[mythtv-users] More TV settings questions
Des Dougan
des at DouganConsulting.com
Thu Jun 28 18:17:47 UTC 2007
On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 23:31 -0500, Trey Thompson wrote:
> On 6/27/07, Des Dougan <des at douganconsulting.com> wrote:
> Firstly, thanks to all the help I received here, I have my
> MythTV setup
> playing via my big CRT TV. I have a couple of follow-up
> questions,
> though:
>
> When I unplug the monitor so that only the TV is connected,
> and log out
> or restart, the TV seems to pick up the monitor's settings
> (esp.
> resolution). I've tried several adjustments to xorg.conf to
> resolve
> this, but with no success. What's the best way of achieving
> the
> objective of being able to plug the monitor in and remove it
> when
> required, so that the TV settings are not affected? The video
> card is an
> nVidia 5500.
>
> Secondly, I am seeing a bit of keystoning on the TV. Is there
> any way to
> adjust this within MythTV, or in xorg.conf?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Des
>
> --
>
> Des Dougan, Principal
> Dougan Consulting Group
>
> Ph: 604-866-2848 Email: des at DouganConsulting dot com
>
> www.DouganConsulting.com
>
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> Can you post your xorg.conf? Do you have separate sections defined
> for your TV and your monitor?
See below:
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister at builder3) Sat May 26 01:05:11 PDT 2007
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax at suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection
Section "Files"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "type1"
Load "dbe"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "v4l"
Load "extmod"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Driver "kbd"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Buttons" "6"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Name" "PS2++ Logitech Wheel Mouse"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
ModeLine "1024x768" 76.2 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 800
ModeLine "1024x600" 58.1 1024 1072 1176 1328 600 601 604 625
ModeLine "800x600" 45.5 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625
ModeLine "768x576" 41.7 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 600
ModeLine "640x480" 28.6 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 500
ModeLine "1024x768" 76.2 1024 1096 1208 1360 768 769 772 800
ModeLine "1280x1024" 108.9 1280 1424 1560 1824 1024 1025 1028 1060
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Seanix"
ModelName "Hansol 720ED"
HorizSync 30.0 - 72.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Toshiba"
ModelName "TV-0"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 60.0
Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
Option "DPI" "100 x 100"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce FX 5500"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce FX 5500"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768 +0+0; CRT: 1024x600 +0+0; CRT: 800x600 +0+0; CRT: 768x576 +0+0; CRT: 640x480 +0+0"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768 +0+0; CRT: 800x600 +0+0; CRT: 640x480 +0+0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "TV: 720x480 +0+0"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1080_60" "1280x720_60" "800x600_60""
EndSubSection
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "TV: 800x600 +0+0"
EndSection
Thanks,
Des
--
Des Dougan, Principal
Dougan Consulting Group
Ph: 604-866-2848 Email: des at DouganConsulting dot com
www.DouganConsulting.com
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