[mythtv-users] Powerstrip modeline not working

[Henrik Beckman]

1)rerun the driver install, your new kernel probably loads the nv driver.

2)maybe you need to edit some file somwhere but its probably easier to find
correct information in a how-to use the nvidia driver for your distribution
document.

/Henrik

On 2/22/07, Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > if your using an NVIDIA card with a recent driver
> >
> > How can I tell which driver is being used?
> >
> > > (and if your running
> > > a HDTV you should use the 9xxx series) you can try the ModePool
> > > resolutions. It looks like that model has a 1366x768p native
> > > resolution so try "1366x768_60" as your mode with no modeline, this
> > > should pull it out of the modepool. You'll want to always run in this
> > > resolution for that tv since its the native resolution, though you
> > > could also use "1280x720_60" or "1920x1080_60"(or "1920x1080_60i" if
> > > it won't accept a 1080p signal) since those are the native resolutions
> > > of HDTV sources if your TV won't accept a 1366x768 resolution.
> >
> > The xorg.conf got recreated from scratch as the old one wouldn't work
> > after I upgarded to a newer kernel and nvidia modules. I'm now on
> > 9746. I edited xorg.conf so that it says:
> > But the only resolutions that are available are "800x600" & "640x480".
> > I get this in my log Xorg.0.log:
> >
> > How come it doesn't like 1366x768_60?
>
> Subsequent to this I noticed that the newly created xorg.conf is using
> the vesa driver not the nvidia driver. I thought this may be the
> problem so I changed it to nvidia, but then X won't start and
> complains that it can't open the nvidia module. I'm totally confused
> now - how come it can't use the nvidia driver?
>
> Regards,
> Phill
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