[mythtv-users] XBox frontend video doesn't fill screen

anders smith 4nders at gmail.com
Thu Dec 2 06:50:47 UTC 2004


what xbox version do you have?
I have the same problem with one of my xboxes and have been trying to
get the image to fill the screen and was wondering if you would mind
posting the kernel args etc?
thanks
anders



On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:10:44 -0500, Jonathan Oexner
<jonathan.oexner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, I ended up modifying the kernel args, modifying and
> recompiling the focus utility and uncommenting it from .xinitrc, but
> it fixed the problem in the end.
> Thanks again for the lead.  The people on Xbox-Linux aren't too
> helpful sometimes.
> -Jon
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:00:34 -0500, Fred Squires <fsquires at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 11:39:34 -0500, Jonathan Oexner
> >
> >
> > <jonathan.oexner at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks, good suggestion.  It moved the UI around on the screen, but
> > > when I move it up into the blank area, the top of the UI gets chopped
> > > off instead of filling the blank part.  I think it was a known issue
> > > with the Focus-chip-based XBoxes (1.4/1.5), but I there was some work
> > > going on with it, and I was wondering if anyone had heard anything on
> > > it.
> > > -Jon
> > >
> > > On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 12:45:56 -0500, David Levine
> > >
> > >
> > > <curiouskangaroo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:59:01 -0500, Jonathan Oexner
> > > > <jonathan.oexner at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I'm using MythTV-XBox 0.4.4 (based on Xebian 1.0.3, I think) for a
> > > > > frontend, and it all works fine and dandy except that the video output
> > > > > leaves a thin black bar at the top of the screen.  Has anyone run into
> > > > > this problem, or know if a solution exists?
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > -Jon
> > > >
> > > > In the MythTV setup/config screens, there are options to set the x/y
> > > > position and the width/height of the GUI.  Try playing around with
> > > > that, it worked for me.  Sorry, I can't remember exactly which setup
> > > > screen it is under, but it should be easy to find.
> > > >
> > > > --David
> >
> > There's a line in root's .xinitrc file that says something about
> > focus.  If you uncomment that line it should fix  your problem.
> >
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> >
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