I was just helping my father-in-law-to-be to install MythTV on his old computer to run through his TV. It took quite a while to get the computer (with an AGP MX440) to get running under ubuntu through the TV, but we did it in the end. Read on for details.

Here is the XOrg config file:

Section “Files”\ FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc”\ FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic”\ FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled”\ FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled”\ FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1”\ FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi”\ FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi”\ # path to defoma fonts\ FontPath “/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType”\ EndSection\ \ Section “Module”\ Load “bitmap”\ Load “ddc”\ Load “dri”\ Load “extmod”\ Load “freetype”\ Load “glx”\ Load “int10”\ Load “vbe”\ EndSection\ \ Section “InputDevice”\ Identifier “Generic Keyboard”\ Driver “kbd”\ Option “CoreKeyboard”\ Option “XkbRules” “xorg”\ Option “XkbModel” “pc105”\ Option “XkbLayout” “uk”\ EndSection\ \ Section “InputDevice”\ Identifier “Configured Mouse”\ Driver “mouse”\ Option “CorePointer”\ Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”\ Option “Protocol” “ImPS/2”\ Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”\ EndSection\ \ Section “InputDevice”\ Driver “wacom”\ Identifier “stylus”\ Option “Device” “/dev/input/wacom”\ Option “Type” “stylus”\ Option “ForceDevice” “ISDV4” # Tablet PC ONLY\ EndSection\ \ Section “InputDevice”\ Driver “wacom”\ Identifier “eraser”\ Option “Device” “/dev/input/wacom”\ Option “Type” “eraser”\ Option “ForceDevice” “ISDV4” # Tablet PC ONLY\ EndSection\ \ Section “InputDevice”\ Driver “wacom”\ Identifier “cursor”\ Option “Device” “/dev/input/wacom”\ Option “Type” “cursor”\ Option “ForceDevice” “ISDV4” # Tablet PC ONLY\ EndSection\ \ Section “Device”\ Identifier “MX440”\ Driver “nvidia”\ BusID “PCI:1:0:0”\ Option “UseFBDev” “true”\ Option “TwinView” “True”\ Option “TwinViewOrientation” “Clone”\ Option “ConnectedMonitor” “CRT,TV”\ Option “SecondMonitorHorizSync” “30-50”\ Option “SecondMonitorVertRefresh” “60”\ #Option “MetaModes” “1280x1024, 640x480; 1024x768, 640x480; 800x600, 640x480; 640x480, 640x480;”\ Option “MetaModes” “800x600,800x600;”\ Option “TVStandard” “PAL-I”\ Option “Xinerama” “0”\ # Option “UseInt10Module” “true”\ \ EndSection\ \ Section “Monitor”\ Identifier “Generic Monitor”\ Option “DPMS”\ HorizSync 28-38\ VertRefresh 43-72\ EndSection\ \ Section “Screen”\ Identifier “Default Screen”\ Device “MX440”\ Monitor “Generic Monitor”\ DefaultDepth 24\ SubSection “Display”\ Depth 1\ Modes “800x600” “640x480”\ EndSubSection\ SubSection “Display”\ Depth 4\ Modes “800x600” “640x480”\ EndSubSection\ SubSection “Display”\ Depth 8\ Modes “800x600” “640x480”\ EndSubSection\ SubSection “Display”\ Depth 15\ Modes “800x600” “640x480”\ EndSubSection\ SubSection “Display”\ Depth 16\ Modes “800x600” “640x480”\ EndSubSection\ SubSection “Display”\ Depth 24\ Modes “800x600” “640x480”\ EndSubSection\ EndSection\ \ Section “ServerLayout”\ Identifier “Default Layout”\ Screen “Default Screen”\ InputDevice “Generic Keyboard”\ InputDevice “Configured Mouse”\ InputDevice “stylus” “SendCoreEvents”\ InputDevice “cursor” “SendCoreEvents”\ InputDevice “eraser” “SendCoreEvents”\ EndSection\ \ Section “DRI”\ Mode 0666\ EndSection

Not quite sure why but I had to disable the int10 thing. Ubuntu seems to have a bug that won’t let it load. Also, I could not get it running on monitor and tv at same time, but it was only the TV we wanted anyway, so shrugs meh.\ \ Currently we are installing MythTV, wish us luck! I’m not even sure if the freeview (DVB-T in the UK) card I gave him works…

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