[mythtv-users] X output to TV not working?
Shawn
core at enodev.com
Thu Jun 26 18:58:33 EDT 2003
Just for the hell of it, here's my non-Twinview Xinerama XF86Config for
TV on the SVIDEO.
I just got it working.
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 12:34, Timothy Vann wrote:
> I just went through this with my GForce4MX. Turns out with NVIDIA you have
> to enable the driver to do TV-OUT, not sure if your card needs similar
> additions to the XF86Config-4 file. The one thing this driver allows you to
> do is to specify a different set of sync rates for the TV-OUT. TVs can only
> run at 30-60 Horizontal sync and 60 Vertical sync(as best as I remember).
> You may have some luck by changing your monitor setup section to crank down
> the sync rates, but I expect you need a driver that will enable this sort of
> dual sync rates.
>
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Stephens [mailto:nick at dominance.org]
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:07 PM
> To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> Subject: [mythtv-users] X output to TV not working?
>
>
> Short story: TV Out works during bootup (Redhat 9 install), service
> startup, console login. When I startx, the screen goes completely white,
> and doesn't work. What settings do I need in X for proper TV display?
>
> Long story:
>
> Redhat 9 install
> XFree86 4.3.0
> KDE
>
> I have what may be a not so normal setup in that I'm not actually using
> MythTV for a PVR, but rather using it as a (very) pretty interface to
> display options for playing my mpg movie collection, mp3s, and easy access
> to xmame, etc..
>
> because of this, I am not using a tv tuner card, but rather using a simple
> little PCI ATI Rage II+DVD that has svideo out. I've been
> installing/configuring this PC on a real monitor, and when I went to boot
> it on the TV yesterday I had interesting results...
>
> During the bootup sequence I received perfect output to my TV, I can
> login, etc but as soon as X tries to start, it craps out. I moved the PC
> back over to the monitor, and remembered that I had the resolution at
> 800x600, so i dropped that back down to 640x480, but I did leave the color
> depth at 'millions of colors' (is that problematic with tv's?). Took it
> back over to the television with the same results. I've read somethin
> about X needing to be set at 16bpp (what exactly is bpp?)... I checked my
> options from XFree86 -help, and saw that there is a -pixmap24 which is
> supposed to "use 24bpp pixmaps for depth 24", but there is nothing for
> 16..
>
> Is there something simple that I'm missing here? Or is it the color
> depth? (sorry, im running off to work, so i dont have time to check yet)
>
> I'd imagine I'm just missing something silly, or at least thats what I
> hope ;) Thanks to all of you who continue to help us new folks, it's a
> very generous way of you to spend your free time.
>
> ------
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>
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# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "MAG DJ702E"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "JVC"
ModelName "31 inch TV"
HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
VertRefresh 60.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
BusID "PCI:01:00:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
BusID "PCI:01:00:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "nvidia0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "NoLogo"
Option "CursorShadow" "on"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "UBB" "true"
Option "UseClipIDs" "true"
Option "WindowFlip" "true"
Option "PageFlip" "true"
Option "DigitalVibrance" "100"
Option "RenderAccel" "false" # gtk icon render issue
Option "Overlay" "true"
Option "CIOverlay" "true"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
#Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "nvidia1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection
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