Jesse Kershaw

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Fri 25 March 2011

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Ubuntu nvidia TV out

// under ubuntu nvidia

Enabling tv out on an nvidia graphics card by editing xorg.conf

  1. Backup xorg.conf

    sudo cp /etx/X11/xorg.conf /var/backups/xorg.conf.orig

  2. Add to Device section of xorg.conf

    Option         "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option         "TVStandard" "PAL-BG"

  3. Restart gdm

    sudo service gdm restart

Full xorg.conf ubuntu 10.10

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        DefaultDepth    24
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load    "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Default Device"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        Option          "NoLogo"        "True"
        Option          "TwinView"
        Option          "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
        Option          "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
        Option          "TVStandard" "PAL-BG"
EndSection

Source https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaTVOut

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