MythTV + mysql problems

[Adam (gnhlug)]

On 1/28/07, kenta <kenta at guster.net> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, Adam (gnhlug) wrote:
> > The only problem I am having now is displaying to the TV. If anyone has
> any
> > experience with that let me know. I have taken the appropriate steps and
> > added the Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M" and "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
> (and
> > even tried "SVIDEO").
> >
> > Here is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file Sorry in advance for the long data.
> Some
> > sections are commented out, showing what I have currently attemped to
> run
> > with also. However, all I get when I run with some of these other
> settings
> > is a blank screen. I am using a GeForce 3D Prophet III, which only
> allows
> > the display of EITHER svideo, or analog, dualview is not possible (and
> is
> > not being attempted).
>
> I recently moved to a nvidia 5200 series card because of issues with my
> ati 9250. All I had to do was plugin the Svideo cable and on startup the
> machine booted and I could see it on the TV immediatenly (BIOS screen,
> etc). If your card can't display on both analong/dvi & svideo then unplug
> the
> regular monitor before turning on the machine, then maybe it'll detect the
> SVIDEO connection.  In my case xorg failed to start because of the ati
> driver so all I had to do was apt-get the nvidia driver, I reran
> "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" and picked the nividia driver, then ended
> up running "nvidia-xconfig".  Restarted and it booted right into my gnome
> desktop. My xorg.conf basically has:


I went ahead and tried something similar. Backed up my xorg.conf file, reran
nvidia-xconfig and then rebooted to see if it would detect, but no luck. It
is really interesting that you are running TV Out without the tv settings in
your conf.


Section "Monitor"
>      Identifier     "Generic Monitor"
>      HorizSync       30.0 - 70.0
>      VertRefresh     50.0 - 160.0
>      Option         "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>      Identifier     "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
>      Driver         "nvidia"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>      Identifier     "Default Screen"
>      Device         "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
>      Monitor        "Generic Monitor"
>      Option         "UseEvents" "True"
>      DefaultDepth    24
> ##Note: trimmed out the depths 1-16##
>      SubSection     "Display"
>          Depth       24
>          Modes      "800x600" "640x480"
>      EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> ----
> Interestingly enough there were no config's specific to a TV-out that I
> could see, it just works and I'm plesantly surprised.   Added in the
> UseEvents line per Jared's recommendation.


Can I ask what UseEvents is suppose to do? Do you think it would help with
autodetecting the TV?


Getting the 9250 working was a real pain.  First of all it wouldn't
> display right from the boot and would show a rolling, unreadable screen.
> If there was a bios error or error before X then I'd have to hook it up to
> a real monitor and/or ssh in (if possible). The 9250 also seemed to
> require very specific settings to get working. Moving to a geforce 5200
> was worth the 33 dollars :)


If none of this works, I may have to do a similar thing.

Thanks
Adam H.
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