[mythtv-users] DVI on GeForce 6200 to HDMI on Toshiba 30HF84 TV

Robin Murray robin at robinandmariette.com
Wed Dec 13 17:27:10 UTC 2006


jack snodgrass wrote:

> > On 12/12/06, Jon Whitear <jon at whitear.org> wrote:
>   
>> >> Robin Murray wrote:
>>     
>>> >>> I guess I'm trying to nail down if this is a
>>> >>> basic connection problem, or a problem with XWindows. Not knowing how
>>> >>> it's *supposed* to work hinders ones ability to figure out what's wrong.
>>>       
>> >> The HDMI input on my Sony LCD TV only supports "HDTV" modes, such as
>> >> 720p. I don't see anything until X starts up and starts outputting a
>> >> 720p signal.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >> Jon
>>     
> > 
> > I have a 6200 card with a 32" Viewsonic HDTV LCD.
> > 
> > I don't do anything special with my xorg.conf file.
> > 
> > When my PC boots, I see the BIOS boot / Linux boot
> > messages on both my 32" HDTV and my 21" desktop LCD.
> > Once X-Windows starts, I get my dual desktops.
> > 
> > Since ViewSonic is a PC based company... that may have
> > something to do with it...
>   

>You should check in your BIOS. There may well be a setting for output 
>through VGA or HDMI or both. That setting will control what you see on 
>boot, until the system starts explicitly sending output to the HDMI 
>output socket.  Works that way on VIA boards as well as others...

Thanks Geoff, but I don't have those options. Wouldn't that just apply for the onboard video? Mine's a separate card.

-Robin




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