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Epidural
February 10th, 2010, 02:49 AM
I'm a total noobie with this stuff, like to get that out right off the bat. I have an old-ish television (32" CRT, nothing special) with only component inputs. Currently, I'm using an nVidia 9800GT running 2 "Seperate X Window" displays (both LCD computer moniters). I'm trying to get my TV set up in much the same way, but would be happy with any configuration (Twin/Seperate). Whenever I go to apply the TwinView setting to the TV in nVidia's controlpanel, it tells me:

Failed to set MetaMode (1) 'TV-0: nvidia-auto-select @1024x768 +1680+0, DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select @1680x1050 +0+0' (Mode 2704x1050, id: 50) on X screen 0.
If I set it to Seperate X Screen, it logs out of Ubuntu and resumes my original settings (I have not saved to X Configuration file for either trial, simple hit apply).

The TV is plugged into composite via an adapter from S-Video to composite video. Here is my xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 1024 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"

# Removed Option "Xinerama" "0"
# Removed Option "Xinerama" "1"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

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

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer X223W"
HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer AL1511"
HorizSync 30.0 - 63.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9600 GT"
BusID "PCI:8:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9600 GT"
BusID "PCI:8:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768_75 +0+0; CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768_75 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Help would be greatly appreciated, or even a grim diagnoses: something that lets me end my struggles.