Kubuntu Feisty 7.04
Linux 2.6.21-5 (ubuntu)
I have an nVidia GeForce 5200 (128mb) with Analog and TV-SVideo out. Using the nVidia-glx 1.0.9631 driver, I have set up my monitor at its correct 1440x900 resolution, and using the application nvidia-settings I was able to easily setup TwinView clone with the television.
However, my TwinView only allows the TV-Out a maximum resolution of 1024x768, meaning the clone of my screen isn't my full desktop. Additionally, I cannot get the TV-Out to be in Widescreen format, which my television is. To see any of the desktop on my television, everything is stretched sideways (like a stretched-to-widescreen image does). My movies look like oblong heads.
I would survive with the limited desktop if I could get the TV to be widescreen as well, but if I change my xorg.conf to have a widescreen resolution, it doesn't show up and the TwinView TV is marked as 'off' when I launch nvidia-settings application.
Is there any way to fix or improve my widescreen television viewing? Would I have better luck with a better or newer graphics card? Does anyone have a suggestion as to the level I should look into? If the 5200 is too old, would a 5600 really help (same drivers I think)? Would a 6x00 or 7x00 series be a better idea?
Here is my current xorg.conf if it helps at all:
Code:
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu Nov 9 17:56:12 PST 2006
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Samsung SyncMaster"
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce FX 5200"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1440x900 +0+0, TV: 1024x640 +208+66; CRT: 1440x900 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 1024x768 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 800x600 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 640x480 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 1440x900_60 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 1280x800 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 1280x768 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 1152x864 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 1024x768_70 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 1024x768_60 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 960x600 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 840x525 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 832x624 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 800x600_72 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 800x600d65 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 800x600_60 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 800x600d60 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 800x600_56 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 800x512 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 720x450 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 640x512 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 640x512d60 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 640x480_73 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 640x480d60 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 640x480_60 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 640x400 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 640x384 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 576x432 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 512x384 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 512x384d70 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 512x384d60 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 416x312 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 400x300 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 400x300d72 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 400x300d60 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT: 400x300d56 +0+0, TV: NULL"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Please note, its current TV-Out widescreen settings don't actually work. Thast is what i want to fix! Thanks!
