[mythtv-users] Nvidia with DVI-to-HDMI blank screen during boot

[John Haywood]

On 19/07/2009, at 1:19 AM, Paul Bender wrote:

> Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
>> On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 21:45 -0700, Paul Bender wrote:
>>> Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 16:16 -0400, zablal baz wrote:
>>>>> Hey All,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is more of an annoyance for me then anything else, but I  
>>>>> would
>>>>> love to know if anyone knows how to fix it. I have a GeForce FX  
>>>>> 5200
>>>>> video card that is connected to my 47" LCD TV via a DVI to HDMI
>>>>> converter cable. Whenever I boot the system, I have to wait for  
>>>>> X to
>>>>> start before anything appears on the display. I don't get to see  
>>>>> any
>>>>> boot time messages and that kind of annoys me. I've seen this
>>>>> behaviour in F8, F10, and F11


hmmm

as previous posts suggest - it really sounds like a BIOS setting. look  
for something like 'Prefer <list of interfaces here>' or 'Init Display  
First ->PCI Slot/Onboard VGA/PEG' (my GA-E7AUM-DS2H

Alternatively, I have seen  this when a framebuffer setting goes awry

cheers