[mythtv-users] OT: Nvidia FX 5200 no TV out (or twin view)

[john salch]

did you try the XF86 file i sent out a few days ago?

in that file I have montitor plugged into VGA and TV
into SVideo.

--- Ryszard <ryszard99 at gmail.com> wrote:

> A little more on the issue using the below config, i
> see the nvidia
> logo appear on the TV (but not on the monitor),
> however when i take TV
> out of the connected monitors section, everything
> works, ie X starts
> up on the monitor, not the TV).
> 
> the error/exit message i get is the same as the one
> posted above.
> 
> -------8<----------------
> john:~# cat /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION
> # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file)
> generated by dexconf, the
> # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the
> debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the
> XF86Config-4 manual page.
> # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
> #
> # If you want your changes to this file preserved by
> dexconf, only make changes
> # before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above,
> and/or after the
> # "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below.
> #
> # To change things within the debconf section, run
> the command:
> #   dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> # as root.  Also see "How do I add custom sections
> to a dexconf-generated
> # XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?" in
> /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz.
> 
> Section "Files"
>         FontPath        "unix/:7100"                
>    # local font server
>         # if the local font server has problems, we
> can fall back on these
>         FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
>         FontPath       
> "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
>         FontPath       
> "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath       
> "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
>         FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
>         FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
>         FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>         Load    "bitmap"
>         Load    "dbe"
>         Load    "ddc"
>         Load    "extmod"
>         Load    "freetype"
>         Load    "glx"
>         Load    "int10"
>         #Load   "pex5"
>         Load    "record"
>         Load    "speedo"
>         Load    "type1"
>         Load    "vbe"
>         #Load   "xie"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
>         Driver          "keyboard"
>         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>         Option          "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
>         Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
>         Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Device"               
> "/dev/psaux"
>         Option          "Protocol"             
> "ImPS/2"
>         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"      
> "true"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4
> 5"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Generic Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "SendCoreEvents"       
> "true"
>         Option          "Device"               
> "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option          "Protocol"             
> "ImPS/2"
>         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"      
> "true"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4
> 5"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>         ModelName    "27in Analog TV"
>         HorizSync    30.0 - 50.0
>         VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
>         Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
> 
>         DefaultDepth    24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           1
>                 Modes           "1280x1024"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           4
>                 Modes           "1280x1024"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           8
>                 Modes           "1280x1024"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           15
>                 Modes           "1280x1024"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           16
>                 Modes           "1280x1024"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           24
>                 Modes           "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier      "Default Layout"
>         Screen          "Screen0"
> 
>         InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
>         InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
>         InputDevice     "Generic Mouse"
>         #InputDevice "LIRC-Mouse"
> EndSection
> 
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "nvidia"
>         VendorName  "Chaintech"
>         BoardName   "nVidia GeForce FX 5200"
>         Option      "RenderAccel" "1"
> 
>         # TV Out Setup
>         Option      "TwinView"
>         Option      "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
>         Option      "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
>         Option      "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 800x600"
>         Option      "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
>         Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
>         Option      "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
>         Option      "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
> 
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
>         Mode    0666
> EndSection
> -------8<----------------
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