[mythtv-users] TV-Out Problem with GeForce4 MX440 (Apollo Bloody Monster)

mmcconnell at uniserve.com mmcconnell at uniserve.com
Thu Feb 26 13:00:34 EST 2004


Hello Scott,

 I would recommend downgrading to the 4363 so you can utilize the overscan 
feature. When it comes to centering, MythTV has all the options you need, take 
a peek in the settings and you'll find the posititioning settings.

Mike


Quoting Scott Pouliot <spouliot at scpsoftware.net>:

> I finally got my TV-Out working last night with this card, but I'm having a
> few issues and was wondering if anyone had some ideas.  At the bottom of
> this message is a copy of my XF86Config File.  I've tried using every driver
> from nVidia from 4363 all the way to 5336.  5336 seems to work as I finally
> get a picture on the screen of my TV Set (RCA 36" Home Theatre Premiere).
> The problem I am having though is it seems the image on the TV is not
> centered properly.  I've tried every resolution from 640x480 all the way to
> 1280X1024 and the TV image never changes.  It seems that the text displaying
> on the TV is nearly unreadable in any resolution other than 800X600, but
> it's not even close to being centered on the screen.
>  
> I'm a total newbie when it comes to the X config file, so someone may see
> some HUGE mistakes in here....which is what I'm hoping for.  I stole parts
> of configs from people on the nvnews.net forums and that helped me get TV
> Out actually displaying an image....now I need to tweak it a bit, but I'm
> not quite sure what to change here.  Any help or links would be GREATLY
> appreciated.  I've spent the better part of 3 nights surfing and
> re-configing.  Now that I have a picture.....I don't know what to tweak next
> ;-)
>  
> Now that I've pasted my config...does this line have any relevance to my
> problem?
>  Screen      0  "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
>  
> I just caught the LeftOf.....I recognized that as an option of the
> TwinViewOrientation Option within the nVidia driver....
>  
> Scott
>  
> Section "ServerLayout"
>  Identifier     "Multihead layout"
>  Screen      0  "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
>  Screen      1  "Screen1" 0 0
>  InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>  InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>  Option     "Xinerama" "on"
>  Option     "Clone" "off"
> 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  "dbe"
>  Load  "extmod"
>  Load  "fbdevhw"
>  #Load  "glx"
>  Load  "record"
>  Load  "freetype"
>  Load  "type1"
>  Load  "v4l"
> 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" "IMPS/2"
>  Option     "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>  Option     "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>  Option     "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> 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 "Monitor"
>  Identifier   "Monitor0"
>  VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>  ModelName    " emachines"
>  DisplaySize  320 240
>  HorizSync    30.0 - 72.0
>  VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
>  Option     "dpms"
> EndSection
>  
> Section "Monitor"
>  Identifier   "Monitor1"
>  VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>  ModelName    "Monitor 800x600"
>  HorizSync    31.5 - 35.1
>  VertRefresh  50.0 - 61.0
>  Option     "dpms"
> EndSection
>  
> Section "Device"
>  Identifier  "Videocard0"
>  Driver      "nvidia"
>  VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>  BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
>  Option     "TwinView" "true"
>  Option     "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-60"
>  Option     "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60-90"
>  Option     "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480; 1280x1024,
> 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480"
>  Option     "TVStanderd" "NTSC-M"
>  Option     "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
>  Option     "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
>  Option     "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
>  Option     "TVOverScan" "0.4"
> EndSection
>  
> Section "Device"
>  Identifier  "Videocard1"
>  Driver      "nv"
>  VendorName  "Videocard Vendor"
>  BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
>  BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>  
> Section "Screen"
>  Identifier "Screen0"
>  Device     "Videocard0"
>  Monitor    "Monitor0"
>  DefaultDepth     16
>  SubSection "Display"
>   Depth     16
>   Modes    "640x480"
>  EndSubSection
> EndSection
>  
> Section "Screen"
>  Identifier "Screen1"
>  Device     "Videocard1"
>  Monitor    "Monitor1"
>  DefaultDepth     16
>  SubSection "Display"
>   Depth     16
>   Modes    "800x600"
>  EndSubSection
> EndSection
>  
> Section "DRI"
>  Group        0
>  Mode         0666
> EndSection
>  
>  
> 




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