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

R. G. Newbury newbury at mandamus.org
Thu Dec 14 00:01:32 UTC 2006


Robin Murray wrote:
> 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

You did not say...but if it is a separate card, it should be active on 
both outputs, unless, exactly like the BIOS thing, it needs to be turned 
on or initialized. and it sounds like THAT is happening in X.

I presume you have an output line in xorg.conf which sets output to 
something like 'CRT,TV'....how you get the 'TY' bit prior to then I do 
not know.

Geoff


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