[mythtv-users] Nvidia just released 8756.

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Sat Apr 15 00:56:30 UTC 2006


On Apr 14, 2006, at 7:46 PM, Harry Orenstein wrote:

>> I haven't messed with this at all aside from XvmcUsesTextures false
>> since I had a hard time getting the res I needed and all that. Once
>> it worked, I new enough to leave it as it. I might have added
>> ConnectedMonitor TV, as well.I don't remember. Someone also mentioned
>> not being able to get 800x600 on their S-video out. I'm able to do it
>> with these settings.
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>>          Identifier   "Monitor0"
>>          VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>>          ModelName    "Unknown monitor"
>>          HorizSync    31.5 - 37.9
>>          VertRefresh  50.0 - 70.0
>>          Option      "dpms"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Device"
>>          Identifier  "Videocard0"
>>          Driver      "nvidia"
>>          VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>>          BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
>>          Option      "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
>>          Option      "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
>>          Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
>>          Option      "XvmcUsesTextures" "false"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>>          Identifier "Screen0"
>>          Device     "Videocard0"
>>          Monitor    "Monitor0"
>>          DefaultDepth     24
>>          SubSection "Display"
>>                  Viewport   0 0
>>                  Depth     16
>>                  Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>>          EndSubSection
>>          SubSection "Display"
>>                  Viewport   0 0
>>                  Depth     24
>>                  Modes    "640x480"
>>          EndSubSection
>> EndSection
>
> I'm curious.  ConnectedMonitor is no longer a valid option.  What  
> other errors
> are you getting in Xorg.0.log when Xorg starts?  Are you sure the  
> monitor is
> doing 800x600 and not 640x480?  You DefaultDepth is 24 and the only  
> mode with
> 24 bit depth is 640x480.  What does xdpyinfo say?
>
>
> -- Harry O.

This is from my working xorg.conf file. I have no issues with it. I  
posted in hopes to help someone else.



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