tvout issue

[eqlb]

i been trying to get a geforce 6600 to display tv-out but it just blanks out the tv. i tried so many differnt ways to configure xorg and nothing. It works good in vesa and the nv driver just totaly screws up the screen Even bsd does the same. Windows works perfectly. Any suggestions on what could be wrong or do i need to setup two screen options?

[Kel_Sceptic]

this is in one of my xorg.conf with a single device and a single screen

Section "Device"
Identifier "geforce-graphics-card"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "NoPowerConnectorCheck" "True"
#tv-out options
Option "TwinView"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV" #this is the order of the monitors .. CRT,TV or TV,CRT or simple TV or simple CRT
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 1280x1024, 1024x768"

and this is the other xorg.conf with 2 devices 2screens .. actually 2 desktops



Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia-tv"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

Option "NvAGP" "1" #"4"
Option "DPMS" "on"
Option "NoLogo" "on"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
Screen 1
Option "NoDDC" "True"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia-crt"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

Option "NvAGP" "1" #"4"
Option "DPMS" "on"
Option "NoLogo" "on"
Screen 0
Option "NoDDC" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Monitor"
Device "nvidia-crt"
Monitor "crt"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "TV"
Device "nvidia-tv"
Monitor "tv"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen 0 "Monitor"
Screen 1 "TV" rightof "Monitor"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

hope that helps .. cause in my case both of them are working
*btw: u must change all identifiers to the ones in your xorg.conf

[eqlb]

no luck whats so ever..i dont know what to do

[polpak]

I've been having the same issue with both my GeForce 3, and Geforce 2 cards. It just will not display properly in X. If I boot the pc with only the TV plugged in, the console will show up fine, but no matter what I do to my xorg.conf X just shows black on the TV.

This is highly frustrating. I'm pretty sure it has to do with th options for horizontal and vertical sync and/or resolutions, but all the nvidia tvout howto's I've looked at do nothing for me.