[mythtv-users] nvidia twinview problems..

Craig Hagerman craighagerman at gmail.com
Thu May 4 10:14:07 EDT 2006


On 5/4/06, Michael Fox <fox.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone able to assist with the following nvidia twinview issue..
>
> I have an FX5200 which has an LCD monitor on the d-sub (analog) and a
> tv on the svideo port. I've managed to get the configuration to work
> in the sense that when X is loaded the TV is displaying in 800x600
> res, however I also want the LCD to show the cloned screen on TV in
> its native res of 1280x1024.
>
> Each time I load X the LCD goes to sleep and the TV becomes primary
> display. I want both displays to always be enabled.
>
> Anyone have a sample xorg.conf that has twinview enabled with clone so
> that both displays always are active.
>


Don't know if this will help or not but the relevant bits of my
xorg.conf file is below. Note, I am in Japan, which is why I have
NTSC-J.

I have never experienced what you described (on a couple different
Linux computers witl 5200 cards). My TV and my (CRT) monitor display
the same thing. I end up turning off the monitor when I watch TV.
Actually, what I would prefer is for the TV to show videos, and the
monitor to display the desktop but be able to sleep after a couple
minutes of inactivity. I have given up on this though since it doesn't
seem possible.

Craig

########  TV  ##############
Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        Option          "TwinView"
        Option          "TwinViewOrientation"   "Clone"
        Option          "SecondMonitorHorizSync"        "30-50"
        Option          "SecondMonitorVertRefresh"      "60"
        Option          "MetaModes"     "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600,
800x600; 640x480, 640x480;"
        Option          "TVStandard"    "NTSC-J"
        Option          "TVOutFormat"   "SVIDEO"
EndSection

#############   Default Device Section ###############
#Section "Device"
#       Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
#       Driver          "nv"
#       Driver          "nvidia"
#EndSection


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