HOWTO: NVIDIA TV-OUT for Newbies

**Vlatko** · August 11th, 2006

i don't know if this helps but i can see the nVidia logo perfectly fine, then when the log on screen comes the tv goes grey.

**naszi** · August 13th, 2006

Hi,

so after a couple of days i got my nvidia-card running on my toshiba notebook. Unfortunately tv-out is still not operating, i hope somebody can help me with that. After boot and loging in i have only black screen on the tv. Here is my xorg.conf:

**christooss** · August 19th, 2006

Hello

Its working. Thanks for the howto. But..

Its not working perfectly. I have a little problem There is a two cm(one inch) black area around picture. How could I fix that?

**christooss** · August 19th, 2006

Vlatko try this.

Set auto login. and than remove monitor cable and boot with TV only. It fixed my setting.

And did you try seting a tv to different input?

**ManfredU** · August 21st, 2006

I just discovered that I need to use Option "UseDisplayDevice" "TV" instead of Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV" to select TV-0 instead of CRT-1. It looks like the newer drivers ignore the ConnectedMonitor option and use UseDisplayDevice instead.

**BitTorrentBuddha** · August 21st, 2006

Is there a way to make it an exact clone of what I see on the monitor?

**Vlatko** · August 22nd, 2006

Originally Posted by christooss

Vlatko try this.

Set auto login. and than remove monitor cable and boot with TV only. It fixed my setting.

And did you try seting a tv to different input?

thnx for the tip. well i tried what you said and ubuntu booted and i had tv out, only it was black and white. i also have that same 2cm black bar on the right side of the screen.

anyway tv out works but if i boot with both monitor and tv, the tv doesn't work anymore. this is really frustrating.

Originally Posted by christooss

And did you try seting a tv to different input?

not sure what you mean with this?

**mrashley** · August 24th, 2006

First off, I want to say thank you to tseliot for doing this particular HOWTO. It's kind of you to put in your time like this.

Now for anyone still watching this thread, I'm having trouble with my FX5200.

This is my Xorg.conf

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Mon May 15 13:23:42 PDT 2006

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Simple Layout"
    Screen         "Screen[0]"
    Screen         "Screen[1]" RightOf "Screen[0]"
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse" "CoreKeyboard"
#    InputDevice    "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
#    InputDevice    "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
#    InputDevice    "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "Files"

        # path to defoma fonts
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "bitmap"
    Load           "ddc"
#       Load    "dri"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "int10"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "vbe"
#       Load    "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Configured Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "CorePointer"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
    Identifier     "stylus"
    Driver         "wacom"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
    Option         "Type" "stylus"
    Option         "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
    Identifier     "eraser"
    Driver         "wacom"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
    Option         "Type" "eraser"
    Option         "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
    Identifier     "cursor"
    Driver         "wacom"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
    Option         "Type" "cursor"
    Option         "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor[0]"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 75.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 172.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor[1]" #TV
    HorizSync 30-50
    VertRefresh 60
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device[0]"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    screen 0
#       Option  "TVStandard"    "PAL" #(or PAL, NTSC-J, etc.)
#       Option  "TVOutFormat"   "SVIDEO"
#       Option  "TVOverScan"    "0.5"
#       Option  "RenderAccel"   "1"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        Identifier      "Device[1]"
        Screen 1
        Option          "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO" #or SVIDEO etc
        Option          "TVStandard" "NTSC-M" #or NTSC etc
        Option          "ConnectedMonitor" "Monitor[1]"
#       BusID           "PCI:1:0:0" #adjust using 'lspci' or cat /proc/pci
EndSection

Section "Screen"

#       SubSection "Display"
#               Depth           16
#               Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#       EndSubSection
    Identifier     "Screen[0]"
    Device         "Device[0]"
    Monitor        "Monitor[0]"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Device "Device[1]"
        Identifier "Screen[1]"
        Monitor "Monitor[1]"
        DefaultDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
               Depth 24
               Modes "1024x768_60"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

The last 100 lines of my Xorg.0.log file.

