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Author:  father_of_miles [ Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:02 pm ]
Post subject:  TV Out problems
I have a generic PCI Nvidia MX440 (Jaton) video card and am trying to get the TV-out to work. Installed the latest NVidia linux drivers using the .run file. Video card works fine on a monitor, and when I plug the VGA into an AverKey VGA -> composite video converter X-Windows looks fine on the TV. The problem is when I connect either the S-Video or the Composite on the video card directly into the TV. Console (i.e. during bootup and/or in runlevel 1) works fine using either SVideo or Composite on Vid. Card -> TV. However, when I start X, there are some flickers, then on a black background there is some large (i.e. each letter is about 1/10th of the screen) faded text. After a couple of flickers (X trying to restart), i get white vertical lines going across the TV and the machine is pretty much locked.

The XFree log wasn't much help. The last part of it is posted below, as is my XF86Config-4. I tried the XF86Config-4.nvidia-tvout.sample version of XF86Config-4 but didn't work (same problem)

Sorry if this is a common problem; search didn't turn up much for me. Thanks for any help.


XFree86.0.log:

Code:
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 800 x 600
(==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
   compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
   ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) do I need RAC?  No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
   [0] 0   0   0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
   [1] 0   0   0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
   [2] -1   0   0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
   [3] -1   0   0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
   [4] -1   0   0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
   [5] -1   0   0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
   [6] -1   0   0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
   [7] -1   0   0xe5000000 - 0xe50000ff (0x100) MX[B]
   [8] -1   0   0xdc000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
   [9] -1   0   0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
   [10] -1   0   0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
   [11] -1   0   0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
   [12] 0   0   0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
   [13] 0   0   0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
   [14] 0   0   0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
   [15] -1   0   0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
   [16] -1   0   0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
   [17] -1   0   0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IX[B]
   [18] -1   0   0x0000e400 - 0x0000e403 (0x4) IX[B]
   [19] -1   0   0x0000e000 - 0x0000e003 (0x4) IX[B]
   [20] -1   0   0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
   [21] -1   0   0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
   [22] -1   0   0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
   [23] -1   0   0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
   [24] 0   0   0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
   [25] 0   0   0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "800x600"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms" "true"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing extension GLX

   *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not
   *** be the reason for the server aborting.

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting


When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to .




XF86Config-4:

Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
   Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
   InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
   InputDevice    "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
# Serial Mouse not detected
# USB Mouse not detected
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
   Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
   
EndSection

Section "Files"
   RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
   ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
#   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID"
   FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        #Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
   #Load  "GLcore"
   Load  "dbe"
   #Load  "dri"
   Load  "extmod"
   Load  "glx"
        Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
   Load  "speedo"
   Load  "type1"
   Load  "freetype"
   Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Keyboard0"
   Driver      "keyboard"
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
   Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
   Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
   Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Serial Mouse"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option      "Protocol" "Microsoft"
   Option      "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
   Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
   Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
   Option       "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option      "Protocol" "auto"
Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
   Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
   Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
   Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
   Option       "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "USB Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
   Option      "SendCoreEvents"   "true"
        Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
        Option          "Buttons"               "5"
EndSection

# Auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "Monitor0"
   Option   "DPMS"   "true"
   VendorName   "CPQ"
   ModelName   "CPQ1350"
        Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
   Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
   Option "NoLogo" "1"
   Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
   Option "TVOverScan" "0.8"
   HorizSync 30 - 50 # DDC-probed
   VertRefresh 60 # DDC-probed
   # 800x600, 85.0Hz; hfreq=53.67, vfreq=85.06
   ModeLine "800x600"    56.25  800  832  896 1048  600  601  604  631 +hsync +vsync
   # 800x600, 75.0Hz; hfreq=46.88, vfreq=75.00
   ModeLine "800x600"    49.50  800  816  896 1056  600  601  604  625 +hsync +vsync
   # 800x600, 72.0Hz; hfreq=48.08, vfreq=72.19
   ModeLine "800x600"    50.00  800  856  976 1040  600  637  643  666 +hsync +vsync
   # 800x600, 60.0Hz; hfreq=37.88, vfreq=60.32
   ModeLine "800x600"    40.00  800  840  968 1056  600  601  605  628 +hsync +vsync
   # 640x480, 85.0Hz; hfreq=43.27, vfreq=85.01
   ModeLine "640x480"    36.00  640  696  752  832  480  481  484  509 -hsync -vsync
   # 640x480, 75.0Hz; hfreq=37.50, vfreq=75.00
   ModeLine "640x480"    31.50  640  656  720  840  480  481  484  500 -hsync -vsync
   # 640x480, 60.0Hz; hfreq=31.47, vfreq=59.94
   ModeLine "640x480"    25.17  640  648  744  784  480  482  484  509 -hsync -vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
   ### Available Driver options are:-
# sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
Option "sw_cursor"
        #Option     "hw_cursor"
        #Option     "NoAccel"
        #Option     "ShowCache"
        #Option     "ShadowFB"
        #Option     "UseFBDev"
        #Option     "Rotate"
   Identifier  "Card0"
# The following line is auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
   Driver      "trident"
   VendorName  "All"
   BoardName   "All"
#   BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Option "sw_cursor"
        Identifier "JatonPCI"
        Driver "nvidia"
   VendorName  "All"
   BoardName "All"
EndSection


   

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "Screen0"
   Device     "JatonPCI"
   Monitor    "Monitor0"
   DefaultColorDepth 16
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth     16
      #Modes "640x480"
      Modes "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

#Section "DRI"
#   Mode 0666
#EndSection
Author:  cesman [ Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:20 pm ]
Post subject: 
The problem maybe with X-Windows, I've seen it mentioned on the forum a few times, but have no idea what it is... KnoppMyth uses the X Window System. :) Why do you have two "Driver" directives in your XF86Config-4? I'd comment the one with trident.
Author:  tjc [ Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:01 pm ]
Post subject: 
Search the forum or the wiki and you should find the fix for the GLX problem.

Clues:
    - use the terms "nvidia" and "GLX"
    - look for a post by me
    - don't forget to select the radio button for "require all terms"
    - read the whole thread, there's an ugly hack and a corrected fix that lets you use GLX.

Your X server is not coming up because of this problem. After you fix it, you can try again and move on to more interesting problems. ;-)
Author:  father_of_miles [ Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:17 pm ]
Post subject: 
tjc wrote:
Your X server is not coming up because of this problem. After you fix it, you can try again and move on to more interesting problems. ;-)


Thanks mucho (and sorry I didn't catch that one in the archives). I relinked the nvidia library and the frontend came up. Beautiful. I am guessing that the more interesting problem you are referring to is that CTL-ALT-F1 'ing to the console gives me garbage on the screen. Is this the int10 issue referred to in the NVidia README file? If you have any further insight into how to fix it I won't stop you from letting me know 8)

Unless I can peep out how to fix the console issue, I may just run an xterm without a window manager on :1 or something. Anyway, I can live with the "imperfections" for now; I can always ssh in if I need to. Thanks again.
Author:  tjc [ Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:36 pm ]
Post subject: 
Actually I didn't have a specific "interesting" problem in mind just the almost inevitable "next thing" that needs to be fixed. ;-)
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