[mythtv-users] Newbie

[Charles Mason]

Ray Parish wrote:

>I have my Nvidia GeForce4 MX s-video going to my tv. What settings do I need
>to have in my XF86Config so the TV is displaying X correctly?
>Here is my XF86Config:
>
>Section "Device"
>    Identifier "Videocard0"
>    Driver "nv"
>    VendorName "Videocard vendor"
>    BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
>    VideoRam  65536
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>    Identifier "Screen0"
>    Device "Videocard0"
>    Monitor "Monitor0"
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Depth 24
>        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>    EndSubSection
>EndSection
>
>Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier "Monitor0"
>    VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
>    ModelName   "Generic Television"
>    DisplaySize 400    300
>    HorizSync   30.0 - 95.0
>    VertRefresh 50.0 - 180.0
>    Option "dpms"
>EndSection
>  
>

Well I am not totally sure but I think you are running the generic 
drivers for your geforce card. These lack many of the features of the 
offical nivida onse. Not sure if tv out works with generic drivers. You 
can tell which you are using because when the xserver starts you see a 
huge nivida logo for a second or two if you are using the offical ones. 
It is worth installing the offical drivers as it provides hardware 
acceleration for Open GL amongst other things.  Nvidia have a new user 
friendly installer for there whole ge force range. I think this is the 
latest version.

http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_ia32_1.0-4349

I am not sure what you need to enable tv out support though. Although 
having the latest drivers certinally would help.  Does anyone know if 
you can use tv out with generic drivers.

Charlie