[mythtv-users] TVOut blank with nvidia-graphics8774-kmdl-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5-1.0_8774-75.fc5.at

Lord Darkhelmet lord_darkhelmet at accesscomm.ca
Sun Oct 15 19:35:20 UTC 2006


Is this a fresh reboot after connecting disconnecting a crt monitor, or 
leaving the computer up and switching to tv?    Did you give the nvidia 
beta drivers a shot at all?


Cory Papenfuss wrote:
> 	Hey folks... pulling my hair out trying to set up my brother's 
> new mythbox.  It's a fresh FC5 install via Jarod's guide.  The video card 
> is (from lspci)
> nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev c1)
>
> 	The tvout worked fine on the old knoppmyth install, and the 
> console/bios side works.  It's just that when X loads, the tvout stays 
> blank.  I've run through all combinations of CRT, TV connection in 
> xorg.conf, as well as both COMPOSITE and SVIDEO options.  Looking through 
> the logs, it seems like everything is just fine.  The only problem is that 
> there's no picture on the TV.  I'm highly suspect of it being a bug in the 
> nvidia driver at this point.  I tried installing an older set of nvidia 
> RPMS, but they're not all available with the kernels I can run.
>
> 	Any other thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> -Cory
>
>   


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