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10.21 tv out

Submitted by bic on January 8, 2009 - 5:06pm

I am trying to figure out why my tv out is a bunch of colors blue, pink, orangish/red and some green. I have nvidia 7600 GT s-video to 42" SD TV. I tried resetting screen resolution to 640x480, but didn't seem to work (didn't do a reboot though). Of course trying to set it this small makes the dialog almost impossible to find the apply/ok button.

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I tried installing

Submitted by bic on January 9, 2009 - 7:41am.

I tried installing system-config-display, but I didn't see anything for tv setup other than twinview. I created an xorg.conf. After doing that system pretty much locks up. In xorg log I get

(WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

xorg.conf:

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
# TV Out Setup
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
Option "UseEvents" "TRUE"
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "TV"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

rpm -qa|grep nvidia
yields null

This was from auto install. What all do I need to yum install?

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try: su yum install

Submitted by rlbond86 on January 9, 2009 - 1:12pm.

try:

su
yum install kmod-nvidia

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ok I got nvidia installed.

Submitted by bic on January 9, 2009 - 7:10pm.

ok I got nvidia installed. Upon boot, it seems to overwrite xorg.conf with this

Build Date: 11 December 2008 05:27:37PM
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.5.3-6.fc10

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
:q
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

xorg.log has

(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device PCI:1:0:0.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Please see the COMMON PROBLEMS section in the README for
(EE) NVIDIA(0): additional information.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!

then

(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Here's the xorg.conf I put in before rebooting:

# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
#Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "v4l"
#Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "blank time" "0"
Option "standby time" "0"
Option "suspend time" "0"
Option "off time" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce"
Option "UseEvents" "True"
#Option "TwinView"
#Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT, TV"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option "TVOverScan" "0.6"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480;"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

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Two issues. The xorg.conf

Submitted by d00dtv on January 9, 2009 - 8:11pm.

Two issues. The xorg.conf you used is old and no longer works with

FontPath "unix/:7100"

Also it sounds like you installed the latest nvidia driver which doesn't support your card. You need to specify a legacy version maybe.

"Please ignore the man behind the curtain"
Dennis

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"Please ignore the man behind the curtain"
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I came across this

Submitted by bic on January 10, 2009 - 7:39am.

I came across this http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=1114769&postcount=1 which is why I installed the 180 driver (GeForce 7600GT).

I ended up reinstalling. Now I cannot get into
ssh. I changed ifcfg-eth0 to a static ip of 192.168.1.3. When trying to login to ssh, I get in secure log "Failed password for mythtv 192.168.1.100 port 35283 ssh2". I know the password is right as I can logon locally with that. I did reboot as well.

Skipping that for now, when it reboots, X does not start. In xorg log I have "Failed to initialize nvidia graphics device PCI:1:0:0." And the usual "no screens found". rpm -qa |grep nvidia shows the 96xx installed ok.

Going to go back to auto install and start over again.

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got it

Submitted by bic on January 10, 2009 - 10:03am.

http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion...hp?t39212.html

last comment added vmalloc=256MB to grub.conf and whamo it works.

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This is because you have an

Submitted by d00dtv on January 9, 2009 - 12:35pm.

This is because you have an invalid nvidia module trying to load. The auto install does NOT install the nvidia drivers, only the default xorg nv driver. You can install the nvidia drivers included on your MythDora disk in the Packages directory or use the system software installer pointing to your disk.

"Please ignore the man behind the curtain"
Dennis

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"Please ignore the man behind the curtain"
Dennis

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