[mythtv-users] DVI to HDTV issues

[alanb at starband.net]

Thanks. I'll look into all of this when I get home tonight. I'm so close
to having this working I can hardly wait to see it on my HDTV.

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> On Tuesday 10 February 2004 09:23, alanb at starband.net wrote:
>> I've got the Fedora kernel with the latest upgrade. Would I be able to
>> do the same with it if I got the X-configuration files off the Knoppix
>> CD? While this project has increased my Linux understanding I'm still
>> somewhat of a newbie at all of this. Could you share your config files
>> with me? I'd sure like to get this to work. I had it all working under
>> Windows but my goal is to have all my machines liberated from the
>> Gates dominion. I'm so tired of security patches.
>
> How 'bout simply booting a Knoppix CD, letting the tools to their job to
>  create the ideal XF86Config, then simply copy it to your Fedora
> install? That  way, you're getting a config that matches up directly
> with your hardware  (though his may work just as well). So far as I
> know, that should do the job,  unless there is something about DVI on
> the Matrox cards that requires a  kernel feature not in the Fedora
> kernels...
>
>
>> > * alanb at starband.net <alanb at starband.net>, Monday, February 9, 2004,
>> >
>> > 10:13:33 PM:
>> >> I have DVI-out on my Matrox G550 card. Could you give me the
>> >> information about how you modified your XF86Config file to handle
>> the DVI? Were there any other files you needed to modify to make
>> this work?
>> >
>> > I have a Matrox G550 working with DVI (took 4 hours yesterday to get
>> it working). My solution was just to take some Knoppix CD and steal
>> its Kernel and X-configuration (which worked immediately).
>
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