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rkshack
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:58 pm |
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It has been years since I updated the drivers on my mythbox. I have recently performed an upgrade to fix some issues. What is the best nvidia driver these days for the geforce 6200. I am planning on using my plasma at 720p or 1080i.
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slowtolearn
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:13 pm |
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The default drivers in R5F27 work fine with my 5500, 6150 (onboard) and 6200 chipsets. What problem(s) are you having?
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:32 pm |
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slowtolearn wrote: The default drivers in R5F27 work fine with my 5500, 6150 (onboard) and 6200 chipsets. What problem(s) are you having?
I get the black screen when x should come up. I thought I might have the wrong driver. Which one are you using?
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:07 pm |
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I get this on the xorg log:
PANASONIC-TV (DFP-0)'s EDID does not contain a maximum image
(WW) NVIDIA(0): size; cannot compute DPI from PANASONIC-TV (DFP-0)'s
(WW) NVIDIA(0): EDID.
(==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
I don't know if that is signficant.
Here is the monitor section of my xorg.conf
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
# Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,DFP"
VendorName "MEI"
ModelName "MEIa035"
# HorizSync 28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
HorizSync 31.5 - 37.9
VertRefresh 59.9 - 60.1 # DDC-probed
# Option "TVStandard" "HD720p"
# Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998.
# $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4 1999/11$
# ModeLine "1920x1080" 74.250 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1094 1125 int$
ModeLIne "1280x720" 74.250 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 +hsync +$
Anything other information which would be useful just let me know.
Thanks
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:28 pm |
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Here is an update
I changed my monitor section to say:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
# Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,DFP"
#added this text to try to fix something
Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
Option "DPI" "100 x 100"
#end of addition rest was there
VendorName "MEI"
ModelName "MEIa035"
# HorizSync 28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
HorizSync 31.5 - 37.9
VertRefresh 59.9 - 60.1 # DDC-probed
# Option "TVStandard" "HD720p"
# Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998.
# $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4 1999/11$
# ModeLine "1920x1080" 74.250 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1094 1125 interlace +hsync +vsync
ModeLIne "1280x720" 74.250 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync
In the log I now get
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "DPI" "100 x 100"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
**) NVIDIA(0): ConnectedMonitor string: "DFP"
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM) at PCI:3:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 262144 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.44.02.11.00
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM) at
(--) NVIDIA(0): PCI:3:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0): PANASONIC-TV (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): PANASONIC-TV (DFP-0): 155.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): PANASONIC-TV (DFP-0): Internal Single Link TMDS
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0): "1280X720"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 720
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (100, 100); computed from "DPI" X config option
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
( ***bunch of numbers***)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1280X720"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms" "true"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
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rkshack
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:20 am |
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I couldn't figure it out and gave up. I just installed a backup from before. I lost my shows but at this pont I have given up. Everything is working fine now.
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