On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:35:51 -0800, you wrote:

>Well, I finally got the answer to my question about my Hitachi TV's scan rates.  
>Since I am connecting to the TV using an S-Video cable, the horizontal scan rate is 
>the standard NTSC at 15.75.  Until I buy one of those nifty VGA to Component boxes, 
>this will have to do.
> 
>My next question is regarding the setup for X.  During the Mandrake install, I can 
>specify the horizontal scan rate and the Veritcal refresh rates in the custom config 
>for XFree86.  Unfortunately when I input 15.75 and 60, the test fails with a generic 
>error.  I assume I need to manually edit the XF86Config file.  Can someone share with 
>me what I need to change?  I was thinking that if I setup X to use a standard 
>monitor, and just not load on startup, I could go in and change just the monitor 
>portion since my video card would already be configured (NVidia g440).
> 

I connected a PAL-TV with a composite-cable, the X-settings are
(gfx-card is a nvidia geforce2 MX with nvidia-driver):


Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "PAL TV"
  VendorName   "Orion"
  VertRefresh  60
  HorizSync    30-50
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "800x600"
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "TV"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  BoardName    "GeForce-2"
  Driver       "nvidia"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  Screen       0
  VendorName   "Nvidia"
  Option        "NoLogo"        "on"
#  Option       "NvAGP" "1"
  Option        "CursorShadow"  "on"
  Option        "CursorShadowAlpha"     "32"
  Option        "CursorShadowXOffset"   "3"
  Option        "CursorShadowYOffset"   "2"
  Option        "TVOutFormat"           "COMPOSITE"
  Option        "TVStandard"            "PAL-B"
  Option        "ConnectedMonitor"      "TV"
EndSection


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