[mythtv-users] Re: Need advice with xorg.conf setup

[Zach]

Larry

If you just use the reference nvidia xorg.conf file (I think it comes
with the nvidia drivers), and modify it should be really simple.  I
followed the instructions in the readme:
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-6629/README.txt
APPENDIX J covers tv-out. Then you can just nvidia-settings to adjust
for overscan and flicker filtering, etc (vs trying to tweak the
xorg.conf).  After trying for hours to adapt other people's xorg.conf
files with no luck and sometimes non-functioning x configurations, I
finally broke down and read the readme, and it was up and going in
about five minutes.

For the record though, twinview works quite nicely, and is possibly
even easier to set up than straight tv-out.  Even if you're not using
vga out, it's nice to have enabled in case you need to hook up a
monitor to work on the box.  There's nothing more frustrating than
trying to troubleshoot the box through a blurry svideo or composite tv
connection.  It's easy to implement by following the instructions in
the readme.  APPENDIX I supercedes APPENDIX J when using twinview. 
Also complaints I've read about twinview and refresh rates on the
second monitor don't seem to apply because the driver allows you to
cusomize individual settings for the second monitor.

good luck
Zach

> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:42:41 -0500
> From: Larry K <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Need advice with xorg.conf setup
> 
> 
> Trev,
> 
> I'm not interested in "twinview"  at the moment.  I'm just trying to
> get it working on the TV-out only.
> 
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:01:52 +0100, Trev Jackson
> <trev at g7pvs.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > On Monday 28 Mar 2005 03:12, Larry K wrote:
> > > Sorry for the duplicate posts.  My network connection was going flaky
> > > and gmail was timing out.
> > >
> > > On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:40:41 -0500, Larry K <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > All,
> > > >
> > > > I have mythtv working, for the most part, but only when my computer
> > > > when it's hooked up to the 17" flat panel display that I used for the
> > > > initial install.  I'm trying to switch over to using a TV by
> > > > connecting to the S-video-out jack on my geforce card.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a preferred process for building/installing/troubleshooting
> > > > an xorg.conf file?
> > > >
> > > > It seems that when I install and test an xorg file that proves to be
> > > > invalid, it hangs my system and I have to do a cold reboot. If I try
> > > > to switch back to a previous copy of xorg.conf that was known to work
> > > > (i.e., with the flat panel monitor hooked up instead of the TV, using
> > > > that copy of the xorg.conf file), the sound and/or video drivers
> > > > appear to be messed up and I have to go through loads of
> > > > retesting/reinstalling drivers to figure out what was broken...
> > > >
> > > > Is it normal to see this level of frustration with xorg.conf
> > > > diagnostics?  Am I doing something wrong?  Is there some magic command
> > > > and/or procedure that I am not aware of?
> > >
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> > Take a look at:
> >
> > http://wiki.gentoo-italia.net/index.php/Dual_Monitors
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Trev
> >
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