[mythtv-users] Issues with 2 video cards on Slimline 2030n/Ubuntu 10.04

[Clay]

Jessica Perry Hekman wrote:
>...
> 
> Current issue is that the screen on TV-out is the wrong size, so I can't 
> see the edges of it -- importantly, I can't see the Ubuntu toolbar on 
> the bottom of the screen, so I can't start programs (like Myth!) from 
> the start menu. Googling tells me that this is a problem lots of people 
> have with nvidia cards + tv-out and no solution has been found. I can 
> work around it, but if anyone here has solved it, I would love to know 
> how.
> 
> Jessica
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It's an overscan thing...
Rumor is, current nvidia drivers support adjusting overscan. I haven't 
tried it (if it's fixed, don't break it) so I dunno.
iirc, the overscan is so bad can't even see the whole nvidia-settings 
GUI to play with it on the frontend.

I work around it by running myth in a window on the frontend. Tedious to 
get it to fit right since the screen wizard never worked for me.
Then I vnc into the frontend to do whatever.
The screen fits the vnc window and menu bars are accessible.

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