[mythtv-users] Via/epias rpms and 720x56Noscale

[Robin Gilks]

> On 4/27/06, Wander Winkelhorst <w.winkelhorst at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 4/27/06, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Try it with DefaultDepth = 16. On a CN400 based Epia, the 24 bit
>> throws a
>> > bit of a wobbly in NoScale mode.
>>
>> 16 bit color gives a rather poor image imho. I personally use
>> "720x576Over"
>> in 24 bit color.
>>
>> You might allso try this in your xorg.conf
>>
>>                 Depth           24
>>                 Modes          "720x576Noscale"
>>                 Virtual                722 576
>>                 ViewPort       2 0
>>
>> Which somehow sometimes gives an uncorrupted image.
>
> For the record, that did the trick for me on a stock Ubuntu Dapper
> install.  No idea what version of the via driver Dapper uses.

The fix for this has just been applied to the SVN version of the
OpenChrome drivers at openchome.org (the TV out uses fixed internal
modelines and they have been recalculated). I ran it up yesterday, in an
xorg-7.0 modular build and all the viewport/virtual cludges are no longer
required.


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