[mythtv-users] OT: Cant select correct video mode on powerup

Mon Apr 11 23:45:52 UTC 2011

On 4/11/2011 19:42, William Kenworthy wrote:
> The Nvidia drivers ignore modelines in TV mode according to the docs
> (and my attempts to overide it) so how can I force the system to either
> startup in 1080[ip] or re-read the EDID when it senses a different mode
> available.

You don't want to do either.  Capture a good EDID once, and then 
configure the driver to replay it every time you start X.  See the 
"CustomEDID" option...

ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/1.0-9629/README/appendix-d.html