[mythtv-users] quality question.. ways to make it better? P.S.

[David George]

On Wed, 19 May 2004, Craig Tinson wrote:

> The frontend only has the composite plugged into the TV.. not a monitor plugged 
> into the vga-out.. when I restart the frontend.. if seems to think the the 
> vga-out is the "default monitor" instead of the composite.. and therefore video 
> (both tv and videos) just come up with a blank screen (can still hear the 
> audio).. I have to plug in a monitor into the vga-out for it to then use the 
> composite as the default monitor (then unplug the monitor again when its all up 
> and running)

Try adding the following line to the "Device" section in your X config 
file (normally /etc/X11/XF86Config if you are using XFree86):

ConnectedMonitor "TV"

This is for an nVidia card with TV-out.  Which video card do you have?

HTH,
David