Thanks, Zach. I'll try the reference file, and also twinview. I agree that troubleshooting over that blurry TV link is really hard to do. That's why I was switching back to regular vga to troubleshoot, and that appeared to exacerbate my problems further.
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:08:31 -0500, Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry > > If you just use the reference nvidia xorg.conf file (I think it comes > with the nvidia drivers), and modify it should be really simple. I > followed the instructions in the readme: > ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-6629/README.txt > APPENDIX J covers tv-out. Then you can just nvidia-settings to adjust > for overscan and flicker filtering, etc (vs trying to tweak the > xorg.conf). After trying for hours to adapt other people's xorg.conf > files with no luck and sometimes non-functioning x configurations, I > finally broke down and read the readme, and it was up and going in > about five minutes. > > For the record though, twinview works quite nicely, and is possibly > even easier to set up than straight tv-out. Even if you're not using > vga out, it's nice to have enabled in case you need to hook up a > monitor to work on the box. There's nothing more frustrating than > trying to troubleshoot the box through a blurry svideo or composite tv > connection. It's easy to implement by following the instructions in > the readme. APPENDIX I supercedes APPENDIX J when using twinview. > Also complaints I've read about twinview and refresh rates on the > second monitor don't seem to apply because the driver allows you to > cusomize individual settings for the second monitor. > > good luck > Zach > > > Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:42:41 -0500 > > From: Larry K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Need advice with xorg.conf setup > > > > > > Trev, > > > > I'm not interested in "twinview" at the moment. I'm just trying to > > get it working on the TV-out only. > > > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:01:52 +0100, Trev Jackson > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > On Monday 28 Mar 2005 03:12, Larry K wrote: > > > > Sorry for the duplicate posts. My network connection was going flaky > > > > and gmail was timing out. > > > > > > > > On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:40:41 -0500, Larry K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > All, > > > > > > > > > > I have mythtv working, for the most part, but only when my computer > > > > > when it's hooked up to the 17" flat panel display that I used for the > > > > > initial install. I'm trying to switch over to using a TV by > > > > > connecting to the S-video-out jack on my geforce card. > > > > > > > > > > Is there a preferred process for building/installing/troubleshooting > > > > > an xorg.conf file? > > > > > > > > > > It seems that when I install and test an xorg file that proves to be > > > > > invalid, it hangs my system and I have to do a cold reboot. If I try > > > > > to switch back to a previous copy of xorg.conf that was known to work > > > > > (i.e., with the flat panel monitor hooked up instead of the TV, using > > > > > that copy of the xorg.conf file), the sound and/or video drivers > > > > > appear to be messed up and I have to go through loads of > > > > > retesting/reinstalling drivers to figure out what was broken... > > > > > > > > > > Is it normal to see this level of frustration with xorg.conf > > > > > diagnostics? Am I doing something wrong? Is there some magic command > > > > > and/or procedure that I am not aware of? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > mythtv-users mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > Take a look at: > > > > > > http://wiki.gentoo-italia.net/index.php/Dual_Monitors > > > > > > Best Regards > > > > > > Trev > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mythtv-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
