[mythtv-users] Geforce4 440MX (Gainward) tv out black&white

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Friday 03 October 2003 06:53 pm, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> On Friday, Oct 3, 2003, at 02:29 US/Pacific, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> 
> > On Friday 03 October 2003 10:36 am, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> >> I want to say that it was the removal of the "ConnectedMonitor" 
> >> setting
> >> that fixed it. Instead, I let the card auto-detect the displays, and
> >> the problem went away. Can't test it anymore though (at least not very
> >> easily), because I'm now just using VGA -> Component video (though
> >> under this setup, I can't ever use VTs; even the bios screen is
> >> scrambled, so nada until X loads, but the picture quality is worth 
> >> it).
> >
> > Hmmm, I'll give it a try, but I don't think that will fix my problem.
> > Currently, everything (including VTs) looks great using VGA; on the 
> > TV-out,
> > the BIOS & boot messages are great, and X is great, but once X has 
> > started
> > the framebuffer console VTs are all scrambled.
> 
> That's exactly the problem I had that was fixed by removing the 
> "ConnectedMonitor" line(s) in my config.
> 
> > It looks like a refresh rate
> > or sync issue, and I'm almost sure that the proper modeline for fbset 
> > will
> > fix it.  I seem to recall that before I enabled the framebuffer 
> > console (to
> > get a boot splash screen), the VTs were fine.
> 
> Now I haven't done the bootsplash part (I just use rhgb), so I dunno 
> what impact that'll have on the situation. I'd be interested to hear 
> your solution though, as it might possibly lend me some insight into 
> how I could get back VT ability (and BIOS viewability).

Aha, I see... it's been a while since I futzed with my XF86Config, but I think 
you may be right.  My "ConnectedMonitor" is set to "crt,tv", but I don't have 
a monitor hooked up at the moment.  I can't wait to get home and try it out!

-JAC