[ubuntu-uk] TV Out from Mythbuntu not in colour

piskie ubuntu at talktalk.net
Thu Nov 6 20:41:18 GMT 2008


Usually it's in System Admin - you should be able to run it from
terminal - gksu nvidia-settings

I did use to need to add the PAL or PAL/I option to xorg.

Kev

David King wrote:
>  From the same PC, which already had Ubuntu 7.10 installed, when I boot 
> into that old Ubuntu installation, I cannot find any option for the 
> Nvidia control panel like I can in Mythbuntu. I want to test TV out in 
> Ubuntu to find out if that will give a colour or black and white output 
> from the same graphics card. I also have a PC running Windows XP with TV 
> out on its Nvidia graphics card (which is similar to the one in the 
> Mythubuntu PC) which gives a colour output on the TV. Both PCs are 
> outputting their S-video via the same Scart switch to the same TV.
> 
> The Nvidia-glx-new driver is installed in Ubuntu, so where is the 
> control panel for Nvidia?
> 
> 
> David King
> 
> 
> linuxman at avoura.com wrote:
>> I cannot find any option for PAL or NTSC. There is also nothing listed in the xorg.conf mentioning NTSC or PAL.
>>
>> I also tried different cables, and different s-video to scart adapters.
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>   
>>> David King wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>> Any ideas how to get the TV out image to be in colour?
>>>>       
>>> Sounds to me like it's set to NTSC rather than PAL.  You'll need to 
>>> either set it to PAL or PAL/I.
>>>
>>> I'm sure there should be something on the NVidia control panel.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
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>>   
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