On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 13:37, Mike White wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> chris clarke wrote:
>
> > I'm hoping someone has done something similar and can pass along an
> > example .config file. Here's what I'd like to do (if possible) I have
> > an Nvidia card with TwinView+TVOut. Is there a way to set it up so that
> > my "desktop" remains unchanged (ie everything stays on my Monitor) and
> > only specific programs (ie gmplayer) run on the TV?
> >
> > I've got the Nvidia drivers installed, and have changed my
> > XFree86Config file accordingly, everything works (Tux Racer, UT2003
> > etc) I briefly had TwinView almost working (since lost the config file)
> > but it was stretching the "desktop" over both the monitor and TV and not
> > scaling properly on the TV. Any help would be appreciated, TIA
>
>
> What i did was use the "multiple screens" configuration, detailed (sort
> of) in the NVidia readme. Here are the relevant parts of my
> /etc/X11/XF86Config:
>
>
> -----------------------------
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "asshat"
> Screen 0 "Screen0"
> Screen 1 "Screen1"
> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> ModelName "Optiquest V75"
> HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0
> VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor1"
> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> ModelName "mr_tv"
> HorizSync 30 - 50
> VertRefresh 60
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "nvidia0"
> Driver "nvidia"
> BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> Screen 0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "nvidia1"
> Driver "nvidia"
> BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> Screen 1
> EndSection
>
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "nvidia0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
> "800x600"
> "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen1"
> Device "nvidia1"
> Monitor "Monitor1"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
> --------------------
>
>
> The advantage of this is that your monitor doesn't have to be in one of
> the compatible TV modes: 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, and your workspace
> is unaffected by the TV out.
>
> To use the TV, just send any X window to the second screen of the
> primary display:
>
> mplayer -display localhost:0.1 -vo xv -fs Foo.avi
>
>
> I even got this working with the MythTV client. Now (well, after i get
> LIRC working properly) my g/f can watch downloaded TV episodes while i
> do "work" on the computer.
>
> Good luck,
> Mike
>
>
Thanks Mike,
I tried changing my XFree86Config file to look like yours, but no
luck. I'm using an S-Video->RCA adapter that came with the card, it
worked fine under windows, is that the problem maybe? Here's a copy of
the relevant pieces of my XFree86Config file.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
Screen 1 "Screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection
<snip>
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "EF70"
DisplaySize 330 240
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "mr_tv"
HorizSync 30 - 50
VertRefresh 60
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "noLogo" "1"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia1"
Driver "nvidia"
# Option "noLogo" "1"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "nvidia0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "nvidia1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection
I'm hoping I made some sort of newbie mistake :) Anyone have any
ideas?
Chris
