[mythtv-users] Help With xorg.conf and S-Video Setup
Drew Tomlinson
drew at mykitchentable.net
Wed Jun 8 01:12:48 UTC 2005
I've built my first Myth box using 0.18.1 and a Gentoo 2.6.11 kernel.
Everything was working OK while connected to a regular 4:3 VGA monitor
running 1024x768 res. Liking what I saw, I decided to move the system
to my 38" RCA HDTV.
I have a GeForce2 card. I'm using the S-Video out to one of the video
inputs on my TV. Using a plain vanilla config (posted below), I get a
picture that is fuzzy but readable. However after starting
mythfrontend, anytime I attempt to watch either live tv or a recording,
the interface appears to just "lock up". The machine still responds via
ssh connections from another computer but X and icewm are frozen. Only
a "kill" will free it.
I have Googled for 2 days now but am no closer to understanding what I
need to do to get things going. Does it make sense that X would "hose"
just by switching to SVideo? Also, where can I begin to understand what
options I need in my xorg.conf file to clear up the picture and
stabilize X? I know SVideo will never be as clear as VGA, but I expect
it to be at least as clear as the SVideo that comes out of my DirecTV
box. Is that a reasonable expectation?
Thanks,
Drew
***Begin xorg.conf***
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
# Comment out dri per http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
# to use nvidia driver
# Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "glx"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 340 250 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "TV"
ModelName "S-Video"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
Option "RenderAccel" "1"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection
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