[mythtv-users] Modeline adjustments?

Fri Aug 11 11:09:56 UTC 2006

o ub know if the nvidia driver has inbuilt modelines for Pal HDTV (IE 50Hz
refresh). If so, then excellent...

thanks in advance, James

On 11/08/06, Morten Rønseth <morten.ronseth at webfx.no> wrote:
>
>  Steven Adeff wrote:
>
> On 8/10/06, Morten Rønseth <morten.ronseth at webfx.no> <morten.ronseth at webfx.no> wrote:
>
>   Tim Scholl wrote:
> But looking closer I still do not see modelines for
>
>  "1920x1080_60i" or  "1280x720_60"
>
>  Any suggestions?
>
>
>  Please enclose a verbatim (unedited) version of xorg.conf.
>
>
>  Cheers,
>
>
>  -Morten
>
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> On 8/10/06, Tim Scholl <tascholl at gmail.com> <tascholl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  I down loaded and installed 1.0-8762
>
> NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 Kernel Module  1.0-8762  Mon May 15
>
>  13:06:38 PDT 2006
>
>  It updated my XF86Config-4 with the new modeline:
> ModeLine       "1920x1200" 193.2 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1204 1242
>
>  +hsync -hsync
>
>  But when I look at the XFree86.0.log
>
> --snip--
> (II) Setting vga for screen 0.
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> (=) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
> (=) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (=) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
> (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce FX 5200 at PCI:1:0:0
> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 262144 kBytes
> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.27.02
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce FX 5200 at
>
>  PCI:1:0:0:
>
>  (--) NVIDIA(0):     Samsung (CRT-0)
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung (CRT-0): 350.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1920x1200"; removing.
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
> (II) NVIDIA(0):     "1024x768"
> (II) NVIDIA(0):     "800x600"
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): No size information available in CRT-0's EDID; cannot
>
>  compute
>
>  (WW) NVIDIA(0):     DPI from EDID.
> (**) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (56, 65); computed from "DisplaySize" Monitor
>
>  section option
>
>  (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
> (II) do I need RAC?  No, I don't.
> --snip--
>
> Since I will be connecting this through a 9A60 to my HDTV dont I also need
>
>  to specify interlaced?
>
>  please please bottom post (check my sig for mailinglist etiquette.
>
> here's some of my xorg.conf for my frontend that uses my PCX5300 (a
> FX5200 grafted on to a PCIE card) VGA output through my 9A60 to my
> HDTV with driver 8756...
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "fx5200"
>     Driver      "nvidia"
>     Option      "RenderAccel"       "1"
>     Option      "RandRRotation"     "1"
>     Option      "IgnoreDisplayDevices"      "TV"
>     Option      "Coolbits"  "1"
>     VendorName  "All"
>     BoardName   "All"
>     BusID       "PCI:5:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier     "Sanyo"
>     Device         "fx5200"
>     Monitor        "HDTV"
>     DefaultDepth    24
>     Option         "NoLogo" "False"
>     Option         "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
>     Option         "RandRRotation" "True"
>     Option         "DPI" "148 x 148"
>     Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT"
>     Option "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT-0"
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       24
>         Modes      "1920x1080_60i" "1280x720_60"
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> I have no modelines for "1920x1080_60i" "1280x720_60"
>
> The it won't work. I had huge problems until I realised that the modelines
> had to exactly match the modes - in your case, you need at least one
> modeline that is called either "1920x1080_60i" or "1280x720_60" in the
> monitor section. Call them whatever you like, but the strings have to match.
> I use an FX5200 and this works great for me. I have no implicit modeline in
> my nvidia driver (latest version).
>
> This works for my Panasonic PTA700E:
>
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier "Monitor0"
>     VendorName "Panasonic"
>     ModelName "PT-AE700E 1280x720"
>     HorizSync 31.5-90
>     VertRefresh 60
>     ModeLine "1280x720"     76.45   1280 1340 1676 1700    720  735  742
> 757 -hsync +vsync
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier "Screen0"
>     Device "Device0"
>     Monitor "Monitor0"
>     DefaultDepth 24
>
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth 24
>         Modes "nvidia-auto-select" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x720"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
>         Virtual 1280 720
>     EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
>
>
>
> BTW - you didn't include your whole xorg.conf, so I'm assuming here :-)
>
> HTH.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> -Morten
>
>
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