Code:

        [2] -1  0       0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
        [3] -1  0       0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
        [4] -1  0       0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
        [5] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
        [6] -1  0       0xdd000000 - 0xdd000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [7] -1  0       0xdd800000 - 0xdd87ffff (0x80000) MX[B]
        [8] -1  0       0xde000000 - 0xde0003ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [9] -1  0       0xde800000 - 0xde800fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [10] -1 0       0xdf000000 - 0xdf000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [11] -1 0       0xf8000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
        [12] -1 0       0xdffe0000 - 0xdfffffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
        [13] -1 0       0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
        [14] -1 0       0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [15] -1 0       0xf0000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
        [16] -1 0       0xf4000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
        [17] 0  0       0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
        [18] 0  0       0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
        [19] 0  0       0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
        [20] -1 0       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
        [21] -1 0       0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [22] -1 0       0x0000b800 - 0x0000b80f (0x10) IX[B]
        [23] -1 0       0x0000e000 - 0x0000e07f (0x80) IX[B]
        [24] -1 0       0x0000e100 - 0x0000e1ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [25] -1 0       0x0000d800 - 0x0000d807 (0x8) IX[B]
        [26] -1 0       0x00005100 - 0x0000511f (0x20) IX[B]
        [27] -1 0       0x00005500 - 0x0000550f (0x10) IX[B]
        [28] -1 0       0x00005000 - 0x0000500f (0x10) IX[B]
        [29] 0  0       0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
        [30] 0  0       0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"
(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"
(**) 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 XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Core Pointer
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Core Keyboard
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbModel: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Generic Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled
(WW) Generic Keyboard: does not have core pointer capabilities
(**) Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
(**) Configured Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ExplorerPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer" "False"
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard" "False"
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
(**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 9
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Event Handler" (type: Other)
(WW) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap

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

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x86) [0x80b4ab6]
1: [0xffffe420]
2: /usr/bin/X(CreateConnectionBlock+0x4a) [0x806d7d2]
3: /usr/bin/X(main+0x5cf) [0x806e22b]
4: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xd2) [0xb7d0aea2]
5: /usr/bin/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x85) [0x806d641]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

When I

Code:

start -- -verbose 5 -logverbose 5

My TV flickers. My monitor briefly shows a themeless X windows backdrop complete with "X" mouse cursor.

My TV is left with half a screen of what looks like grey wool stitching.

Any ideas? Anyone? Please?

**christooss** · August 25th, 2006

Why do you have so much commented options?

# Load "v4l" and others use my xorg.conf

Code:

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
	# path to defoma fonts
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"si"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ExplorerPS/2"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier "Monitor[0]" #CRT
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync 31.5-80 
        	VertRefresh 56.3-75 
EndSection

 Section "Monitor" 
    Identifier "Monitor[1]" #TV 
    HorizSync 30-50
    VertRefresh 60 
 EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Device[0]"
	Driver		"nvidia"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
	screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device" 
   	Driver          "nvidia" 
   	Identifier      "Device[1]" 
   	Screen 1 
   	Option          "TVOutFormat" "Composite"
   	Option          "TVStandard" "PAL-G"
   	Option          "ConnectedMonitor" "Monitor[1]" 
   	BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier  "Screen[0]" 
   	Device      "Device[0]" 
   	Monitor     "Monitor[0]"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen" 
   	Device "Device[1]" 
   	Identifier "Screen[1]" 
   	Monitor "Monitor[1]" 
   	DefaultDepth 24 
       	SubSection "Display" 
               Depth 24 
               Modes "1024x768_60" 
       	EndSubSection    
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout" 
   	Identifier  "Simple Layout" 
       	Screen 0 "Screen[0]" 
       	Screen 1 "Screen[1]" RightOf "Screen[0]" 
   	InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer" 
   	InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard" 
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

**yakyu** · August 26th, 2006

hi all,

finally got the setup to work the way i wanted!!! i.e. dual monitor spanning from left (monitor) to right (tv) so that i can play some tv program on the right for my wife and still work on the left.

here's the xorg.conf for your interest:

note: i had to manual install 1.0-8774. the one came with ubuntu won't work.

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Tue Aug  1 21:11:12 PDT 2006

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen      0  "Screen[0]" 0 0
    Screen      1  "Screen[1]" RightOf "Screen[0]"
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"

#	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	# path to defoma fonts
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "i2c"
    Load           "bitmap"
    Load           "ddc"
#	Load	"dri"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "int10"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Configured Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "CorePointer"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor[0]"
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor[1]"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 50.0
    VertRefresh     60.0 - 60.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device[0]"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device[1]"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen[0]"
    Device         "Device[0]"
    Monitor        "Monitor[0]"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "RenderAccel" "true"
#    Option         "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT"
    Option         "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       1
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       4
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen[1]"
    Device         "Device[1]"
    Monitor        "Monitor[1]"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
    Option         "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
#    Option         "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
    Option         "UseDisplayDevice" "TV"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

enjoy!

al

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