[mythtv-users] Nvidia driver: Not using mode "720x576" (not a validTV mode)

James Armstrong james at thearmstrongs.org
Thu Jul 1 14:33:25 EDT 2004


Andrew Ingram wrote:

>>It bloody is!
>>
>>So why does it say it isn't?
>>
>>I've upgraded to the latest Nvidia driver (the replacement mb arrived 
>>and I almost had it working before _she_ got home!)
>>
>>In the Xfree logs it says:
>><snip less useful stuff>
>>(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "720x576" (not a valid TV mode)
>>(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "700x525" (not a valid TV mode)
>>(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "640x512" (not a valid TV mode)
>><snip more of the same>
>>(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "320x175" (not a valid TV mode)
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>I'm getting exactly the same thing with 1024x768, a resolution I have been
>using for a year now and has worked with all the other nvidia drivers :(
>
>Andrew
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Are you getting the 'Not a valid TV mode' for 1024x768 or the error 
about virtual screen size? There is an override that can be added to 
make the virtual screen size larger. I had to do this on one of my 
computers. I added a" Virtual 1024x768" under the Display section.

- James



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