Hi,

I've just configured the TVout on my GeForce256 card with XFree86 4.3.0.1.
nvidia module version (from /var/log/XFree86.0.log) is 1.0.5336

Here is my question: With the nvidia windoz driver I can switch the video output from my monitor to my TV set back and forth easily. Under linux it seems like I have to modify the XFree86-4 file (or use symbolic links) ans kill the X server each time I want to change from the monitor to the TV or the other way. It 's not that horrible but it means that if an X app is running for a long time and should continue to run for a long time, I can't switch output without killing it.
It would be great if I could press a combination of keyx and send the output either on the monitor or on the TV.
Does anyone knows if this is possible? If not can we expect it anytime soon?

BTW it would also be great if one could logout from his cession without losing its running programs, just like windoz XP does, but that's an other story.

Gildas

I too am interested in this.
Anyone?

First off...

The X11 server can do things that Windows only wishes it could.

But, unlike Windows XP, the X11 server is just that, a server. Just another stack of software that makes up some distros. The server is built that way for a reason, one of which is so normal users can't do jack with it unless they are allowed to. How safe would a system be if any user can change major server settings on the fly? Don't expect this anytime soon.

Anyway, your not getting a clean answer out of me on the why part...

What you can do is turn on video out and forget about it. That way you can just plug it in and it works.

Mine only works if I restart X with the monitor disconnected and the S-vid-out connected