[mythtvnz] GT520 and HDMI

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From: mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz
[mailto:mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of Nick Rout
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 6:52 PM
To: MythTV in NZ
Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] GT520 and HDMI

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Criggie <criggie at criggie.org.nz> wrote:
> Worik Stanton wrote, On 09/21/2011 04:16 PM:
>> On 21/09/11 16:08, Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote:
>>> So your TV is HDMI in,
>>> restart X  (or the machine ) without the VGA port plugged in at all 
>>> as a first start. and/or try different HDMI ports on the TV.
>> I should have been clearer.  I did a reboot with VGA unplugged and 
>> HDMI cable plugged.
>> When I did it with both, removing (unplugging) the HDMI cable gave me 
>> VGA output without a reboot.

Hi, 

Might be easier to enable both displays at the same time vga (CRT) & HDMI
(DFP). 
I've got mine configured for 2 resolutions  but defaults to the 1920x1080.
Here's my xorg.conf, this is on a GT220 suspect it will be the same for the
520.

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
   Option  "OffTime" "4"
   Option  "SuspendTime" "3"
   Option  "StandbyTime" "2"
   Option  "BlankTime" "1"
EndSection

Section "Files"
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 "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "DFP-1"
    VendorName     "Samsung"
    ModelName      "Samsung"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 92.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 160.0
    Option         "DPMS"
    Option         "UseEdidDpi"  "FALSE"
    Option         "DPI"  "70 x 70"

# For 1920x1080 at 100dpi  (16:9)
#    DisplaySize  487 274

EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "CRT-1"
    VendorName     "ASUS"
    ModelName      "ASUS ML239"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 92.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 160.0
    Option         "DPMS"
    Option         "UseEdidDpi"  "FALSE"
    Option         "DPI"  "70 x 70"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Option         "CustomEDID"    "DFP-1:/etc/X11/Samsung_edid.bin"
    Option         "CustomEDID"    "CRT-1:/etc/X11/ASUS_ml239_edid.bin"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GT 220"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "DFP-1,CRT-1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "1"
    Option         "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = Scaled"
    Option         "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-1, CRT-1"
    Option         "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-1, CRT-1"
    Option         "ModeValidation" "NoVirtualSizeCheck"
    Option          "NoTwinViewXineramaInfo" "1" 
#    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-1, CRT-1"
    Option         "metamodes"
"CRT-1:1920x1080_60 at 1920x1080+0+0,DFP-1:1920x1080_60 at 1920x1080+0+0;
CRT-1:800x600_60 at 800x600+0+0,DFP-1:800x600_60 at 800x600+0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1920x1080, 800x600"
    EndSubSection
EndSection



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