[mythtv-users] my display monitor was changed, now the frontend does not display properly

[Michael T. Dean]

On 06/03/2011 05:56 PM, rawgarlic wrote:
> I have this Mythbuntu 10.04 frontend working perfectly with an old NEC
> MultiSync XV15+ VGA 15-inch monitor.
>
> I was out of town for a week and we had some guests visiting for a few days.
> They liked using Myth but did not like the old NEC VGA monitor.
> So they shutdown this frontend and replaced the NEC with their own
> Viewsonic 27-inch LCD monitor.
> When they restarted the frontend, the Myth menus worked fine but there
> was no video.
> So they shutdown Myth and removed the Viewsonic and left.
>
> I come back and connect the old NEC VGA monitor and now the Myth menus
> and video work but ...
> 1.  Now Myth does not consume the full screen of the VGA display
> 2.  The top left corner is aligned with the top left corner of the VGA display
> 3.  But the rest of the Myth display is now a subset of the full VGA
> display, like this ...
>
>
> Myth-------->|
> .......................
> :                :    :
> :                :    :
> :                :    :
> :                :    :
> :................:    :
> :                     :
> :                     :
> .......................
> VGA-------------->|
>
>
>
> How can I get this Myth frontend to reconfigure itself to the full VGA
> display screen?
>
> I have tried to mess around with Utilities/Setup ->  Setup ->  Screen
> Setup Wizards
> but that does not help much because I cannot see beyond the bottom
> right corner of Myth.
>
> What should I do?

Utilities/Setup|Setup|Appearance, and change the screen size to 0/0 
(width and height) and set the offset appropriately.  Then, use the 
Screen Setup Wizard to adjust for overscan, if desired.

Mike