[mythtv-users] nvidia twinview problems..

[R. G. Newbury]

Brad Fuller wrote:
> R. G. Newbury wrote:
> 
>>Craig Hagerman wrote:
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>>>On 5/4/06, Michael Fox <fox.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>    
>>>
>>>>Anyone able to assist with the following nvidia twinview issue..
>>>>
>>>>I have an FX5200 which has an LCD monitor on the d-sub (analog) and a
>>>>tv on the svideo port. I've managed to get the configuration to work
>>>>in the sense that when X is loaded the TV is displaying in 800x600
>>>>res, however I also want the LCD to show the cloned screen on TV in
>>>>its native res of 1280x1024.
>>>>
>>>>Each time I load X the LCD goes to sleep and the TV becomes primary
>>>>display. I want both displays to always be enabled.
>>>>
>>>>Anyone have a sample xorg.conf that has twinview enabled with clone so
>>>>that both displays always are active.
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>
>>>Section "Device"
>>>        Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
>>>        Driver          "nvidia"
>>>        Option          "TwinView"
>>>        Option          "TwinViewOrientation"   "Clone"
>>>        Option          "SecondMonitorHorizSync"        "30-50"
>>>        Option          "SecondMonitorVertRefresh"      "60"
>>>        Option          "MetaModes"     "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600,
>>>800x600; 640x480, 640x480;"
>>>    
>>
>>I get the same picture on the TV and the CRT with my setup.
>>
>>I have the line
>>
>>	Option  "ActiveDevice"  "CRT TV"
>>
>>right here in my Device section, and just before the following lines.
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>>>        Option          "TVStandard"    "NTSC-J"
>>>        Option          "TVOutFormat"   "SVIDEO"
>>>EndSection
>>>    
>>
>>
>>?? 	Tell the video section to make BOTH active???
>>
>>  
> 
> where did you learn about this option: "ActiveDevice"?
> I don't see it in the Nvidia 8756 readme.
>

No idea!... Possibly something on one of the Via Epia sites, or 
openchrome or a page on a website where someone set up a Via box with 
Mandriva.... http://groundstate.ca/c3myth

But it made sense as soon as I saw it.

Geoff