[mythtv-users] Can't get PAL modelines to work in X

Christian Hack christianh at edmi.com.au
Mon Dec 27 12:17:39 UTC 2004



> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Phill Edwards
> Sent: Monday, 27 December 2004 4:38 PM
> To: MythTV Users List
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Can't get PAL modelines to work in X
> 
> 
> I googled around and found some X modelines for use with PAL TVs. All
> of the ones I found were the same so I figured it would work on any
> TV. However, they're getting rejected by X - the following lines
> appear in Xorg.0.log:
> 
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "640x480PAL" (vrefresh out of range)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "720x576PAL" (vrefresh out of range)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "800x600PAL" (vrefresh out of range)
> 
> Extracts from my xorg.conf look like this:
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Philips"
>         ModelName    "80cm TV"
>         HorizSync    30.0 - 50.0
>         VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0

Like the errors say, your vertical refresh is out of range. You are
specifying 50Hz modes but also that your "Monitor" (i.e. TV) is only capable
of 60Hz. Try changing the VertRefresh line to VertRefresh  50.0 - 60.0
instead



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