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seriouslycgi

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Registered: 2009-09-22

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anyone good with xorg? setting up tvout [SOLVED]

ok i feel retarded i was missing an "i" in "identifier" hahaha works now, but ill leave this incase anyone else wants to do the same thing. (remember to unplug the computer monitor or it wont work)

so im following the article linked to in the nvidia page on the arch wiki and i think i followed it to the letter,

im trying to set up a htpc with arch it works great with a 17" monitor but i cant get tv out to work.

im wondering if some kind person can have a look for me and let me know what im missing

i caved in and installed a browser so i can post here on it but there is no DE its just xorg, xbmc, and thats about it for now.

when i try to start X with a modified xorg.conf (with tv out) it spits out this:

X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.33-ARCH x86_64 
Current Operating System: Linux myhost 2.6.33-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 26 19:31:00 CEST 2010 x86_64
Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/872a48c9-eb11-4964-a34a-015357ff5614 ro
Build Date: 01 April 2010  05:28:33PM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.18.0
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat May  1 23:51:31 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Parse error on line 42 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    "Identifer" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x45cd68]
1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x59a09) [0x459a09]
2: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7fa1d828a000+0xef20) [0x7fa1d8298f20]
3: /lib/libc.so.6 (cfree+0x39) [0x7fa1d755f029]
4: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x7ca9b) [0x47ca9b]
5: /usr/bin/X (xf86freeConfig+0x66) [0x4774d6]
6: /usr/bin/X (xf86readConfigFile+0x11b) [0x47763b]
7: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x71cfb) [0x471cfb]
8: /usr/bin/X (InitOutput+0x9d8) [0x4682f8]
9: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2190f) [0x42190f]
10: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7fa1d7507b1d]
11: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x21659) [0x421659]
Segmentation fault at address (nil)

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
     at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

(WW) xf86CloseConsole: KDSETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor
(WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_GETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor

this is my xorg.conf when it shows the error:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder62)  Thu Jan 28 02:31:26 PST 2010

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier    "Card_tv"
   Driver    "nvidia"
   Option    "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE" 
   Option    "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
   Option    "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifer     "tv"
   HorizSync    30-50
   VertRefresh    60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "Device0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Modes      "nvidia-auto-select"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier     "Screen_tv"
   Device    "Card_tv"
   Monitor    "tv"
   DefaultDepth 16
   SubSection     "Display"
   Depth    16
   Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier    "tv"
   Screen    0  "Screen_tv" 0 0
   InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
   InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

which was just altered fromt the version im using now that works fine. the additions (for tv out, as per the article) have broken it.

any help, links,  suggestions are appreciated

Last edited by seriouslycgi (2010-05-01 13:10:24)