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Hi all,

New to the forum and to XBMC, and already hooked as the rest of you

Have som issues though;

I have a Dell Precision M6400 Covet, one difference though between mine and the one in the attached URL, mine have a NVIDIA QUADRO FX2700M 512MB instead of a Quadro FX 3700M.
I'm running latest XBMC Live (10.1)from a USB stick.
All works fine except getting the video and audio out to my flatscreen through the DisplayPort/HDMI.
I'm guessing and hoping it's all a matter of missing drivers.

I've searched everywhere for a solution but can't find any.

Any suggestions are appreciated!

Thank you in advance!

EDIT #1: The Video/Audio works over the DisplayPort (DP) / HDMI cable when in Windows 7. So nothing wrong with the connector or the cable.

EDIT #2: It doesn't seem to be a problem for this guy running a second monitor through the DisplayPort using Nvidia configuration tool; http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9...stcount=23
Am I able to do that on XBMC Live? Why I'm asking instead of trying it out is due to my lack of linux knowledge :/

I just got it confirmed from this guy that he got it working - either by settings in XBMC or through drivers, the later sounds more to be the solution.
He couldn't however remember exactly how he did as he ended up not using the system as it got overheated, and hence not able to look up the solution anymore.

Anyway, I now have more hope, I just need someone to help me with this :confused2: someone who actually knows Ubuntu.

Appreciate any help!

Sorry to bump the thread, but I still haven't found a solution to my problem :/

Last shot now, any soul out there who is kind enough to help me install latest Nvidia drivers on my XBMC Live?

hate to spoil it but I have posted in last 3 weeks posts on how to do what you ask,

At risks of turning into a PARROT this time only. Next time do a bit of searching instead of just posting yet another topic about same old stuff.

1) you need to be running your xbmc and access it via putty or other SSH terminal.

then

2)And you should install latest 275.19 drivers nvidia settings (same Version) and Newest vdpau (needed for Hw accelerated decoding)

cheers

Well, I've done a lot of searching and followed a lot of guides during the past three weeks but none of the solutions has worked for me.
I have however not tried your method yet, so I'll give it a try and get back

Thanks!

X3lectric Wrote:2)

Code:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config -y
sudo add-apt-repository [b]ppa:team-iquik/nvidia-vpau
apt-get update[/b]
[b]sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings libvdpau1 libvdpau-dev[/b]

So, this is what I receive when trying to update (through ssh):

try

sudo apt-get update

and repeat.

Nevemind... I also found you card in the 275 series drivers...

Sorry for the error.

@ jawilljr

thats the drivers version Im offering for upgrade (via non maual install which is considerably better, then when virre done that, well move on to see if that fixes both his issues...

X3lectric Wrote:@ jawilljr

thats the drivers version Im offering for upgrade (via non maual install which is considerably better, then when virre done that, well move on to see if that fixes both his issues...

All updated now, but still no video over DisplayPort/HDMI.

I guess now we have to find a way to switch between the internal monitor and the external screen? In windows this is done by hitting FN+F8.

check this out http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=506251&postcount=1

and post your original xorg.conf on pastebin and back it up before making any changes.

but if you mean change from terminal into xbmc its done via Ctrl+Alt+F7

X3lectric Wrote:check this out http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=506251&postcount=1

and post your original xorg.conf on pastebin and back it up before making any changes.

but if you mean change from terminal into xbmc its done via Ctrl+Alt+F7

No, I meant getting the video out to my TV-screen through the DisplayPort, switching between the internal monitor and my TV, that's the main issue.

And I'm not really sure what to check out in your linked thread. I'm not getting any picture at all.

EDIT: Actually, I wouldn't even need the ability to switch between the screens, for me it's more than enough to only get the video out to the TV. When I want to use the computer for other tasks I'll just unplugg the USB and boot from the internal HDD.

thats exactly the problem Linux X server what xbmclive uses to display to a device requires it to be configured to that device.

see each monitor/TV requires its own xorg.conf you cant have one for all just like that. (you can but its more complicated.)

if its expecting one device and finds another it wont work, this is why I said look at that post. I guess I should have explained that before.

Before the drivers may have not supported your card now they do, now all is left is xorg.conf.

X3lectric Wrote:thats exactly the problem Linux X server what xbmclive uses to display to a device requires it to be configured to that device.

see each monitor/TV requires its own xorg.conf you cant have one for all just like that. (you can but its more complicated.)

if its expecting one device and finds another it wont work, this is why I said look at that post. I guess I should have explained that before.

Before the drivers may have not supported your card now they do, now all is left is xorg.conf.

Something like this?

http://pastebin.com/SHaY7M4k

something like that hers mine but I used the script on signature to identify the screen/device

hers my xorg.conf

In this case the device is Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-0"

sometimes its DFP-1 or another similar....