LCD + TV-out

[tazthecat]

I'm fairly new to linux, but now I have my tv-out working, I don't have to reboot to windows to watch a movie!

I'm not saying I'ts a perfect solution. But it works for me.
took me 2 hours to figure out.
My specs:
MSI NVIDIA GeForce4 ti4200 8x AGP
Samsung SyncMaster 151s(not detected, Using LCD Panel 1024x768)
D-vision tv set

First installed latest nvidia drivers.
Enabled DUAL HEAD configuration and edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Multihead layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Option "Clone" "on"
EndSection
This is from the manual
disable LOAD "dri"
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
# Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1024x768"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 40.0 - 70.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor 800x600"
HorizSync 31.5 - 35.1
VertRefresh 50.0 - 61.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
EndSection
after I added 2 options
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard Vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

Now I have 2 desktops.
Downside: I cannot drag to tv, have to select the movie on the tv screen.
Plus:Can watch 2 movies at the same time(only first has audio)
Plus:2 different screensavers/desktops

I guess it can use some finetuning. so any suggestions are welkom.

Good luck.

[cybertron]

I'm going to have to try that. It would be fun to watch movies on my 13" TV...which is 4+ inches smaller than my monitor...on second thought maybe not.:)

I have been wanting to get TV-out working on my computer just because though, and the idea of running a screensaver on my TV sounds like fun.:D