Does this clone the output, or will I have a different display on each. Ideally, I'd like iplayer running on the TV and carry on working on the other display, Jim
Anthony Messina wrote:
On Saturday 16 May 2009 09:41:04 am James Allsopp wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to get the TV out from my GeForce FX5200 to work. I'd ideally like it to be on at the same time as my flat screen and with my desktop extended onto it. I've been searching around for some information, but most of it seems quite out of date. I've got the proprietary Nvidia drivers installed at the moment.
I've checked all this and got working under Windows, just need it to work in Linux.
Does anyone have any advice on how to achieve this, Much appreciated, James Allsopp
I use the TV out to drive a component projector (with the dongle) for my MythTV setup. For me, I either want the projector on (and the DFP off), or vice versa so I use XRandR to switch between them. If you want both of them on at the same time, replace the NULL values in the metamodes option with the appropriate values.
/etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "TwinView Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 EndSection
Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia" ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" EndSection
Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" Option "NoLogo" "TRUE" Option "UseEvents" "TRUE" Option "TwinView" "TRUE" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP, TV" Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-0, TV-0" Option "TVStandard" "HD1080i" # Start with the DPF at 1920x1080 with the TV off (nVidia XRandR "fake rate 50") # Allow switch to the TV at 1920x1080 with the DFP off (nVidia XRandR "fake rate 51") Option "MetaModes" "DFP-0: 1920x1080, TV-0: NULL; DFP-0:NULL, TV-0: 1920x1080" EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection
Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" EndSection