[mythtv-users] black border issue Knoppmyth and EPIA (HushPC)-can't get rid of it...

Paul Fielding paul at fielding.ca
Sat Jun 4 17:58:13 UTC 2005


Not being much of a coder, I don't really know how to read the source code. 
I found what I think is a copy of the file at:

http://cvs.freedesktop.org/xorg/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/via/via_vt162x.h?rev=1.1&view=markup

Anyone able to tell me what I'm looking for?

regards,

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Carland" <mcarland at bitsgonewild.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] black border issue Knoppmyth and EPIA 
(HushPC)-can't get rid of it...


>
> On Jun 4, 2005, at 12:15 PM, Paul Fielding wrote:
>
>> Yup, I tried adding a DisplaySize line (there wasn't one in my
>> XF86Config-4 file previously), as per:
>>
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/51710#51710
>>
>> All that happened was that the Fonts on the screen became much much
>> larger. Border didn't change....
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hannan" <jhannan at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 9:46 AM
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] black border issue Knoppmyth and EPIA
>> (HushPC) -can't get rid of it...
>>
>>
>>> have you tried changing your DisplaySize parameter under the Monitor
>>> section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf? (on FC).
>>>
>>> fine tuning this paramater and working with the nvidia overscan
>>> setting fixed similar problem for me.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> On 6/4/05, Paul Fielding <paul at fielding.ca> wrote:
>>>> Ok, Next problem.
>>>>
>>>> Now that I've got the TV out working on my HushPC, things look great.
>>>> Except that that TV output is framed with a black border.   No
>>>> Overscan, GUi
>>>> adjustments, or other settings I've messed with have fixed it.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone got any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>
>
> You say this is an EPIA, are you using the Unichrome driver?
>
> If so, only the modelines built into the driver will work, and you must
> match those names.
>
> It sounds like you are not using a modeline that has overscan. The
> driver should have a mode "720x480" with no overscan, which is what it
> sounds like you are using, and "720x480Over" that has "normal"
> overscan. If you are using a newer version of the driver, it will also
> have "720x480Noscale", which I use, that has only a little overscan,
> and turns the scaler off. There are also "640x480" and "640x480Over"
>
> If you have the Unichrome source, the list of mode names are in
> via_vt162x.h.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> -Michael
>
>


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