On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:15:22 +1200
Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, Its in the box, now I would appreciate some setup advice please.
>
> lspci reports the card as a nVidia Corporation NV31 [GeForce FX 5600XT]
> (rev a1)
>
> I downloaded & installed the latest nvidia driver and found that
> nvidia-xconfig produces a useless xorg.conf file. Yes I did backup the
> original which works in term mode so reactivated it. The tv clones the
> monitor with color in text only but goes blank with X running.
>
> I then used the sample conf file provided, removed all optional /
> duplicated sections which do not apply to TwinView and altered the specs
> for my monitor etc. I have tried it with the tv set to 'RightOf' & 'Clone'
>
> The resulting xorg.conf file works but I have 2 problems,
>
> 1. The output to tv via svideo is b/w only
>
> 2. When I shut down X using ctrl/alt/bs the monitor reverts to a
> resolution of 480x360 but the text does not scale and is unreadable.
> Entering startx still works.
>
> xorg.conf probably needs tweeking, but where do I start? Color commands
> somewhere?
>
> TIA
>
> Barry
>
Dunno if this is of any help, but here's mine for dual monitors ( not TV ) with
a single screen shared between them. It's a bit more convoluted than normal ars
they're different sizes, and the right one is the main one.
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]
(rev a1)
Steve
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "dual head configuration"
Screen "Screen0"
#Screen "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Subsection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Acer"
ModelName "AL 707"
HorizSync 31.5 - 80
VertRefresh 56.3 - 75
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Philips"
ModelName "Briliance 151AX"
HorizSync 31.5 - 60
VertRefresh 56.3 - 75
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
# Driver "nv"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "ASUS"
BoardName "GeForce FX 5200"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "RenderAccel" "True"
Option "CursorShadow" "True"
Option "TwinView" "True"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31.5-60"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "56.3-75"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1024x768"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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