[mythtv-users] Font problem

[Darren Richards]

On 9/6/07, James Orr <james.orr7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> OK, so I've upgraded to 0.20.2 and everything is working great, except ...
>
> I also upgraded a few other things (kernel, ivtv, nvidia drivers ...).
>
> I have a GeForce4 MX and am using the 1.0.9639 driver.
>
> The good news is for the first time in the 3.5 years I've been using
> mythtv the OverScan option actually works!  Yay!
>
> The bad news is the fonts now look like crap.  They seem to be the right
> size but it's like there's pixels missing here and there or something.  The
> upper-case T is a good example, the veritcal part is white and seems fine,
> but the horizontal part is just kind of a washed out blue.  It's all
> readable, it just doesn't look very good.
>
> Watching actual television shows looks the same as it did before.
>
> Any ideas?


 I can't offer much help other than to say I'm also using the
1.0.9639driver with a geForce4 MX440, and everything is working
beautifully.  I
installed mythDora 4.0, then updated to 0.20.2 and the 9639 driver.

If it helps at all, here's my xorg.conf:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "single head configuration"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "27in Analog TV"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
        HorizSync    30.0 - 50.0
        VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
        Option      "dpms"
# For 2560x1600 at 100dpi  (16:10)
#    DisplaySize  650 406
# For 1920x1200 at 100dpi  (16:10)
#    DisplaySize  487 304
# For 1680x1050 at 100dpi  (16:10)
#    DisplaySize  426 266
# For 1440x900 at 100dpi  (16:10)
#    DisplaySize  365 228
# For 1280x768 at 100dpi  (16:10)
#    DisplaySize  325 195
#
# For 1920x1080 at 100dpi  (16:9)
#    DisplaySize  487 274
# For 1360x768 at 100dpi  (16:9)
#    DisplaySize  345 195
# For 1280x720 at 100dpi  (16:9)
#    DisplaySize  325 182
#
# For 1600x1200 at 100dpi (4:3)
#    DisplaySize  406 304
# For 1400x1050 at 100dpi (4:3)
#    DisplaySize  355 266
# For 1280x960  at 100dpi (4:3)
#    DisplaySize  325 243
# For 1024x768 at 100dpi  (4:3)
#    DisplaySize  260 195
# For 800x600 at 100dpi  (4:3)
    DisplaySize  203 153
# For 640x480 at 100dpi  (4:3)
#    DisplaySize  162 121
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        Option      "RenderAccel" "1"
        Option      "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
        Option      "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
        Option      "NvAGP" "3"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection
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