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Old 08-18-2003, 10:04 AM   #1
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Leadtek A280 TDH TV-OUT....


Hi, I am trying to set up the TV-OUT function of my graphics. I have installed the latest Nvidia drivers and edited my XF86Config file but i still get no tv output. I have been searching the interenet and this forum but none of the solutions seem to work.

My graphics card is a Leadtek A280 LE TDH MyVivo Edition
(Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti 4200 GPU with 8x AGP)

Here is my current XF86Config file

# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Unprobed Monitor"
HorizSync 30.0 - 72.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 90.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TV"
VendorName "unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
VertRefresh 60
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
VideoRam 131072
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60-60"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "tv, crt"
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-I"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 800x600; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "TV"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "800x600" "640x480" "400x300" "320x240"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

I have also tried telling the X server that my TV-OUT connection is a composite but that does not work either and is not within the above file.

Hope someone can help, as i am switching over to linux complety at the moment and this is one of the last things that has been bugging me.

Thanks David
 
Old 08-18-2003, 10:21 AM   #2
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Did you try yanc? (http://yanc.sourceforge.net/index-en.html)

I was having trouble setting up tv-out and yanc worked great.
 
Old 08-18-2003, 10:26 AM   #3
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Thanks

Thanks i have not tried that yet i will give it ago
 
Old 08-18-2003, 03:30 PM   #4
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At last i have video out thanks for the link, i now only have two things to fix and i have my windows replacement going.

Been using linux for a while but since all the microsoft bugs of late and the release of Red Hat 9.0, i throught it was time to see whether i could try and make that move to linux again.

David
 
Old 08-19-2003, 08:08 AM   #5
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Glad to hear it worked. Good luck with the defenestration of your computer.

I have been using Linux on the desktop for a year and a half now. The improvement just in that time has been remarkable. Most things now work better for less money. There is very little standing in the way for most people to use Linux as a replacement.
 
Old 08-20-2003, 01:32 PM   #6
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I think in the last year with some of the new distros linux is more of an option and with new versions of open office.org and xine umoung others, this all made me make the decision to try and use linux not just play with it.

Thanks for all the help
 
  


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