[mythtv-users] TVOut blank with nvidia-graphics8774-kmdl-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5-1.0_8774-75.fc5.at

[Indulis Bernsteins]

The trick I found with my Nvidia drivers was that I needed both Devices to 
have "connectedmonitor" showing both CRT and TV.  Anyway, this worked for 
me- if you want GL and XvMC to work you will need to swap the Monitor line 
in the Screen-Screen0 stanza to read "TV (1)".  I am running dual display 
from the one card, if you are only running one, you'll need to make the 
necessary changes.

The effort to get TV-OUT working within Linux (in fact the effort to do 
*any* sort of display adjustment and tweaking) really makes me laugh when 
I see articles on "Linux 3D desktop challenges Windows Vista".  What takes 
5 minutes in the Windows world takes 2 days in the Linux world.  Just an 
observation on effort applied to the wrong place. Sort of like painting 
the house when the foundations are crumbling.  Don't get me wrong, I love 
Linux but X11 display tuning is a complete disaster area.

Cheers,

Indulis

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "NVIDIA Corporation 6200A (0)"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    BoardName      "GeForce 6200"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          0
    Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,TV"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "NVIDIA Corporation 6200A (1)"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    BoardName      "GeForce 6200"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          1
    Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,TV"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Samsung 930BF (0)"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "TV (1)"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 50.0
    VertRefresh     50.0
    DisplaySize     240 135
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "NVIDIA Corporation 6200A (0)"
    Monitor        "Samsung 930BF (0)"
    DefaultDepth    24
#    Option         "NvAGP" "1"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "on"
    Option         "NoLogo" "on"
    Option         "XvmcUsesTextures" "true"
    Option "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       1
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "960x529" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       4
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "960x529" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "960x529" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "960x529" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "960x529" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "960x529" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "NVIDIA Corporation 6200A (1)"
    Monitor        "TV (1)"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option "UseDisplayDevice" "TV"
#    Option "ModeValidation" "AllowNon60HzDFPModes"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "on"
    Option         "NoLogo" "on"
    Option         "XvmcUsesTextures" "true"
    Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
    Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "720x576"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "720x576"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "720x576"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "720x576"
    EndSubSection
# TV modes supported by this encoder:
#   1920x1080; Standards: HD1080i
#   1280x1024; Standards: HD1080i
#   1280x720; Standards: HD720p, HD1080i
#   1024x768; Standards: NTSC-M, NTSC-J, PAL-M, PAL-BDGHI,
#     PAL-N, PAL-NC, HD480i, HD720p, HD1080i, HD576i
#   800x600; Standards: HD480i, HD576i
#   720x576; Standards: PAL-BDGHI, PAL-N, PAL-NC, HD576i,
#     HD576p
#   720x480; Standards: NTSC-M, NTSC-J, PAL-M, HD480i, HD480p,
#     HD720p, HD1080i, HD576i, HD576p
#   640x480; Standards: NTSC-M, NTSC-J, PAL-M, PAL-BDGHI, PAL-N,
#     PAL-NC, HD480i, HD480p, HD720p, HD1080i, HD576i, HD576p
#  640x400; Standards: NTSC-M, NTSC-J, PAL-M, PAL-BDGHI, PAL-N,
#     PAL-NC, HD480i, HD480p, HD720p, HD1080i, HD576i, HD576p
#   400x300; Standards: NTSC-M, NTSC-J, PAL-M, PAL-BDGHI, PAL-N,
#     PAL-NC, HD480i, HD480p, HD720p, HD1080i, HD576i, HD576p
#   320x240; Standards: NTSC-M, NTSC-J, PAL-M, PAL-BDGHI, PAL-N,
#     PAL-NC, HD480i, HD480p, HD720p, HD1080i, HD576i, HD576p
#   320x200; Standards: NTSC-M, NTSC-J, PAL-M, PAL-BDGHI, PAL-N,
#     PAL-NC, HD480i, HD480p, HD720p, HD1080i, HD576i, HD576p
#
EndSection
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