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Download the latest nvidia driver from [WWW] http://www.nvidia.com make sure your system doesn't have X running and execute the installer. The installer will ask you some simple questions and then install the driver, if this installation fails then the nvidia linux forums normally have a solution to the problem. [WWW] http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14

Edit your /etc/X11/( XF86Config | xorg.conf ) and in the Device section set the following;

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        VendorName  "nVidia"
        Option      "TVStandard" "PAL-I"
        Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
        Option      "NoLogo" "True"
        Option      "RenderAccel" "True"
        BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200"
EndSection

That should now start in TV-Out mode aslong as your resolution is set to 800x600 (or other TV Out capable display modes??)

Also for Side Band Addressing and Fast Writes add the following to your /etc/( modules.conf | modprobe.conf )

options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1

Lifted from the nVidia linux readme...

The "TVStandard" option should be added to your screen section; valid values are:

"PAL-B"  : used in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Guinea,
           Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, The
           Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain,
           Sweden, and Switzerland
"PAL-D"  : used in China and North Korea
"PAL-G"  : used in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Malaysia,
           The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
           and Switzerland
"PAL-H"  : used in Belgium
"PAL-I"  : used in Hong Kong and The United Kingdom
"PAL-K1" : used in Guinea
"PAL-M"  : used in Brazil
"PAL-N"  : used in France, Paraguay, and Uruguay
"PAL-NC" : used in Argentina
"NTSC-J" : used in Japan
"NTSC-M" : used in Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador,
           Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, South
           Korea, Taiwan, United States of America, and Venezuela

last edited 2004-12-14 17:21:51 by Dischi
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