Help with MetaModes with nvidia TV-out

seanybaby · 08-03-2007, 05:24 AM

Hello,

I have been messing around few more than a few hours now to get my nvidia TV-out working. I want to clone my screen output to the TV. I have had it running perfectly with 800x600 running on both TV and monitor, they both work with 1024x768 as well. I know that TV's are not supposed to be used at a high resolution though.

I would like to have my monitor running at 1280x1024 and the TV at 640x480 or 800x600.
I'm running debian is that makes any difference.

This is my xorg.conf at the moment. On the TV i see the screen but only the top left.

Thanks
Sean

Quote:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Jun 13 18:39:30 PDT 2007

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DPro740SB"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200]"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200]"
Monitor "DPro740SB"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-I"
Option "AGPSize" "64"
Option "RenderAccel" "on"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
Option "NoBandWidthTest" "1"
Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "TwinView" "True"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,640x480"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

seanybaby · 08-03-2007, 01:08 PM

Still no joy

When i have this only my monitor works no tv output.

Quote:

Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1280x1024; 1280x960, 1280x960; 1152x864, 1152x864; 1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480"

If i change it to this i can get both working perfectly, however i want i higher resolution on my monitor than 1024x768.

Quote:

Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480"

seanybaby · 08-11-2007, 09:32 AM

Still stuck

Quote:

Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1024x768"

Using this i can have 1280x1024 on my monitor, and the TV also works, but i'm missing the bottom right of my screen.

Any ideas please?

Cheers

seanybaby · 08-14-2007, 03:55 AM

Can this be done? Or am i trying to do something impossible?

ie. have one resolution for my monitor and a different resolution for my tv-out?

At the moment i have just been changing the resolution every time i want to watch the tv. How do i set a short-cut keys for this?

lleb · 08-14-2007, 12:17 PM

from my time playing with linux and trying to do exactly what you trying is NO it can not be done. you get twinview but sadly that puts the same res. to both output devices.

so you are stuck with either 800x600 or 640x480 for BOTH your TV and monitor.

if someone else has more information id love to see it and see it working.

http://www.ssma.us/debian_media.html

that is out of date, but the basics are still there and are set for debian.

good luck.

seanybaby · 08-15-2007, 04:06 AM

Many thanks lleb