[mythtv-users] MythTV HDTV Problems...

[Andy Speagle]

Ok... I guess I'm completely frustrated here... I finally got it doing
1920x1080 by adding this line to my xorg.conf:

    Option         "ModeValidation"        "NoVertRefreshCheck"

But... aside from that... regardless of what resolution I seem to set...
the UI menus are just way too big... it's not the menu that includes "Watch
TV" ... it's the configuration menus... and I've tried forcing the UI size
setting it lower... but that just resizes the UI on the window... the UI
menus are still out of whack relative to my UI size...

I'm really hurtin' here... can anyone offer me any insight... to proper
modelines for this thing... configuration settings...

I'm running v.20 on Gentoo 2006.1

Thanks.

On 10/2/06, Andy Speagle <sidrew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well... it's a Samsung TX-S2782H ... I've been trying to reason out the
> 1080i modeline for this thing... there's one big problem I'm running up
> against... when I do a "get-edid" ... part of the output is this:
>
> Monitor and video card combination does not support DDC1 transfers
> Monitor and video card combination does not support DDC2 transfers
> 0 seconds per 128 byte EDID block transfer
> Screen is not blanked during DDC transfer
>
> for some reason... it can't read DDC info via the DVI -> HDMI cable?...
>
> So... the Xorg automagically detects the resolution at "800x600" ... and
> in the Appearance menu... which is impossible to read (so I used my 17" CRT
> to configure it...) ... I told it to use a different resolution (640x480)
> for the UI...
>
> One thing that might be the problem is... I'm using KDE... and when KDE
> first fires up... the login screen and desktop are way too big too... so not
> sure if this is a problem with KDE, MythTV... or nVidia overscan...
>
> Thoughts?
>
> On 10/2/06, Ivan Kowalenko <ivan.kowalenko at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
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> > On Oct 2, 2006, at 23.01, Andy Speagle wrote:
> >
> > > Oi... this one is killing me... I can't figure it out.  I purchased
> > > a new Samsung 27" HDTV capable of 1080i ... My video card us an
> > > nVidia 6800 GS ... I connected the card to the TV via a DVI -> HDMI
> > > cable... Xorg autodetects the video to 800x600 (not sure why 1080i
> > > isn't working ... perhaps I need a custom modeline) ... and I've
> > > messed with other resolutions.
> >
> > Well, just because it says it can tune 1080i doesn't mean it has a
> > maximum resolution of 1080i (the TV that is). Try Googling for your
> > exact model, and posting your exact model here. Maybe someone else
> > has figured out your problem.
> >
> > > Mythfrontend comes up.. no sweat.... and it looks normal... but...
> > > when I got into any of the menus... the controls are HUGE... I
> > > can't navigate the menus because they're so friggin big ... it's
> > > crazy... I can't figure out how to resize the menus into something
> > > readable.... when I have the myth box attached to my 17" CRT... it
> > > looks fine...
> >
> > It's in the Appearance Options, I think.
> >
> > > Please help.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Andy
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