[mythtv-users] nvidia woes with Fedora 4

Brad Fuller bradallenfuller at yahoo.com
Wed May 10 16:42:29 EDT 2006


Jack lastname wrote:
> Hello all, I have successfully built several Myth boxes using the current 
> hardware that I am using however I decided this time to use Fedora Core 4, 
> and upgrade to Myth .19
>
> Basicly my hardware consists of a PVR-350, and a nvidia MX4000, I am using 
> the MX4000 svideo out to my TV for display as well as a temporary VGA 
> monitor.
>
> I built an entirely new system ( using larger hard drives ) and have a fresh 
> install of Fedora core 4.  I am using Jarods guide for the myth install as I 
> usually have done.  However, with my nvidia card I can not get the 6767 
> driver through yum, and if I download it it will not compile.  I have tried 
> various other driver version and only the newest one with compile.  But that 
> is not the worst of my problems... As I stated I am using the svideo out on 
> the card and I am then converting that to RCA to go the TV.  However, upon 
> doing this I get the following results depending on the Xorg.conf.
>
> If I set the Xorg.conf video out to SVIDEO I get black and white display 
> only ( this is expected given the converter )
>   
why is tB&W expected?

> If I set the Xorg.conf video out to COMPOSITE the way my old Xorg.conf file 
> was in FC-3 then I get nothing. No video on the TV at all.
>
> I have tried booting the system with and without the VGA monitor attached. - 
> no change
> I have the Xorg.conf file set to clone, and have removed all info reguarding 
> the VGA and disconnected it. - also no change.
>
> so... What can I do, I do get color displayed on the TV until the nvidia 
> driver takes over.  Then it goes black and white.  Once again I have used 
> the same setting from my FC-3 Xorg.conf file that works fine if if I drop in 
> my old hard drive with the exact same hardware, so it would seem that the 
> nvidea driver with FC-4 does not seem to work on my system.
>
> Any ideas?
>   
You probably have different xorg versions between your FC3 and FC4
installations?

curiosity: why not use 8756 nvidia version?



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