TV OUT Problem - PLEASE HELP!!

[klunker23]

Hiya

I'm using Red Hat 8.0, and i've rebuilt the source RPM's, and everything works great untill i try to startx. Well, even after that it works perfect, apart from slight problem. It doesnt use my monitor. It uses my TV OUT instead.

I first thought my kernel had gone fubar because my monitor just switched off and displayed "NO SIGNAL!", but it was using the TV OUT.

If i post my XF86Config file here, will someone point out what could be wrong?

Cheers dudes :)

Klunk.

[KramitDfrog]

Try having a look at the Options in the Nvidia installation guide -
particularily have a look at Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT" in the device options section (just look for Option "DPMS" bit)

then again, mine is trying to display to the TV, and I can't stop it.. and it doesn't display properly so i'm in re-boot city, every time I try and startx.

:(

anyone have any advice? I've actually done this before, and I just fixed it by changing the options - didn't work this time :(

[klunker23]

yea, i put both of those lines in, and it just switches off the TV out, and doesnt initialise the display :(

[bwkaz]

Where's your monitor plugged into in the card? The DVI port, with an adapter, or the CRT port?

Does text mode work (VESA framebuffer)?

[klunker23]

its plugged into the CRT port, as my card only has TV out and a normal CRT port

[bwkaz]

OK.

But does text-mode, VESA framebuffer do what you want? How about the "vesa" driver for X?

[klunker23]

VESA works fine, its just when i've installed the Nvidia drivers, and edited the XF86Config file it goes into TV mode. When using the drivers, the kernel works, just when i startx it switches to TV mode

Cheers

Klunk.

[KramitDfrog]

i re-installed mine last night.
same symptoms the first 3 times, on the forth it crashed mid-install and on the fifth.. it worked.
go figure.