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+====== XServer with TV-Out ======
+The Machine has a nVidia GeForce2 Ti. The card is conncted through a SVideo <-> Scart Cable with the TV. There is no Monitor connected. On boot the card automatically switches to the TV for displaying the console output.
+===== X-Setup =====
+We're running Xorg from the current Debian Testing distribution with nVidia's lates propritary driver. For the GeForce2 it the "Legacy Driver" 7184.
+  # wget http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7184/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7184-pkg1.run
+  # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7184-pkg1.run
+Put the nvidia module into ''/etc/modules'' then modify the xorg config.
+The important parts of ''/etc/X11/xorg.conf'' look like the following.
+<file>
+Section "Device"
+        Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
+        Driver          "nvidia"
+        Option          "NoLogo"                "true"
+        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
+EndSection
+Section "Monitor"
+        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
+        HorizSync       30.0 - 80.0
+        VertRefresh     50.0 - 75.0
+EndSection
+Section "Screen"
+        Identifier      "Default Screen"
+        Device          "Generic Video Card"
+        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
+        DefaultDepth    24
+        SubSection "Display"
+                Depth           8
+                Modes           "800x600" "640x480"
+        EndSubSection
+        SubSection "Display"
+                Depth           16
+                Modes           "800x600" "640x480"
+        EndSubSection
+        SubSection "Display"
+                Depth           24
+                Modes           "800x600" "640x480"
+        EndSubSection
+EndSection
+</file>
+===== Forcing TV-Out =====
+Unfortunately the TV screen stays black after starting the X-Server for a unknown reason. The trick is to reenable the TV-Output using the [[man>nvtv]] tool:
+  # apt-get install nvtv
+Then use the following command to enable the TV output:
+  #> /usr/bin/nvtv -t -r 800,600 -s Small
+===== Automating everything =====
+I'm using mythtv as frontend and want to have it start autmatically after booting the server.
+For automatic X starting and login just install [[man>gdm]] give the default user in the "Security" tab of the configuration screen. Or when this doesn't work for you (it didn't for me) put the following in your ''/etc/gdm/gdm.conf'':
+<file>
+[daemon]
+AutomaticLoginEnable=true
+AutomaticLogin=mythtv
+</file>
+Where ''mythtv'' is the user to automatically login.
+All automatic startup stuff will go into this users's ''~/.xsession''
+<file>
+/usr/bin/nvtv -t -r 800,600 -s Small
+mythfrontend
+</file>