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S-video not detecting my tv.

I'm using a GeForce 6200 AGP with 195.36.15 drivers and I can't get s-video to detect my TV in Slackware 13. I did some things I got linked to in Google but none of them worked but here are the results.

bash-3.1$ xrandr --output S-video --set load_detection 1
X Error of failed request: BadRROutput (invalid Output parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 151 (RANDR)
Minor opcode of failed request: 15 (RRGetOutputProperty)
Serial number of failed request: 19
Current serial number in output stream: 19

bash-3.1$ xrandr --output S-video --set tv_standard ntsc
X Error of failed request: BadRROutput (invalid Output parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 151 (RANDR)
Minor opcode of failed request: 15 (RRGetOutputProperty)
Serial number of failed request: 19
Current serial number in output stream: 19

I don't know what any of this means. I tried to do 'Detect Displays' numerous times in nvidia-settings and I get nothing.

http://pastebin.com/6asWa5Jx <- Here is my xorg.conf if it's ever needed.

And here is some results from just doing xrandr.

bash-3.1$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 1600 x 1200
default connected 1600x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1600x1200 50.0* 63.0
1024x768 51.0 63.0
800x600 52.0 57.0
640x480 53.0 59.0
1400x1050 54.0
1280x1024 55.0
1280x960 56.0
640x512 58.0
512x384 60.0
400x300 61.0
320x240 62.0

Can someone shed some light upon this? The cables are brand new and I know they work because I get the sound coming through.

I have no idea about slackware, but in fedora we need to set up xorg.conf like this

Code:

Section "Device"

Identifier "Videocard0"

Driver "nvidia"

VendorName "Asus"

BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti4200"

Option "NoLogo" "1"

Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,TV"

Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"

Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"

Option "TwinView" "1"

Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"

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

Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"

Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"

EndSection

Obviously you would have to use your specific parameters for vendor name , board name ,tv standard etc.

Or you could try this tool
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nv-tv-out/

Quote:

Originally Posted by smoker (Post 3918964)

I have no idea about slackware, but in fedora we need to set up xorg.conf like this

Code:

Section "Device"

Identifier "Videocard0"

Driver "nvidia"

VendorName "Asus"

BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti4200"

Option "NoLogo" "1"

Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,TV"

Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"

Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"

Option "TwinView" "1"

Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"

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

Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"

Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"

EndSection

Obviously you would have to use your specific parameters for vendor name , board name ,tv standard etc.

Or you could try this tool
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nv-tv-out/

bash-3.1$ wine WINIO.SYS
wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x00010268 at address 0x23034d (thread 0009), starting debugger...
Unhandled exception: page fault on read access to 0x00010268 in 32-bit code (0x0023034d).
err:dbghelp_msc:pe_load_debug_directory Got a page fault while loading symbols
Register dump:
CS:0073 SS:007b DS:007b ES:007b FS:0033 GS:003b
EIP:0023034d ESP:0033fe98 EBP:0033feb8 EFLAGS:00010202( R- -- I - - - )
EAX:00000000 EBX:7ee265b4 ECX:e6c8af03 EDX:00000000
ESI:7ffdf000 EDI:00230344
Stack dump:
0x0033fe98: 00230344 7ffdf000 7ee265b4 00000000
0x0033fea8: 00000000 00000000 7ee265b4 7ffdf000
0x0033feb8: 0033fee8 7edfe0e5 7ffdf000 00000000
0x0033fec8: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0033fed8: 00000000 7efe4448 bfb13674 00000000
0x0033fee8: 0033fef8 7efba9d4 7ffdf000 bfb13674
Backtrace:
=>0 0x0023034d in winio.sys (+0x34d) (0x0033feb8)
wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x001535e0 at address 0x7ef933ac (thread 0019), starting debugger...
err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code c0000005 flags 0 addr 0x7ef933ac

bash-3.1$ wine WINIO.VXD
err:dosmem:DOSMEM_MapDosLayout Need full access to the first megabyte for DOS mode

I'm getting errors for any executable that I'm trying to run. This isn't working right now.

Please don't swear...

We all know and have used the word, but not using it here helps to maintain the general tone of friendliness, helpfulness and co-operation that characterizes the LQ forum.

i deleted the comment. now i got a new issue. my xorg.conf broke. now im going to spend hours fixing it after i cant even use my old one i posted. this makes no sense whatsoever. forget the fact i probably wasted all that money on this nice cables and now its useless. i cant take this no more. im tired of it. im literally crying because of how frustrated i am. i felt like i done everything in my power to fix everything. now its all broken and i cant go beyond a resolution of 640x480. im tired.

Thank you...

Let's hope that good behavior is it's own reward by attracting more qualified responses to your problem.

I needed to edit to take out the negative energy of the thread.

Firstly, I don't see what wine has to do with xorg, and secondly, do you mean you didn't back up your existing xorg.conf, and thirdly, can you read ?
I told you to set your own parameters, and I also told you that that was the way to set it up in fedora, not slackware.

You haven't even given us a description of what you changed and what errors go with what problem.
All you seem to be worried about is your "nice new cables" !

I'm sorry I was out of line. I didn't really exclaim what the problem was. That is on my own fault and I should gotten off the computer earlier. I will post my failure or success at a later time.

Throw something at the problem...

What about trying a live-cd with the TV connected to see what happens. You might gain some useful information. Mint, Mandriva, fedora, openSUSE, all differently based?

My cables went missing and now I got this green tint on my monitor when I left my house and came back. I guess problem is solved by stolen possessions haha. Thanks for trying to help. Your first solution might help someone else in the future. I was a little drunk when I was trying to fix everything so anger was multiply by 9000.