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# Hardware/Nvidia

Download the latest nvidia driver from http://www.nvidia.com make sure your system doesn't have X running and execute the installer. The installer will ask you some simple questions and then install the driver, if this installation fails then the nvidia linux forums normally have a solution to the problem. http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14

Edit your /etc/X11/( XF86Config | xorg.conf ) and in the Device section set the following;

    Section "Device"
            Identifier  "Videocard0"
            Driver      "nvidia"
            VendorName  "nVidia"
            Option      "TVStandard" "PAL-I"
            Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
            Option      "NoLogo" "True"
            Option      "RenderAccel" "True"
            BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200"
    EndSection

That should now start in TV-Out mode aslong as your resolution is set to 800x600 (or other TV Out capable display modes??)

Also for Side Band Addressing and Fast Writes add the following to your /etc/( modules.conf | modprobe.conf )

    options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1

Lifted from the nVidia linux readme...

The "TVStandard" option should be added to your screen section; valid values are:

    "PAL-B"  : used in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Guinea,
               Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, The
               Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain,
               Sweden, and Switzerland
    "PAL-D"  : used in China and North Korea
    "PAL-G"  : used in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Malaysia,
               The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
               and Switzerland
    "PAL-H"  : used in Belgium
    "PAL-I"  : used in Hong Kong and The United Kingdom
    "PAL-K1" : used in Guinea
    "PAL-M"  : used in Brazil
    "PAL-N"  : used in France, Paraguay, and Uruguay
    "PAL-NC" : used in Argentina
    "NTSC-J" : used in Japan
    "NTSC-M" : used in Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador,
               Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, South
               Korea, Taiwan, United States of America, and Venezuela

last edited 2004-12-14 17:21:51 by Dischi
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