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

[David King]

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


piskie wrote:
> 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
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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.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure there should be something on the NVidia control panel.
>>>>
>>>> Rob
>>>>
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