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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>