<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Well, I installed the driver below from ATI and it works well now except for high CPU usage during video playback. If I don't look at 'top', then it's all good. I'll keep an eye out for an nvidia card - it's clear that's a little more standard...<div><div> <a href="http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html">http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html</a></div><div> Thanks</div><div> Todd</div><div> <br><div><div>On Jan 17, 2008, at 5:31 PM, Todd Mythtv wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi - <div> I got a new video card and have little X Windows experience. I'm using the S-video out port to my SDTV. It looks good until x windows loads- then it looks like the horizontal/vertical sync is out. It's not moving, it just 'misaligned' so it is completely illegible. <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I'm not sure if the problem is with X windows mis configured, or if I need to add something for this video card to work. I expect the former as the video card does work for the bios and boot process. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Any suggestions appreciated.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Section "ServerLayout"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Identifier "Default Layout"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">EndSection</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Section "InputDevice"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Identifier "Keyboard0"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Driver "kbd"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Option</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> "XkbModel" "pc105"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Option</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> "XkbLayout" "us"</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">EndSection</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Section "Device"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Identifier "Videocard0"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Driver "radeon"</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">EndSection</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Section "Screen"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Identifier "Screen0"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Device "Videocard0"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">DefaultDepth 24</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Option "TVOutFormat" "S-VIDEO"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> HorizSync 30-68</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> VertRefresh 50-120</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">SubSection "Display"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Viewport 0 0</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Depth 24</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Modes "800x600"</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">EndSubSection</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">EndSection</font></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></blockquote></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>