[mythtv-users] daft newbie questions :-)

[Mike Wood]

Chris,

Could you tell me more about your last comment below?  What is wrong 
with the 4191 Nvidia driver?  I have that installed now and it seems 
ok...but I could be missing something.

Thanks,
Mike


Chris Palmer wrote:

>Bruce Markey wrote
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>>Paul Smith wrote:
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>>>If plain ATI graphics cards are a problem what's a better (low cost) 
>>>card to use?
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>>NVidia GeForce2 have the advantage of a nifty utility called
>>nvtv which can control overscan, x,y position and lots of
>>other controls that you wouldn't have with other cards.
>>    
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>Also, cards based on the GeForce2 MX chip are dual-headed, which
>allow you to use TwinView, providing both monitor and tv-out at 
>the same time (if that matters to you).  Other GeForce chipsets
>also support TwinView.  You can find a list in the documentation
>on NVidia's website in the linux driver section.
>
>http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_1.0-3123
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>There's also a version 4191 of the driver, but there are some
>problems, so if you go with an NVidia-based card, the 3123 driver 
>is the way to go.
>
>-Chris
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