[mythtv-users] Re: Geforce 2 MX 400 help

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Sunday, Keith Lewis wrote:

> Tried removing the v4l line and that didn't fix it.  The only other 
> thing that I can think of is maybe it's sending the wrong resolution 
> image to that screen, but I've tried everything (including forcing my 
> monitor to be a lower res type so it'd only go up to 800x600 as 
> indicated by the XF86Config file).  One thing I did notice is that I 
> didn't have to remove a "dri" load but there is a "DRI" section at the 
> end of my config.  Not sure what that is, might removing that help?

Leave the v4l line in. Removing the load dri line is sufficient, you 
can leave the DRI section at the end of the config there, or pull it 
out, it makes no difference, because dri never gets loaded to use it.

>  "Paul Doe" <mythtv03 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> this is just a guess, but it could be because it can't load v41 
>> correctly.  try taking that line out and see if you can still get tv 
>> out and everything to work.  if im totally wrong, sorry im still 
>> learning this stuff myself, its just I was having similar problems 
>> and the only way i got it to load X was to delete that line.

>>>
>>> Section "Device"
>>>
>>>         # TV-Out Setup
>>>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>>>         Driver      "nvidia"
>>>         VendorName  "Elsa"
>>>         BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 400"
>>>         Option      "TwinView" "True"
>>>         Option      "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
>>>         Option      "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
>>>         Option      "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
>>>         Option      "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 
>>> 800x600; 640x480, 640x480;"
>>>         Option      "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
>>>         Option      "TVOutFormat" "S-VIDEO"
>>>         Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
>>>         Option      "NoLogo" ""
>>> EndSection

Your config has a few things in there that aren't in the guide. Most 
notably, the line Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,TV". That line forces 
the video card settings, and you're probably forcing it to a setting 
the display doesn't like. Remove that line, and the driver should 
auto-detect the right settings.

-jcw