On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 20:49, mike wrote: > Not so good.. > #nvtv > No supported video card found. > the nvtv doc's aren't much help either..
are you running it as root? there are three ways to run it according to the docs. 1. as root. 2. as a daemon run by root, connecting to it as an ordinary user 3. something else i forgot, and have never used. on gentoo # /etc/init.d/nvtv start - starts the daemon % nvtv works for me. different card ymmv i guess. > > I've been reading various forums and seeing similar issues. > I CAN get twinview to work, by editing XF86Config and choosing various > twinview options.. > I'm trying to play round with the settings but its just frustrating me. > > What I really want is a decent screen res (1280x1024) on my monitor, and > 1024x768 on my tv, no way, tv's do a max of about 720x540, or something like that. search PAL resolution. > just so I can drag across a video window or similar > to watch dvds/avi with. > > any suggestions? > > .. > > also, i tried emerging nvoption, and that dies with a segfault whenever > i do anything :( > Nick Rout wrote: > > >emerge nvtv > > > >read the docs thatit installs under /usr/share/docs/nvtv-version > > > > > >
