[mythtv-users] Can you probe an nvidia card to get current modeline?

[Steven Adeff]

On 2/14/06, Richard Bronosky <mythtv at bronosky.com> wrote:
> I would love to know what resolution (and other mode detail) my nvidia
> card is putting out at a given point in time.  My TV switches mode from
> 1080i to 720p to 480p as I do different tasks.  I'd like to be able to
> see what the card is delivering to cause the TV to change modes.
>
> I tried reading
> http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-2880/README.txt which did
> teach me about /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/* but those files don't contain
> that kind of info.
>
> Suggestions?

run xrandr and you should get an output similar to:
 SZ:    Pixels          Physical       Refresh
*0   1280 x 768    ( 452mm x 271mm )  *60
 1   1024 x 768    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
 2    848 x 480    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
 3    800 x 600    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
 4    720 x 576    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
 5    720 x 480    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
 6    640 x 480    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
 7    640 x 400    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
 8    640 x 350    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
 9    512 x 384    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
 10   400 x 600    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
 11   320 x 480    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
 12   320 x 400    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
Current rotation - normal
Current reflection - none
Rotations possible - normal
Reflections possible - none

which is my laptop, the *'d line is your current mode.

--
Steve