[mythtv-users] Ahh - Evil xorg and modelines

[Damian Surr]

Damian Surr wrote:
> Back to basics. I'm currently switching between my old backup xorg 
> (which had 800x600 working fine) and the modified one that I'm working 
> on to keep the misses happy when she wants TV.
>
> I'm now humbly just trying to get 800x600 at 60Hz working as I know that 
> works fine when edid is enabled.
>
> I've tried setting the mode to "800x600" with no modeline, but that 
> didn't work.
>
> I went to http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl and tried to 
> produce a mode line based on this info from my BenQ W100 manual:
>
> Supported timing for PC input
>             Horizontal Vertical   Pixel
> Resolution  Frequency  Frequency  Frequency  Mode
>             (kHz)      (Hz)       (MHz)
> 800 x 600   37.879     60.317     40.000     SVGA_60
>
> The mode line it returned was:
>
> |Modeline "800x600 at 60"       38.44   800  832  976 1008    600  612  618  631
>
> this didn't work.
> I remembered someone saying that the first number should be the same as Pixel Frequency, so tried editing to
>
> ||Modeline "800x600 at 60"       40.00   800  832  976 1008    600  612  618  631
>
> That hasn't worked.
>
> I just don't know what to do with this. I keep expecting a breakthrough, but nothing's coming.
>
> Any ideas?
> Damian
>   
I'm not setting any

 +hsync +vsync

options. Could that be the problem?

Damian