Re: kernel upgrade FIXED......
On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 03:21:40PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote:
> I have now fixed this problem.
>
> The new nvidia glx driver that goes with the 25.2 kernel actually has a 1360 x 768 module that is invoked for my TLU 03732B LCDTV....
Yay!
> The Xorg log file says that the nvidia card is using this module to drive the monitor.
>
> So I think I am now running at the full resolution of this device.
>
> Thanks
>
> Michael Fothergill
>
> P.S. I am driving the LCDTV with a vga cable.
>
> This works OK.
>
> I have however bought myself a DVI-D to HDMI cable.
>
> I tried to use this to drive the LCDTV instead of the vga cable.
>
> I connected it to the DVI output on the Nvidia card..........
>
> But the screen stayed blank.
>
> Is there a magical command I need to stick in the xorg file to tell the nvidia card to send a signal down the DVI cable????
You MUST have the DVI device connected to the card when you power the
computer on. If nothing is connected the port doesn't get enabled, and
if VGA is connected the port goes to analog VGA mode. I don't know of
a reliable way to switch afterwards.
--
Len Sorensen
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