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 ) 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)