Nick Rout wrote:
On 11:15 am 09/11/06 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?
You are probably outputting in NTSC format rather than PAL. You need to
read the nvidia readme file which is probably under /usr/share/doc/nvidia*
or you can get it on the net:
http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8774/README/index.html
Thanks Nick, that fixed the colour out to tv problem, a cd plays nicely.
I would still like to sort out the resolution problem
arry
