Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 00:39:06 +0100 From: Dave <xtalsinger@blueyonder.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: xfree and TV question Message-ID: <efvlku42mkugbeml7bnsaftsq4ljq6tltm@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <sd494c01.052@aus-gwia.aus.dcnhs.org> References: <sd494c01.052@aus-gwia.aus.dcnhs.org>
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On Thu, 01 Aug 2002 14:55:53 -0500, you wrote: > Apparently, it is impossible to feed the card the proper timings >for tv output using the nv driver. When the vesa driver is used and the >vga is unplugged, the video card assumes that you want to output via the >tv out connector at boot. ( yes you must reboot ) After that, the card >translates standard timings into acceptable NTSC/PAL timing for your >tv/monitor so there is no need for fancy modeline calculations. Just use >some stanard timings for the mode you are shooting for. Ah HA!!! Light at the end of the tunnel :-) I tried getting the new "official" Linux nvidia drivers to work with FreeBSD - No luck. Looked into geting it to work with an ATI Mach64/TV-Out - No luck. I even installed RH Linux 7.3 (That's what the official NVidia driver is for) - Couldn't work out why it wouldn't install properly. I'll certainly have a go with the vesa driver now. Thinking about it, it "should" work. After all, the RH Linux 7.3 install was done in graphics mode - looked like 800x600 to me Half hour later The NVidia TNT2 failed miserably with the Vesa driver :-( The Mach64 works though :-) Thanks for the pointer Dave -- Sig abducted by aliens To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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