[mythtv-users] Glitchy nvidia geforce4 tv-out

[J. Donavan Stanley]

John Kuhn wrote:

> semi unrelated but when i try to not use twinview i dont get a 
> "mirror" to my tv.. i only see the colorbars..
>
> do you think you could post or just email me your config for X to 
> compare? thanks


Sure, I meant to do so earlier.  It's a messy hodge-podge of, mostly 
useless, mode lines but it ends up with a better picture than my Tivo 
does on the same TV...


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# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the 
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
#
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "PS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/psaux"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
	Identifier  "DevInputMice"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Generic Monitor, 1280x1024 @ 74 Hz"
	HorizSync    31.5 - 79.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 90.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

	#DisplaySize 660 495
 # TV
 # TV
	Identifier   "TV"
	VendorName   "All"
	ModelName    "Standard NTSC TV"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 50.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 60.0
	ModeLine     "640x480" 25.2 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
	ModeLine     "800x600" 40.1 800 848 968 1056 600 601 605 628
	ModeLine     "1024x768" 85.0 1024 1056 1152 1360 768 784 787 823
	ModeLine     "1152x864" 92.0 1152 1208 1368 1474 864 865 875 895
	ModeLine     "1152x864" 110.0 1152 1240 1324 1552 864 864 876 908
	ModeLine     "1152x864" 135.0 1152 1464 1592 1776 864 864 876 908
	ModeLine     "1152x864" 137.7 1152 1184 1312 1536 864 866 885 902 -hsync -vsync
	ModeLine     "1280x1024" 80.0 1280 1296 1512 1568 1024 1025 1037 1165 interlace
	ModeLine     "1280x1024" 110.0 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054
	ModeLine     "1280x1024" 126.5 1280 1312 1472 1696 1024 1032 1040 1068 -hsync -vsync
	ModeLine     "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1312 1456 1712 1024 1027 1030 1064
	ModeLine     "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1312 1416 1664 1024 1027 1030 1064
	ModeLine     "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
	ModeLine     "1280x1024" 181.8 1280 1312 1440 1696 1024 1031 1046 1072 -hsync -vsync
	ModeLine     "1600x1200" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
	ModeLine     "1600x1200" 189.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 -hsync -vsync
	ModeLine     "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
	ModeLine     "1600x1200" 220.0 1600 1616 1808 2080 1200 1204 1207 1244 +hsync +vsync
	ModeLine     "1800x1440" 230.0 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +hsync +vsync
	ModeLine     "1800x1440" 250.0 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +hsync +vsync
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"

	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nvidia"
	VendorName  "Chaintech"
	BoardName   "nVidia GeForce 4 MX 440"
	Option	    "RenderAccel" "1"
	# TV Out Setup
	Option	    "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
	Option	    "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
	Option	    "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
	Option	    "TVOverScan" "1.0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "TV"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes    "800x600"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection