Force composite

[Regis_G]

Hello,

I've just upgrade my computeur from an old Mandrake 9.2 OS to a gentoo system. The nvidia tv out worked fine; it was the 4496 driver version. I had to force the composite output throught the svideo connector to get color on my tv.

It doesn't work anymore. I can only get a black and white screen because I can only use SVIDEO format. If I force the composite output, I haven't got any image on my tv.

Here is my xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

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

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "disable"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 350 260 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "IQT"
ModelName "Q995"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 10.0 - 60.0
VertRefresh 10.0 - 60.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
#Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>]
#Option "FPDither" # [<bool>]
#Option "CrtcNumber" # <i>
#Option "FPScale" # [<bool>]
#Option "FPTweak" # <i>
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
# Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
Option "UseInt10Module" "false"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
Option "HorizSync" "10.0-50.0"
Option "VertRefesh" "60"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection


Any suggestion ?

Thanks by advance

[Jesper]

Hi guys, it has been a while since I was here last, so greetings to everyone :)

I have a problem similiar to Regis_G.

Here is my issue etc.
My Tv is connected via composite to my FX5200 card, when I add
Option "TVOutFormat" "Composite"
to my xorg.conf file nothing happens, I tried both a simple init 3/5 and a full reboot but my TV stays in black and white, if I switch the s-video cable to the front panel of my TV (yes I know its a stupid place to have the S-video but its not my design :D) then my TV is in colors, this happens both with and without the "TVOutFormat" set, so I am sure that the option isnt even being read by the driver, and looking at the Xorg.0.log I see
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "TVoutputFormat" is not used
Someone please give me a hint :)

Here is the content my xorg.conf
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Fri Dec 15 10:13:06 PST 2006

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "dk"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "___ VL770FS"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 135.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce FX 5200"
Option "TVoutputFormat" "Composite"
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

System:
Fedore Core 6 @ Kernel 2.6.18-1.2869.fc6
nVIDIA card: FX5200
Driver Version nvidia-x11-drv-1.0.9746-1 (FreshRPMs Release)