-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 00:01:43 -0400, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
>I just purchased the GF4Ti4200 with my new machine (which I'm most pleased with) > >I'd like some input on tricks to get this sucker working the best. I knew it had >video out. Video In was a bonus I didn't expect (if only it works). > >Video Out shows up my boot to the TV... But as soon as X starts, the TV becomes an >Orange mess of lines. I've tried changing modes (CTRL-ALT-+) but all that I see is >some rearranging of what little black is left on the TV. This is inconvenient. >Obviously it'd make me the happiest if this would be viewable even when I'm at >1280x1024 (I like to live there most the time) but I'd settle for 640x480. (Note: >SuSE includes this great little tool which lets you set your resolution on the fly... >very nice indeed) I also wouldn't complain if the TV could be set up as an extension >of my desktop, not a clone. I've seen the nvtv utility and plays just a little. No >luck other than killing the feed to my CRT. >Yes, I'm using GLX and the NVidia accelerated driver. DRI is another question I'm >not sure of. > Just read de README for the nvidia GLX driver. You should have it somewhere in your disk (something like /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/), or you can download the tar.gz from nVidia's site (ie: NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4363.tar.gz). You'll find all the info you need there. The chipset supports TV out up to 1024x768. >Video In I haven't tried much with yet. All I know is that SuSE didn't detect it so >it's probably not one of the BTTV chipset. The manual calls is WDM or something or >other. Anyone have any luck with this one? I remember reading recently on this >list that someone said they'd stick with NVidia for all of their video capture needs. > I'd love to as well, since my other option is to migrate my ATI TVWonder VE card >(Walmart: $45) from my old machine to this one. Not elegant, but doable, and it's a >BTTV chipset. > My vid card doesn't have TV-in, but a quick search in Gentoo Forums revealed that you need RivaTV (http://rivatv.sourceforge.net): http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=29290&highlight=gf4+tvin Federico Voges Socio gerente Intrasoft Malabia 2137 14 A (1425) Buenos Aires Argentina Te/Fax: 54-11-4833-5182 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.intrasoft.com.ar -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP SDK 3.0 iQA/AwUBPwLtLRRcJRaVKt4XEQK35QCgnyYQRDJwBf9ON16nRapQX+rW320An2A3 hdeAMtONOPDLPmo1axGSpWaY =IHRC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
