[mythtv-users] Apple TV almost working. Only a slight issue remains

[jedi]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 02:17:11PM -0400, Kevin Robbins wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Michael Brancato <mike at mikebrancato.com> wrote:
[deletia]
> Thanks much for the Xorg.conf, no luck though. Does anyone else have a
> xorg.conf that actually works at either 720p, 1080i or 1080p with the
> apple tv? Component or hdmi is fine with me. Hopefully I can piece and
> part enough of them to get something other than a black screen.

    The xorg.conf file is a per monitor sort of thing. So while I do
have my appletv working with 1080i, I am not sure how useful it would
be to you. Also keep in mind that it only works at 1080i and all of
my attempts to have it work at 720p instead have all failed.

[ jedi's xorg.conf file ]

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister at builder3)  Thu Feb 14 18:20:37 PST
 2008

### Grabbed this from the Gentoo Help Forum

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath         "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "vnc"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "xtrap"
    Load           "record"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName      "Monitor Model"

    Option         "DPI" "100 x 100"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Card0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName      "Quadro NVS 110M / GeForce Go 7300"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Card0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    Option         "PasswordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd"
    Option         "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
#    Option         "DPI" "96 x 96"
    Option         "XvmcUsesTextures" "false"
    Option         "NVAGP" "1"
    Option         "UseEvents" "True"
    Option         "NoLogo" "True"
    Option         "Coolbits" "1"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
    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

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection