[mythtv-users] Can not get SVIDEO to work with GF4MX 440

[Mark J. Small]

On August 11, 2005 01:49 pm, Tom wrote:
> Hi Mythtv users
>
> Got a problem with my GF4MX card, i can not get SVIDEO to work with
> it. Composite works fine. I also got the feeling, that the resolution
> is only 640x480, everything looks a little bit pressed together.
>
> I am using Ubuntu with nvidia drivers; how can I check which version?
> Does it matter?
>
> Here is the device and screen part of my xorg.conf:
>
> ********************************************************************
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "NVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440]"
>         Driver          "nvidia"
>         BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
>         Option          "NoLogo"
>         Option          "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
>         Option          "TVStandard"    "PAL-G"
>         #Option         "TVOutFormat"   "SVIDEO"
>         Option          "TVOutFormat"   "COMPOSITE"
>         Option          "TVOverScan"    "0.6"
>         Option          "RenderAccel"   "0"
>         Option          "NvAGP"         "1"
> EndSection
> ********************************************************************
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Default Screen"
>         Device          "NVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440]"
>         Monitor         "tv0"
>         DefaultDepth    24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           1
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           4
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           8
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           15
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           16
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           24
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> ********************************************************************
>
> Any ideas anyone? Thanks!


Try turning off GLX.  Comment out the "Load GLX" line in the modules section. 
It worked for me on my debian system.  I never figured out why, but its worth 
a shot.  

I don't have a composite out on my card, so I don't know if your problem is 
the same.  I was finding that whenever I tried to use the SVideo out, X would 
crash with a signal 11 until I disabled the GLX module.

Let me know if it works.  It would be nice to know that somebody else on earth 
was having the same problem as me.

Mark