[mythtv-users] Nvidia just released 8756.

Harry Orenstein holists at verizon.net
Sat Apr 15 02:31:55 UTC 2006


On Friday 14 April 2006 8:56 pm, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> 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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Could you zip and attach your Xorg.0.log and xdpyinfo output to a post.  I am 
curious to see the log output (ConnectedMonitor threw an error for me).  TIA!


-- Harry O.


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