[mythtv-users] Nvidia just released 8756.

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Sun Apr 9 17:13:19 UTC 2006


On 4/9/06, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Brad Fuller wrote:
> > Harry Orenstein wrote:
> >> On Saturday 08 April 2006 10:37 pm, Brad Fuller wrote:
> >>> Greg Grotsky wrote:
> >>>> I'm trying it now...
> >>>>
> >>> Anyone using SVIDEO out for TV (fe/be)?
> >>>
> >>> When using this new nvidia driver, I can't get my second xserver to
> >>> start, but it did in v7676 fine (I have a CRT on the VGA connector and a
> >>> TV on the SVIDEO connector.)
> >>>
> >>>  I get the following errors in Xorg.0.log:
> >>>
> >>> (EE) NVIDIA(1): Unable to find available Display Devices for screen 1.
> >>> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> >>> (II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
> >>> (II) UnloadModule: "fb"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Screen 0 (a CRT) works fine.
> >>>
> >>> And, xorg sees the screen at the beginning of boot:
> >>>
> >>> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Apr  8 19:25:16 2006
> >>> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> >>> (==) ServerLayout "single-head configuration"
> >>> (**) |-->Screen "ScreenLCD" (0)
> >>> (**) |   |-->Monitor "MonitorLCD"
> >>> (**) |   |-->Device "nvidiaLCD"
> >>> (**) |-->Screen "ScreenTV" (1)
> >>> (**) |   |-->Monitor "MonitorTV"
> >>> (**) |   |-->Device "nvidiaTV"
> >>>
> >>> And, I can see the boot text on the TV as the machine is booting.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On a lark, here's a question:
> >>> I installed the *686 version of the kernel modules from atrpms.  Do you
> >>> think that has anything to do with it since I'm on a Athlon64 3200 (I'm
> >>> in 32 bit mode).   Just grabbing for anything here. It's got me stumped.
> >>> Everything else seems to work fine (I can start mythtv on the CRT and it
> >>> runs ok.)
> >>>
> >>> thanks
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> >>>
> >>>
> >> Brad,
> >>
> >> I got it to work using:
> >>
> >> UseDisplayDevice "TV-0"
> >>
> >> instead of:
> >>
> >> ConnectedMonitor "TV"
> >>
> > hat still did not work for me. For some reason, SVIDEO/TV is not seen.
> > Here's the error:
> >
> > ===============================
> > (--) NVIDIA(0): Envision ENVISIONEN-710e (CRT-0): 350 MHz maximum pixel
> > clock
> > (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
> > (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
> > (II) NVIDIA(0):     "1024x768"
> > (II) NVIDIA(0):     "800x600"
> > (II) NVIDIA(0):     "640x480"
> > (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
> > (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (81, 81); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
> > option
> > (**) NVIDIA(1): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> > (==) NVIDIA(1): RGB weight 888
> > (==) NVIDIA(1): Default visual is TrueColor
> > (==) NVIDIA(1): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> > (**) NVIDIA(1): Option "NvAGP" "1"
> > (**) NVIDIA(1): Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
> > (**) NVIDIA(1): Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
> > (**) NVIDIA(1): Option "TVOverScan" "1.0"
> > (**) NVIDIA(1): Option "UseDisplayDevice" "TV-0"
> > (**) NVIDIA(1): Enabling RENDER acceleration
> > (**) NVIDIA(1): Forcing SVIDEO output
> > (**) NVIDIA(1): TV Standard string: "NTSC-M"
> > (II) NVIDIA(1): NVIDIA GPU GeForce4 MX 4000 at PCI:1:0:0
> > (--) NVIDIA(1): VideoRAM: 65536 kBytes
> > (--) NVIDIA(1): VideoBIOS: 04.18.20.36.00
> > (II) NVIDIA(1): Detected AGP rate: 8X
> > (--) NVIDIA(1): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
> > (--) NVIDIA(1): Connected display device(s) on GeForce4 MX 4000 at
> > PCI:1:0:0:
> > (--) NVIDIA(1):     Envision ENVISIONEN-710e (CRT-0)
> > (--) NVIDIA(1): Envision ENVISIONEN-710e (CRT-0): 350 MHz maximum pixel
> > clock
> > (WW) NVIDIA(1): Unable to find any of the requested display device "TV-0" in
> > (WW) NVIDIA(1):     the list of available display devices "".
> > (EE) NVIDIA(1): Unable to find available Display Devices for screen 1.
> > (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> > (II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
> > (II) UnloadModule: "fb"
> > ===============================
> >
> > Any ideas? I didn't find any instruction to create a list of available
> > display devices. BTW: where did you see the option
> >
> > UseDisplayDevice "TV-0"
> >
> > I didn't see that in the man page nor on the x.org site
> >
> All,
> I removed the ConnectedMonitor option under my main CRT and the second
> screen (Screen 1) came up.
> So, you might try that if your second SVIDEO/TV screen isn't coming up.
>
> Now another problem, even though I have a 640x480 modeline for my TV
> display, it is going to 1024x768. Gotta figure out why this is happening.
> I'll report back if I find the solution. Again the xorg.conf has worked
> fine on v7676 of the nvidia drivers. Maybe the new 8756 (or any after
> 7676) is more strict with the xorg.conf options.

from reading some of the nvnews posts on the new drivers it sounds
like a few options have changed behaviour slightly and some have been
replaced by newer options. So it may require creating a new xorg.conf
file "from scratch".

--
Steve


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