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

[David King]

I managed to get the output back on the monitor, cloned onto the TV, but 
still only black and white on the TV.



David King wrote:
> I tried gksu nvidia-settings and set it up with the TV as a clone of the 
> monitor, logged out and then logged back in again, but now I only have 
> the display on the TV and not on the monitor, and in black and white only.
>
> David
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> piskie wrote:
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>> Usually it's in System Admin - you should be able to run it from
>> terminal - gksu nvidia-settings
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>> I did use to need to add the PAL or PAL/I option to xorg.
>>
>> Kev
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>> David King wrote:
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>>>  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
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>>>
>>> linuxman at avoura.com wrote:
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>>>> I cannot find any option for PAL or NTSC. There is also nothing listed in the xorg.conf mentioning NTSC or PAL.
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>>>> I also tried different cables, and different s-video to scart adapters.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David
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>>>>> David King wrote:
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>>>>>> Any ideas how to get the TV out image to be in colour?
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>>>>> Sounds to me like it's set to NTSC rather than PAL.  You'll need to 
>>>>> either set it to PAL or PAL/I.
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>>>>> I'm sure there should be something on the NVidia control panel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rob
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>>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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