[mythtv-users] Samsung DLP xorg.conf

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Thu Apr 5 18:42:44 UTC 2007


On 4/5/07, Jake Palmer <jakep_82 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: vamythguy <vamythguy at gmail.com>
> >
> >I'm having some issues getting X to run:
> >
> >(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
> >(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> >(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
> >(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> >(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> >(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "IgnoreEDID" "true"
> >(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "XvMCUsesTextures" "true"
> >(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
> >(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0): The IgnoreEDID and NoDDC options have been deprecated.  The
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):     NVIDIA X driver makes use of a display device's EDID
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):     during construction of its modePool.  It is recommended
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):     that you allow the X driver to make use of any
> >available
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):     EDID.  If, however, you know what you are doing and
> >have
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):     good reason to do so, you can disable the X driver's
> >use
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):     of EDIDs by setting the "UseEDID" X configuration
> >option
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):     to FALSE; e.g.,
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):   Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0): Note that, rather than globally disable all uses of the
> >EDID,
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):     you can individually disable each particular use of the
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):     EDID; e.g.,
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):   Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "FALSE"
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):   Option "UseEDIDDpi" "FALSE"
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):   Option "ModeValidation" "NoEdidModes"
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0): See Appendix D: X Config Options in the README for details
> >on
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):     each of these options.
> >(WW) NVIDIA(0):
> >(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X
> >(EE) NVIDIA(0):     log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X
> >(EE) NVIDIA(0):     server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module.
> >If
> >(EE) NVIDIA(0):     you continue to encounter problems, Please try
> >(EE) NVIDIA(0):     reinstalling the NVIDIA driver.
> >(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
> >(EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
> >(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> >(II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
> >(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
> >(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
> >
> >Fatal server error:
> >no screens found
> >
> >
> >
> >My xorg.conf is:
> >
> ># XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
> >
> >Section "ServerLayout"
> >        Identifier     "Default Layout"
> >        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> >        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> >        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Files"
> >
> ># RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of
> >the
> ># file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
> ># no need to change the default.
> ># Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> ># By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
> ># the X server to render fonts.
> >        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> >        ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/extensions/nvidia"
> >        ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/extensions"
> >        ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules"
> >        ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
> >        ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions"
> >        ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
> >        FontPath     "unix/:7100"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Module"
> >        Load  "v4l"
> >        Load  "dbe"
> >        Load  "extmod"
> >        Load  "fbdevhw"
> >        Load  "glx"
> >        Load  "record"
> >        Load  "freetype"
> >        Load  "type1"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "InputDevice"
> >
> ># Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
> >#       Option  "Xleds"         "1 2 3"
> ># To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
> >#       Option  "XkbDisable"
> ># To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
> ># lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
> ># keyboard, you will probably want to use:
> >#       Option  "XkbModel"      "pc102"
> ># If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
> >#       Option  "XkbModel"      "microsoft"
> >#
> ># Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
> ># For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
> >#       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
> ># or:
> >#       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
> >#       Option  "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
> >#
> ># If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
> ># control keys, use:
> >#       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"
> ># Or if you just want both to be control, use:
> >#       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:nocaps"
> >#
> >        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> >        Driver      "kbd"
> >        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
> >        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "InputDevice"
> >        Identifier  "Mouse0"
> >        Driver      "mouse"
> >        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> >        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> >        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> >        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Monitor"
> >
> >        #DisplaySize  1100      620
> >        #HorizSync    30.0 - 61.0
> >        #VertRefresh  56.0 - 85.0
> >#       Option      "dpms"
> >### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
> >        Identifier   "Monitor0"
> >        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
> >        ModelName    "SAMSUNG DLP"
> >### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
> >        HorizSync    45.0 - 45.0
> >        VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
> >        ModeLine     "ATSC-720-60p" 74.2 1280 1320 1376 1648 720 722 728
> >750
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Device"
> >
> >#       VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
> >#       BoardName   "VESA driver (generic)"
> >        Identifier  "Videocard0"
> >        Driver      "nvidia"
> >        VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
> >        BoardName   "6600GT"
> >        Option      "XvMCUsesTextures" "true"
> >        Option      "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
> >        Option      "IgnoreEDID" "true"
> >        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Screen"
> >        Identifier "Screen0"
> >        Device     "Videocard0"
> >        Monitor    "Monitor0"
> >        DefaultDepth     24
> >        SubSection "Display"
> >                Viewport   0 0
> >                Depth     1
> >        EndSubSection
> >        SubSection "Display"
> >                Viewport   0 0
> >                Depth     4
> >        EndSubSection
> >        SubSection "Display"
> >                Viewport   0 0
> >                Depth     8
> >        EndSubSection
> >        SubSection "Display"
> >                Viewport   0 0
> >                Depth     15
> >        EndSubSection
> >        SubSection "Display"
> >                Viewport   0 0
> >                Depth     16
> >        EndSubSection
> >        SubSection "Display"
> >                Viewport   0 0
> >                Depth     24
> >        EndSubSection
> >EndSection
> >
> >ction "Files"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Module"
> >EndSection
>
>
> You've got several problems going on here.  First your nvidia driver isn't
> loading correctly.  Either you don't have the module installed, or you have
> the wrong one installed.  That's the first thing you need to fix (or use the
> open source nv driver which won't work nearly as well).
>
> Second you don't specify a default resolution in your screen section.  It
> should look more like this
>
> SubSection "Display"
>     Depth   24
>     Modes   "ATSC-720-60p"
>   EndSubSection
>
> And third you've disabled ediddpi, but haven't specified what dpi you want
> to use.  Add another option like;
>
> Option "DPI" "100x100"
>
> I could probably find more that needs to be fixed, but that's a start.  Have
> you looked around for any sample xorg.conf files?  Google around and you'll
> probably find one that gets you a lot closer than you are right now.

I'd also recommend not completely disabling EDID, but instead using
Option  "ModeValidation"
and use just the options needed for your TV.

Check http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Modeline_Database#Samsung
for some examples that should work with your Samsung.
-- 
Steve
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