[mythtv-users] Video Out problem

Billy Macdonald whmac33 at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 24 20:25:37 EST 2004


YOu have two TwinViewOrientation settings

 Option      "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
 Option      "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768"
 Option     "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
 Option     "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
 Option      "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"

That might be the problem

Billy
--- randy ferrill <randyf at cbcast.com> wrote:
> My video out displays Mythtv on my monitor with the taskbar on the
> bottom and the TV shows the desktop with Icons and any other app (IE hit
> ctrl F1 and the redhat menu comes up only on the tv).
>  
> Why? it is set to CLONE the display I am assuming it should be they same
> on both monitor and tv.
>  
>  
> I am running: 
> Fedora Core 1
> ECS K7S5A sis 735 motherboard
> PVR-250
> FX Geforce 4mx 64Meg video
> 384Meg ram
>  
> I am using the following XF86Config file:
> # XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
> 
> # XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>  Identifier     "Default Layout"
>  Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>  InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>  InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>  Option         "Xinerama" "off"
> # Screen         "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
> 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     "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>  Load  "dbe"
>  Load  "extmod"
>  Load  "fbdevhw"
>  Load  "glx"
>  Load  "record"
>  Load  "freetype"
>  Load  "type1"
> 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/input/mice"
>  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    "Unknown monitor"
>  HorizSync    30.0 - 50.0
>  VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
>  Option     "dpms"
>  Option     "TV" "yes"
>  Option      "TwinView" 
>  Option      "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30.0-50.0"
>  Option      "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60.0"
>  Option      "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
>  Option      "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768"
>  Option     "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
>  Option     "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
>  Option      "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
>  Option      "RenderAccel" "1"
>  Option      "TVOverScan" "0.6"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>  Identifier  "Videocard0"
>  Driver      "nvidia"
>  VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>  BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200"
>  Option      "NvAGP" "1"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>  Identifier "Screen0"
>  Device     "Videocard0"
>  Monitor    "Monitor0"
>  DefaultDepth     24
>  SubSection "Display"
>   Depth     16
>   Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "800x480" "640x480"
>  EndSubSection
>  SubSection "Display"
>   Depth     24
>   Modes    "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "800x480" "640x480"
>  EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
>  Group        0
>  Mode         0666
> EndSection
> 
> Randy Ferrill
> 
> 
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