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Ow Mun Heng wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 00:13 -0800, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:johnny@fishcounts.com">johnny@fishcounts.com</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap=""> Not quite sure what you are saying when you say you get snow and diagonal
lines, etc.
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It's like little dots on the screen. (sort of like when you tune in to
the weather channel and it's shows snowing/raining, those animated
pictures)
The diagonal lines looks like scanning lines. It moves from left to
right.
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<pre wrap="">If you do how can you see anything?
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<pre wrap=""><!---->It's not really all that bad. But quality just isn't good. :-(
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<pre wrap="">Resolution isn't sharp? I hope you're not trying to compare a standard TV to
even the cheapest PC monitor because you can't compare.
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I've played with a Mini-ITX MII before with it's TVOut and it's a lot
clearer than what I'm seeing now.
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<pre wrap="">You can however try
the nvidia-settings app which will let you adjust some settings for text to
look clearer but video doesn't look as good. Your choice.
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<pre wrap=""><!---->I want video to be Clear. That's It. I don't need console text. (SSH)
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<pre wrap="">I run 800x600. What more would you need on your plain TV?
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Do they run 1024x768? Actually, 800x600 is plenty fine for me as long as
it's clear.
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<pre wrap="">They are talking
mode lines and etc for HDTV's and beyond. Plain old TV's you are probably
even ok with 640x480.
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Ah.. I see. I have a POTV (Plain Old TV)
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Johnny Lee
-----Original Message-----
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</a>] On Behalf Of Ow Mun Heng
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:51 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: [mythtv-users] Nvidia-FX5200 TVOut Xorg Configs
Hi All,
        Just bought a Forsa Nvidia fx5200 Graphics card. It comes with an
SVideo Output and a Svideo to Composite cable.
I tried it out (the whole day yesterday) and was not able to get a clean
and "teriffic" looking TV-Out.
I've read multiple email posts on mythtv and searched google as well but
I've not been able to get a clean signal on the TVout. I keep getting
"snow" on the screen. Also, in most cases, when the screen is all black
(Blank), I will see what looks like scanlines running across the screen.
(diagnonally).
Also, the resolution isn't sharp, the fonts looks Blur too. (In console
mode, I can barely read the output. It looks like it's been
'strikethrough')
I read about modelines but I'm guess I still don't understand it. (and
the notion that it can fry my hardware is making me nervous)
Can anyone help? Post your Xorg.conf file?
BTW, I'm using a SVIDEO to COMPOSITE cable. Will this degrade quality?
My TV don't have an SVIDEO Input.
Thanks
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The following is my working xorg.conf on FX5200 on ubuntu and in the uk
(PAL-I). Note that tv output is set to composite even though I am using
an Svideo cable - go figure! BTW the config works but it is a bit of a
hack.<br>
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Hope it helps.<br>
<br>
Timie Milie<br>
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# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)<br>
#<br>
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool,
using<br>
# values from the debconf database.<br>
#<br>
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual
page.<br>
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)<br>
#<br>
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades
*only*<br>
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg<br>
# package.<br>
#<br>
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically
updated<br>
# again, run the following command:<br>
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg<br>
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Section "Files"<br>
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"<br>
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"<br>
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"<br>
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"<br>
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"<br>
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"<br>
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"<br>
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"<br>
# paths to defoma fonts<br>
FontPath
"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"<br>
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Module"<br>
Load "GLcore"<br>
Load "i2c"<br>
Load "bitmap"<br>
Load "ddc"<br>
Load "dri"<br>
Load "extmod"<br>
Load "freetype"<br>
Load "glx"<br>
Load "int10"<br>
Load "type1"<br>
Load "vbe"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "InputDevice"<br>
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"<br>
Driver "kbd"<br>
Option "CoreKeyboard"<br>
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"<br>
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"<br>
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "InputDevice"<br>
Identifier "Configured Mouse"<br>
Driver "mouse"<br>
Option "CorePointer"<br>
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"<br>
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"<br>
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"<br>
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Device"<br>
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"<br>
Driver "nvidia"<br>
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"<br>
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"<br>
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-I"<br>
Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Monitor"<br>
Identifier "Generic Monitor"<br>
Option "DPMS"<br>
HorizSync 12-21<br>
VertRefresh 49-51<br>
Modeline "720x576" 12.58 720 752 792 824 576 589 592 605
interlace<br>
Modeline "800x600" 14.50 800 832 880 912 600 614 617 631
interlace<br>
Modeline "1024x768" 23.77 1024 1056 1144 1176 768 785 789 807
interlace<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Screen"<br>
Identifier "Default Screen"<br>
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"<br>
Monitor "Generic Monitor"<br>
DefaultDepth 24<br>
SubSection "Display"<br>
Depth 24<br>
Modes "800x600"<br>
EndSubSection<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "ServerLayout"<br>
Identifier "Default Layout"<br>
Screen "Default Screen"<br>
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"<br>
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "DRI"<br>
Mode 0666<br>
EndSection<br>
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