josk Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Hi, I just installed new nvidia drivers and now Im confused how to setup tv-out. Do I have to edit xorg.conf somehow??? Here is my xorg.conf # File generated by XFdrake. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "fi" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Plug'n Play" ModelName "CM766" HorizSync 31-96 VertRefresh 50-180 # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia Corp." BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)" Driver "nvidia" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1280 1024 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1280 1024 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1280 1024 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1280 1024 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" EndSection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josk Posted August 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 anyone??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 Yes you need to edit the xorg.conf. You need to enable twinview. Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia Corp." BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)" Driver "nvidia" Option "Twinview" "TRUE" Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2" Option "CursorShadowXOffse" "4" Option "CursorShadow" "TRUE" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT , TV" Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50" Option "DigitalVibrance" "0" Option "MetaModes" "1024x768 +0+0, 800x600 @800x768 -800+0; 1024x768 +0+0,800x600 @1024x768 +0+0; 1024x768 +0+0, NULL; NULL, 800x600" Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60" Option "RenderAccel" "TRUE" Option "TransparentIndex" "0" Option "NvAGP" "3" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone" Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "64" EndSection Here is mine (only the device sections). Use in your device section what you need. Alternatively use: http://www.sorgonet.com/linux/nv-online/ to generate the code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 A good starting point should be in '/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX1.0/' this will give you very thorough documentation on the ins and outs of the drivers. How to set up for 'Twinview' TVout etc. You definitely need to edit your xconfig files. Quite a bit of trial and error is also needed. A friend not to be underestimated is in '/var/log' and is Xorg.0.log I could give you step by step as I have just learned all this from the docs, but that way you probably wouldn't know how to understand what was going on. :D Best of luck. It does work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josk Posted August 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 (edited) Thanks for the answers. That Nvidia code generator site was great. Now my twinview mode works almost like it should be. Is there way to get videos playing on tv always at fullscreen mode??? Oh and one problem, what can cause this? When I start computer that "console" screen looks OK on tv and monitor. When X starts picture is also OK. But when I close the X back to the "console" screen its mesh the tv and monitor screen with some black and white blocks??? Edited August 26, 2005 by josk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 It's probably because your monitor is an LCD screen. Use the option: Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT" under section device (even when you have an LCD). If that doesn't work change the /etc/lilo.conf from vga = 788 to vga = normal (don't forget to run lilo after the change) You mean playing 16:9 movies playing at fullscreen? If you use mplayer there is the option monitoraspect (mplayer -monitoraspect 16:9 <name of movie>. With the nvidia-settings application you can overscan the screen. Last, most tv's allow you to adjust ratio's. Using these 3 options I can play most movies fullscreen. Or if you mean just fullscreen put fs=yes in the mplayer config. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josk Posted August 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Fullscreen I mean that on the monitor video is windowed and on the tv it is in fullscreen. Is this possible? That is the way I get it work in my winblows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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