Ubuntu 9.10 - No detect the TV

[icemans]

Hi! I use Ubuntu 9.10 after upgrade from 9.04. But my NVIDIA not detect my TV. Here i can not choose other option than "Separate X screen......":
(see atach)!
I try to uninstall NVIDIA driver and install again, but no efekt. Last i install driver 190.53 manual. Try to change my xorg.conf with other options, but without result! Now my xorg.conf is reset and loks like:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "ACI VW222"
HorizSync 31.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9500 GT"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1680x1050_60_0 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

[coopstah13]

use nvidia-settings tool to configure your TV, it is the easiest way

[icemans]

I use Nvidia-settings (sudo nvidia-settings)- see atach in the first messages!

[garthecho]

This seems to be the exact issue I've had for months now using a geforce 9500 gt.

The only fix I've found as of yet is to install a patched version of the driver 185.18.14. The forums here wont let me post a link so you'll have to google for "Patch for Nvidia 185.18.14 to build on 2.6.31 kernel"
Follow the instructions there on how to patch it and then add this to your Device section in xorg.conf...

Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"


Making sure to change TVStandard to whatever your region uses.

You can find updates on the issue by going to the NVNews forum and searching for "TV Not working with new nvidia drivers"

[icemans]

Thank you! I will try to find this patch for 185.18.14. But now i'm with NVidia drivers v.190.53 - I must install 185.18.14 before try the patch, may be ?!

[coopstah13]

most likely you will uninstall the current drivers, then download the other driver set and apply patch, then install them

[garthecho]

You'll need 185.18.14 or it wont work. Those are the newest drivers that don't have this bug.

[icemans]

coopstah13, i can't patch the NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2.run. After:

sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2.run --apply-patch nvidia-185.18.14.patch

i sее:

Couldn't locate the 'patch' utility.

[garthecho]

First, make sure that your typing the actual name of the driver that you downloaded.

The instructions to apply the patch are for a driver for a 64 bit system and the driver is also "pkg2", which your driver is most likely "pkg1".

for example: the instructions say "./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2.run"
but the driver I, and most likely you, downloaded from the nvidia site would be...

./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.18.14-pkg1.run

Also did you make sure the patch is in the same directory as the driver?

[garthecho]

And make sure that the program "patch" is installed.

sudo apt-get install patch