[mythtv-users] overscan problems with nvidia 8400 GS

[James Crow]

On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 15:55 -0500, jarpublic at gmail.com wrote:
> I recently built a new frontend. I got an asus 8400gs card so that I
> would be ready for a future where I own a HDTV and mythtv .22. However
> I am currently hooked up to a SD TV with s-video. I have tried running
> both the 177 and 173 drivers. There is quite a bad overscan problem. I
> am using Ubuntu and the desktop panels and menus are barely visible
> because of the TV overscan. Normally I have been able to fix this with
> the overscan setting in nvidia-settings or my using the TVOverscan
> option in xorg.conf, however, neither of these have any effect. I
> figure I can deal with this fine by just using the screen setup wizard
> in mythfrontend. This helps get the mythtv screen the right size, but
> now I can see the gnome panel at the top of the screen on top of
> mythtv. I seem to have seen this come up before but I couldn't find it
> in the archives. 
> 
> Is there a way to use nvidia's normal overscan settings with the
> 8400gs? Or if I adjust the screen size with mythtv screen setup, how
> do I make it so the gnome panel isn't on top of mythtv?

You could perhaps set the gnome panel to autohide. I had a similar
problem and that is what I did. For me the panel (while hidden) is fully
off screen and not visible.

Cheers,
James