[mythtv-users] KnoppMyth, too good to be true?

[Jim Reith]

At 02:19 PM 2/20/2006, you wrote:
>On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:07:59 -0800, yan seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
>
> > Blake wrote:
> >
> >> Hmmm. This is a pretty run-of-the-mill 64MB GeForce. The thing that
> >> kills
> >> me is that I had it working once, sort of.
> >>
> >>
> > Is your monitor syncing correctly to whatever the card is putting out?
> >
> > I know my TV won't sync to anything but a very narrow range of singals;
> > otherwise it is completely black.
>
>Dunno. Basically, I installed using a computer monitor (while the TV was
>hooked up to S-Video), and when the installation is just ready to go into
>the GUI, the monitor goes black. It's possible that it's trying to get to
>the TV at that point, but since I can't get a command prompt, I'm kind of
>stuck.
>
>I tried installing just using the TV but the image rolls and is distorted
>(sounds like a sync problem there).

yeah, that's what my install did once I got the X Server configured
for tv out. if the tv isn't right but the X Server doesn't crash, the
easiest thing is to telnet into the box to have a command prompt and
see what's going on. Do you have both the tv and monitor connected?
Do you get funky colors on the tv screen before the monitor goes blank?