevBoards]

HI There!

 

I don't know if you still need the information for the tv out but here it is anyway:

 

Fetch your self a composite cable r/y/w color doesnt really matter.

 

 

 

Type in term

 

Sudo nano /etc/modules

 

simply add tv to the last line of the file, exit and save ofcourse

 

Then type in (Might need to reboot first)

 

Connect the cable to pin 2(ground) and pin 9(signal) (pin count starts from where the little white triangle is located)

connect the cable to the yellow video port on your tv

 

 

 

then type in sudo modprobe tv

 

if everything went right you should have video output on your tv now that's what i got:D

 

Good luck and most important of all Have fun!

[nickeh]

Thank you!!!

[nartu]

Thank you iLoveDevBoards... I just got my orange pi zéro working!