On 1/27/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gary M</b> <<a href="mailto:garymcm@gmail.com">garymcm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 1/26/07, Steve Hodge <<a href="mailto:stevehodge@gmail.com">stevehodge@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> On 1/27/07, Gary M <<a href="mailto:garymcm@gmail.com">garymcm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> The fact that the dongle works but not the cable doesn't prove that the
<br>> cable doesn't carry analog - it could be that the TV only accepts digital<br>> signals via DVI (this is common).<br>> Steve<br><br>The TV definitely only has DVI-D. It was the card that had the<br>question mark. The DVI out of the card I am pretty sure is DVI-A only.
<br></blockquote></div><br>I doubt it would be intended to be DVI-A only, though it may be faulty. For one thing there's a DVI implementation built into the GPU, so there is nothing to gain by doing DVI-A only. For another, DVI-A is basically useless - there a few monitors/TVs that take it as an input.
<br>Generally if you want analog you use VGA.<br><br>Anyway, I decided to double check that the FX5200 in my Myth box works ok with DVI (I usually use VGA). It does, but only if I have the "TwinView" option set to "true" in the Device section of my
xorg.conf file (there are other TwinView related options you might need - look at the nvidia driver readme). If you've got TwinView set correctly then perhaps the card is faulty. The FX5200s I use (and I've had three of them) are pretty much always the cheapest I can find, no-name brands. I'd be stunned if they output DVI-D but your one doesn't.
<br><br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br><br>