[mythtv-users] xorg problem with resolution

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Thu Jun 14 10:40:25 UTC 2007


On 06/14/2007 03:24 AM, Khanh Tran wrote:
> I recently rebuilt my myth box, and went from SuSE 10 to 10.2.  The
> issue I'm having now is with the dpi.  xdpyinfo reports:
>
>  dimensions:    1280x768 pixels (40x30 millimeters)
>   resolution:    813x650 dots per inch
>
>
> Which is way off.  I set the screen dimensions in my xorg.conf, but no
> matter what I set it to, I get the same results from xdpyinfo.  The
> major issue I'm having is that LiveTV and recorded shows (as well as
> MythVideo) in 4:3 format, always gets stretched to 16:9.  The 2.35 and
> 1.85 content in mythvideo seems squashed.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Q:_All_my_fonts_look_like_they_are_the_wrong_sizes.2C_how_can_I_correct_this.3F

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Display_Size

and, especially,

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Specifying_DPI_for_NVIDIA_Cards

Mike


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