[mythtv-users] OT: Nvidia FX 5200 no TV out (or twin view)

[Ryszard]

cool jarod, i'll check this out tonight.  thanks for your help


On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:11:11 -0700, Jarod Wilson <jcw at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 October 2004 12:52, Ryszard wrote:
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I realise this is not directly on topic, however after hours of
> > googling i've turned up nothing.  i've  got debian box with a geforce
> > fx 5200 in it and I'm interested in getting twin view working, or at
> > the very least TV-OUT.
> >
> > At the moment i'm attempting twinview, but what happens is i see the
> > nvidia logo on both the monitor and the tv, afterwhich the x server
> > crashes and i get the console (on both the TV and the monitor).
> >
> > i'm running 2.4.27, and have downloaded the latest nvidia drivers
> > (1.0-6111) and compiled them against the kernel.
> >
> > I've intentionally not posed my XFree86-4 config file in the case it
> > is in appropriate (as this is OT).
> >
> > Any pointers, help etc appreciated.
> 
> This works for me:
> 
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/xorg.conf-SVid.txt
> 
> Despite the xorg.conf label, it works for XF86 also. You might have to change
> some paths, or only port over the nvidia driver section, as some of it may be
> specific to Red Hat/Fedora Core.
> 
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