[mythtv-users] Nvidia with DVI-to-HDMI blank screen during boot

[Norm Dressler]

John Haywood wrote:
>
> On 19/07/2009, at 1:19 AM, Paul Bender wrote:
>
>> Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 21:45 -0700, Paul Bender wrote:
>>>> Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 16:16 -0400, zablal baz wrote:
>>>>>> Hey All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is more of an annoyance for me then anything else, but I would
>>>>>> love to know if anyone knows how to fix it. I have a GeForce FX 5200
>>>>>> video card that is connected to my 47" LCD TV via a DVI to HDMI
>>>>>> converter cable. Whenever I boot the system, I have to wait for X to
>>>>>> start before anything appears on the display. I don't get to see any
>>>>>> boot time messages and that kind of annoys me. I've seen this
>>>>>> behaviour in F8, F10, and F11
>
>
> hmmm
>
> as previous posts suggest - it really sounds like a BIOS setting. look 
> for something like 'Prefer <list of interfaces here>' or 'Init Display 
> First ->PCI Slot/Onboard VGA/PEG' (my GA-E7AUM-DS2H
>
> Alternatively, I have seen  this when a framebuffer setting goes awry
>
> cheers
>
I had this problem at one point too - so use rgb comp out rather then 
HDMI - will hdmi provide anything better for me?

Norm