[mythtv-users] Recommended graphics card with tv-out?

[Ian Forde]

On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 12:54, Jason Schloer wrote:
> Did you actually ever get it to stop crashing when exiting X? I have the
> exact same problem. Works perfectly with everything else, except exiting
> X, oh and fullscreen xmame will do it as well. If you have any clue how
> to get it to work I'd be eternally grateful.

Yeah, but I'm not sure what did it.  I've attached my XF86Config file. 
I also ended up disabling everything even closely related to power
management (APM) from the BIOS settings...

	-I

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                       Ian Forde, RHCE, CCSE, SCNA, SCDME
                       CYTBeN, Inc.
                       ian at duckland.org / ian at cytben.com
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# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
#Section "Screen"
#	Identifier "Screen1"
#	Device     "Videocard1"
#	Monitor    "Monitor1"
#	DefaultDepth     16
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Depth     16
#		Modes    "800x600"
#	EndSubSection
#EndSection
#Section "InputDevice"
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
#	Identifier  "DevInputMice"
#	Driver      "mouse"
#	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
#	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
#	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
#	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
#EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"

	#Screen      0  "Screen0 0 0
	#Screen      1  "Screen1" rightOf "Screen0"
#	InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the 
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"

#	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "extmod"
	#Load  "record"
	Load  "dbe"
#	SubSection "extmod"
#		Option	    "omit xfree86-dga"
#	EndSubSection
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "speedo"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "xtt"
	Load  "glx"
	#Load  "dri"
	#Load  "v4l"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option	    "allowmouseopenfail"
	Option	    "NoPM" "true"
	Option	    "BlankTime" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
#
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "PS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/psaux"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Samsung SyncMaster 700TFT"
	HorizSync    61.5 - 81.0
	VertRefresh  59.0 - 76.0
	# Option	    "nodpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor1"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "TV Screen"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 50.0
	VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
	# Option	    "nodpms"
	Option	    "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
	Option	    "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
	Option	    "TVOverScan" "1.0"
EndSection

Section "Device"

	#Option	    "NvAGP" "1"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nvidia"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
	Option	    "NoLogo"
	Option	    "CursorShadow" "on"
	Option	    "TwinView"
	Option	    "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
	Option	    "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
	Option	    "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
	Option	    "MetaModes" "800x600,800x600; 800x600,640x480"
	Option	    "Connected Monitor" "CRT,TV"
	Option	    "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
	#Option	    "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
	Option	    "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
	Option	    "TVOverScan" "0.5"
	#BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"

		#Modes    "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864"
		#Modes    "1152x864" "1024x768"
		Depth     24
		Modes     "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection