On Tuesday 19 August 2008, Edd Barrett wrote: > Hi JC, > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:48 AM, J.C. Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could you post (or privately email) your xorg.conf and X.org.log > > > > I don't know a thing about S-Video and have never heard of "Scart" > > before, but we might be able to get the TV Out (Composite Video) > > working on that card with the default driver. > > > > At one point in time, the TV Out on nVidia cards was handled by a > > separate chipset (brooktree/conexant/philips/?) but I doubt that is > > the case on GeForce4mx and newer cards. None the less, the trick > > with cards that have multiple outputs is making sure you're talking > > to the right output. The nv(4) driver will try to auto-detect if an > > output device is connected (monitor/TV/?) but it may not get it > > right and may default to the wrong output. > > > > There are two things you can try: > > 1.) Force access to the TV Out interface through the BusID > > (see xorg.conf(5)) > > > > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > > # or > > BusID "PCI:2:0:0" > > > > 2.) Force access to the TV Out interface through CrtcNumber > > (see nv(4)) > > > > Option "CrtcNumber" "integer" > > > > You can often coerce (force) video cards with multiple outputs to > > play nicely even when they are such total garbage that the vendor > > (nVidia) is afraid to provide specifications for them. > > > > There is one issue I see that might be a problem, namely NTSC > > versus PAL but a lot of TV sets these days can accept either, so we > > might get lucky. If not, the PAL modelines you posted look > > reasonable. > > > > Kind Regards, > > JCR > > This sounds great! I think we should take this off list perhaps to > stop boring people. > > Bye misc@ > > Which xorg.conf would you like? I tried many configurations. I guess > its the log you are more interested in.
Hi Edd, People on misc@ are interested, but I suspect there will be a fair amount of back and forth, and there's no guarantee we'll get it to work, so there's not a lot of point in flooding [EMAIL PROTECTED] If we get it working, then we can post the results and full xorg.conf onto misc@ and not cause a lot of stir. If possible, please enumerate your conf files (xorg.conf-1, xorg.conf-2, etc.) and email them to me. If you have the X.org.log files for them, it would help, but a description of what you get for each would suffice. Both connectors and connections are a pain. If you could take a snapshot of the card connections, the adapter cable/connectors, and the inputs on your TV, I'll be able to see exactly what you have. I'm actually afraid to go digging for a picture of the card on the net, because there's no guarantee it will be what you actually have (sadly, even if it's the same part number). I do believe I have a newer nVidia card around here someplace, but I have no idea where it is, what it is, or if it works. It was a freebie I got that had a dead fan (which they no longer make/sell), but I replaced the fan with a wee bit of modification. For some reason I'm remembering it to be a GeForce4 card of some sort so I'll try to find it tonight. A dmesg would be appreciated. --If I can replicate your hardware environment to some degree (save for PAL, I'm in NTSC land), it will make life easier. Kind Regards, JCR
