[mythtv-users] 16:9 PAL widescreen xorg.conf on Via SP1300

Warren warren-lists at icruise.com
Tue Apr 4 19:20:53 UTC 2006


Stephen Rowles wrote:
> I've been playing with Fedora Core 5 on my new via sp1300. Which
> appears to have all the appropriate XOrg drivers built in out of the
> box! (Although I've not actually got hardware accelerated playback
> working yet... any pointers anyone?)
>
> Attached is the xorg.conf file that I use to get a full screen output
> under X in the hope that someone might find it helpful :)
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier     "single head configuration"
> 	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> 	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> 	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> # By default, a font server independent of the X server is
> # used to render fonts.
> 	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> 	Load  "dbe"
> 	Load  "extmod"
> 	Load  "fbdevhw"
> 	Load  "glx"
> 	Load  "record"
> 	Load  "freetype"
> 	Load  "type1"
> 	Load  "dri"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>
> # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
> #	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
> # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
> #	Option	"XkbDisable"
> # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
> # lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
> # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
> #	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
> # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
> #	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
> #
> # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
> # For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
> #	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
> # or:
> #	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
> #	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
> #
> # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
> # control keys, use:
> #	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
> # Or if you just want both to be control, use:
> #	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
> #
> 	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> 	Driver      "kbd"
> 	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
> 	Option	    "XkbLayout" "gb"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "Mouse0"
> 	Driver      "mouse"
> 	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> 	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> 	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> 	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>   Identifier   "MonitorTv"
>   VendorName   ""
>   ModelName    "TV-PAL"
>   HorizSync    24.0 - 80.0
>   VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
>   #Option      "nodpms"
>   #Option      "noddc"
>   # Set for 4:3 display
>   # DisplaySize 300 225
>   # Set for 16:9 display
>   DisplaySize 400 225
>   #DisplaySize 720 576
>                   
>   #Refresh Rate 60Hz
>   #ModeLine "720x480" 26.7 720 736 808 896 480 481 484 497
>   #ModeLine "720x576" 32.7 720 744 816 912 576 577 580 597
>   #ModeLine "848x480" 31.5 848 864 952 1056 480 481 484 497
>   #ModeLine "856x480" 31.7 856 872 960 1064 480 481 484 497
>   #ModeLine "1024x512" 41.3 1024 1056 1160 1296 512 513 516 531
>   #ModeLine "1280x768" 80.1 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795
>   #ModeLine "1440x1050" 126.2 1440 1536 1688 1936 1050 1051 1054 1087
>
>   #Refresh Rate 75Hz
>   # ModeLine "720x480" 34.9 720 752 824 928 480 481 484 502
>   # ModeLine "720x576" 42.6 720 760 832 944 576 577 580 602
>   # ModeLine "848x480" 41.0 848 880 968 1088 480 481 484 502
>   # ModeLine "856x480" 41.3 856 888 976 1096 480 481 484 502
>   # ModeLine "1024x512" 53.3 1024 1072 1176 1328 512 513 516 535
>   # ModeLine "1280x768" 103.0 1280 1360 1496 1712 768 769 772 802
>   # ModeLine "1440x1050" 160.0 1440 1536 1696 1952 1050 1051 1054 1096
>
>   #Refresh Rate 85Hz
>   # ModeLine "1280x768" 118.5 1280 1368 1504 1728 768 769 772 807
>   # ModeLine "1440x1050" 184.5 1440 1544 1704 1968 1050 1051 1054 1103
>   # ModeLine "848x480" 47.4 848 888 976 1104 480 481 484 505
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>   Identifier  "VideocardViaTv"
>   Driver      "via"
>   VendorName  "Via"
>   BoardName   "CN400"
>   #Option  "PciRetry" "true"
>   # VideoRam    32768
>   # Option      "ActiveDevice" "CRT,TV"
>   # Option      "UseBIOS" "true"
>     Option      "TVType" "PAL"
>     Option      "TVOutput" "S-Video"
>   # Option      "TVOutput" "Composite"
>   # Option      "TVOutput" "RGB"
>   # Option      "TVVScan" "over"
>   # Option      "TVVScan" "under"
>   # Option      "TVDotCrawl"
>   # Option      "DisableVQ" "true"
>   # Option      "NoDDCValue"
>   # Option      "HQVManualSwitch"
>   # Option      "NoHQVVFilter"
>   # Option      "CaptureOverScanOff"
>   # Option      "Cap0Deinterlace" "Bob"
>   # Option      "Cap0Deinterlace" "Weave"
>   #        Option      "Cap1Deinterlace" "Bob"
>   #        Option      "Cap1Deinterlace" "Weave"
>   # Option      "Cap0FieldSwap"
>   # Option      "NoCap0HFilter"
>   # Option      "NoCap1HFilter"
>     Option       "EnableAGPDMA" "true" 
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "VideocardViaTv"
> 	Monitor    "MonitorTv"
> 	DefaultDepth     24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     24
> #    Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> #    Modes    "800x600"
> #    Modes    "720x576"
>     Modes    "720x576Over"
> #    Modes    "720x576Noscale"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> 	Group        0
> 	Mode         0666
> EndSection
>
>   
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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I think you will find that you will get even better results if you
switch from the kernel's unichrome drivers, which are really meant for
the CLE266 (EPIA-M boards) chipset to the OpenChrome drivers at
http://www.openchrome.org, which are meant for the CN400 (EPIA-SP) and
newer chipsets.

Regards,
W
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