[mythtv-users] OT: Strange problems with an nvidia fx 5200
Carl Fongheiser
carlfongheiser at gmail.com
Fri Nov 30 13:11:58 UTC 2007
On Nov 30, 2007 6:49 AM, Marc Barrett <mnealbarrett at cox.net> wrote:
> I am trying to get the s-video out to work on an nvidia GeForce FX 5200
> video card. For some reason, everything appears black-and-white on
> my TV, no color at all. This happens no matter what operating system
> I've tried, so I have a feeling it may be a problem with the card itself,
> but other than this I have had no problems with the card at all. I've
> tried four different s-video cables, so that can't be the problem. I'm
> just wondering if maybe someone else has had a similar problem
> and solved it.
>
Have you specified a TVStandard option? From your email address, I'm
guessing you're in the US, so the option should look like this:
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
This would go in the "Device" section of your xorg.conf. FWIW, I see this
behavior with my FX5200, too, until the X server starts.
Carl Fongheiser
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