I have got my tv out display working pretty well, but it still has an odd problem that I cannot solve.
When I am in the window manager (evilWM) or Myth the display has a pin cushion effect, which I expect is because I have a 10 year old analog TV. However, what I am concerned about is that when I am using just the window manager, about a minute after X starts, the display begins to have large blobs on the screen and it will lock up. It looks like the screen is being burnt which is obviously no good. I have tried different resolutions and other settings, but the problem persists. I have not been able to find out any specs on my TV. It is a 27 Magnavox TX2753 C202 so I have just been using the standard ones.
Here is my xorg.conf. Anyone have any tips?
Thanks; Dan
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Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection "extmod" Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension EndSubSection
# This loads the font modules Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "extmod" Load "xtrap"
EndSection
# ********************************************************************** # Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set # **********************************************************************
Section "Files"
# 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.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
# #
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local/" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TrueType/" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/freefont/"
# The module search path. The default path is shown here.
# ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection
# ********************************************************************** # Server flags section. # **********************************************************************
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
# ********************************************************************** # Input devices # **********************************************************************
# ********************************************************************** # Core keyboard's InputDevice section # **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc101" Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
# ********************************************************************** # Core Pointer's InputDevice section # **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection
# ********************************************************************** # Monitor section # **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" HorizSync 31.5 - 82.0 VertRefresh 40-150 EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "27in Analog TV"
DisplaySize 558 431 HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
# ********************************************************************** # Graphics device section # **********************************************************************
# Any number of graphics device sections may be present
# Standard VGA Device:
Section "Device" Identifier "Standard VGA" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" Driver "vga" EndSection
Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "Chaintech" BoardName "nVidia GeForce 5200" Option "RenderAccel" "1" Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M" Option "TVOutFormat" "Composite" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,TV" Option "TwinView" "True" Option "MetaModes" "800x600,800x600;640x480,640x480;400x300,400x300;320x240,320x240" Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50" Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone" Option "Xinerama" "Off" Option "NvAGP" "3" Option "NoLogo" "1" EndSection
# ********************************************************************** # Screen sections # **********************************************************************
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection
# ********************************************************************** # ServerLayout sections. # **********************************************************************
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Multihead layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" # Next two lines are critical to have monitor and TV Option "Xinerama" "off" Option "Clone" "on" EndSection
Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection
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Here's the pertinent info from my xorg using a couple year old 27" analog Panasonic TV via SVideo on a Nvidia FX5200:
Section "Monitor" Identifier "Panasonic TV" HorizSync 30-50 VertRefresh 60 DisplaySize 212 154 EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen TV nvidia" Device "Nvidia FX 5200" Monitor "Panasonic TV" DefaultDepth 24 Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M" #Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV" Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO" Option "TVOverScan" "0.55"
SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection
Screen "Screen TV nvidia"
-Matt
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