[mythtv-users] nvidia tv-out - how do you do it? Better, but not there yet.

Brad Fuller bradallenfuller at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 21 15:14:18 UTC 2004



Lonnie Borntreger wrote:

> I've been following this thread and I have two questions......  
> (trying to do a similar thing with an ATI card)
>
> 1 - Could you send me your final X config file so I have a reference 
> point?

Sure below (I've added mythtv user dist group if others could benefit)

> 2 - How do you switch keyboard/mouse focus to the second (tv) X 
> interface?  Is it on tty8 (ctrl-alt-8), or just a desktop extension 
> (move the mouse off the side of one screen and onto the other)?

I used the "RightOf" option which, as I found out,  spans your mouse 
across the two displays. So, if I move my mouse over to the far right, 
it ends up on the TV. The keyboard works for both screens 
simultaneously: select window that you want to address with the mouse 
(I'm using KDE) and the keyboard will be addressing that window. It acts 
like a wide display -- just happens to be on two different physical 
devices that have different caps.

brad

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Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "single head configuration"
    Screen      0  "ScreenLCD" 
    Screen      1  "ScreenTV" RightOf "ScreenLCD"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
# This causes RANDR to crash
#    Option      "Xinerama" "On"
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  "dri"
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      "kbd"
    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" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "MonitorLCD"
    VendorName   "Philips"
    ModelName    "Brillance180P 1280x1024"
    HorizSync    31.5 - 67.0
    VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
    Option        "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "MonitorTV"
    VendorName   "Panasonic"
    ModelName    "A TV"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 50.0
    VertRefresh  60.0
    Option        "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "nvidiaLCD"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
    BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "nvidiaTV"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
    BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "ScreenLCD"
    Device     "nvidiaLCD"
    Monitor    "MonitorLCD"
    DefaultDepth     24
    Option      "ConnectedMonitor"    "CRT"
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
        Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" 
"640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes    "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "ScreenTV"
    Device     "nvidiaTV"
    Monitor    "MonitorTV"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    Option      "ConnectedMonitor"    "TV"
    Option      "TVOutFormat"    "SVIDEO"
    Option      "TVOverScan"     "1.0"
    Option      "TVStandard"     "NTSC-M"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Group        0
    Mode         0666
EndSection

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