[mythtv-users] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX420 TV-OUT

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Sun Jul 13 00:47:39 EDT 2003


On Friday 11 July 2003 18:02, William Lindner wrote:
> well, I've recently gotten MythTV up and running smoothly and I'm very
> happy with it.  So now I want to be able to use the TV-Out function with my
> GeForce4 MX420 graphics card.  The card is installed and it configured it
> with the default drivers that come with RH9.  I then downloaded
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run from NVIDIA and installed it.  That was fine,
> but I didn't really notice any changes...  I then went on to manually
> configure a few more options into the /etc/X11/XF86Config file.  I added
> these lines:
>
> Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
> Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
> Option "TVOut Format" "SVIDEO"
> Option "TwinView"
> Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
>
> there is a composite out and a S-Video out along with the typical monitor
> out on the back of this card.  When I try the composite out it will display
> the text on the television but when X tries to start it does not work and
> the screen just goes blank.  If I try to start it without the monitor
> connected and just the composite out to the composite in on the television
> then I will get strange blue blotches all over the screen which
> occasionally move around (I know it sounds weird...).  So I tried the
> S-Video out because I have a nicer television with S-Video input which I
> know works.  It has no response whatsoever.  Please ask if you need more
> explanation or anything.  Thanks in advance.

Here's my XF86Config for my GeForce4 MX 420, if it helps.  I have only a TV 
connected to S-Video out (with S-Video->Composite adapter cable).  Though if 
I hook up a monitor it works (mirrors TV), and monitor only works as well.

-JAC
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Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "USB Mice" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "xtrap"
	Load  "speedo"
	Load  "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "USB Mice"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option      "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	#DisplaySize	  390   290	# mm
	#	Option	    "DPMS"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "NOK"
	ModelName    "Nokia 445Xi"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 50.0
	VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"TV"
	VendorName	"Philips"
	HorizSync	30.0 - 50.0
	VertRefresh	60
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
Option "SWCursor" "0"
        #Option     "HWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"             	# [<str>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "FlatPanel"          	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "nvidia"
#	Driver      "nv"
	VendorName  "NVidia"
	BoardName   "0x0172"
	Option	    "HWCursor" "on"
	Option	    "NoLogo" "on"
	Option	    "RenderAccel" "on"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "0"
Option "NoLogo" "1"
Option "DigitalVibrance" "33"
Option "CursorShadow" "1"
Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "64"
Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2"
Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "4"
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60-60"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "crt,tv"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "MetaModes" "800x600,800x600"
Option "TVOverScan" "0.7"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"800x600" "640x480"
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen1"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor	   "TV"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes "800x600" "640x480" "400x300" "320x240"
		Depth 24
	EndSubSection
EndSection



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