On 6/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steven Adeff</b> <<a href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com">adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 6/10/06, Joshua Caskey <<a href="mailto:ummgewd@yahoo.com">ummgewd@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi everyone. I am trying desperately to get a high definition mythtv box up<br>> and running. Please be understanding as I have tried to look everywhere for
<br>> an answer to this issue and have not been able find an answer.<br>> I have managed to get everything going except my connection to my TV. I<br>> have a Sony GWIV or KDF-60WF655 tv. I got a bunch of powerstrip timings
<br>> off of the avsforum site for my TV. When I first put "IgnoreEDID" "1" I was<br>> getting a 720x480 resolution. I realized after looking at my Xorg.0.log<br>> file that that option was deprecated and I changed the line to "UseEDID"
<br>> "FALSE" which caused instead of the low resolution a blank screen. I tried<br>> most of the resolutions in my Xorg file below and none work. All result in<br>> a blank screen. I know the connection is okay since I can get the desktop
<br>> on my TV before I fixed the UseEDID problem. I have a NVIDIA FX5200 generic<br>> video card with 128MB of ram. The card is hooked to the TV via a DVI to<br>> HDMI cable. My video driver is version 8756 which I got from the yum
<br>> <a href="http://atrpms.net">atrpms.net</a> server.<br>><br>> I am hoping someone reading this mail list has a GWIII or GWIV Sony TV and<br>> can give me some pointers. I have read all over the internet and cannot
<br>> seem to figure this one out. Thanks in advance for your help. (Please give<br>> instructions if you need more info since I am new to linux.)<br>> I have not gone into the service manual on my tv if that matters. I am using
<br>> the 8756 nvidia driver.<br>><br>> Here is the necessary sections of my xorg.conf file: (Three items I guessed<br>> on are HorizSync, VertRefresh, and the +hsync and +vsync. Can you give me<br>> more info on this because the powerstrip timings I found do not let me know
<br>> how to set these items).<br>><br>> Section "Monitor"<br>> Identifier "Sony60"<br>> VendorName "Sony"<br>> ModelName "KDF60"<br>> Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"
<br>> DisplaySize 320 180<br>> HorizSync 30.0 - 90.0<br>> VertRefresh 20.0 - 150.0<br>> ModeLine "720x480" 27.000 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525 +hsync +vsync<br>> ModeLine "800x600" 58.712
800 1048 1072 1304 600 640 642 753 +hsync +vsync<br>> ModeLine "1280x720" 75.600 1280 1360 1400 1648 720 738 757 787 +hsync +vsync<br>> ModeLine "1280x768" 79.740 1280 1360 1496 1736 768 769 781 787 +hsync +vsync
<br>> ModeLine "1304x734" 74.250 1304 1336 1376 1648 734 745 750 773 +hsync +vsync<br>> ModeLine "1312x744" 79.096 1312 1376 1512 1728 744 745 748 774 +hsync +vsync<br>> ModeLine "1320x744"
78.140 1320 1384 1520 1720 734 758 763 784 +hsync +vsync<br>> ModeLine "1344x734" 78.923 1344 1512 1560 1720 734 758 763 784 +hsync +vsync<br>> ModeLine "1376x768" 86.946 1376 1440 1576 1912 768 777 780 780 +hsync +vsync
<br>> ModeLine "1384x768" 84.203 1384 1512 1656 1872 768 768 771 771 +hsync +vsync<br>> ModeLine "1384x784" 85.421 1384 1456 1600 1816 784 785 788 811 +hsync +vsync<br>> ModeLine "640x480"
26.730 640 690 746 792 480 518 548 562 +hsync +vsync<br>> interlace<br>> ModeLine "1920x1080" 82.350 1920 2089 2145 2440 1080 1082 1087 1125 +hsync<br>> +vsync<br>> interlace<br>> EndSection<br>> Section "Device"
<br>> Identifier "Videocard0"<br>> Driver "nvidia"<br>> VendorName "Videocard vendor"<br>> BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"<br>> Option "RenderAccel" "true"
<br>> Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"<br>> Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"<br>> Option "NoLogo" "1"<br>> Option "RenderAccel" "true"
<br>> Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"<br>> Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"<br>> Option "NoLogo" "1"<br>> EndSection<br>> Section "Screen"
<br>> Identifier "Screen0"<br>> Device "Videocard0"<br>> Monitor "Sony60"<br>> DefaultDepth 24<br>> SubSection "Display"<br>> Viewport 0 0<br>> Depth 24<br>> Modes "1280x720"
<br>> EndSubSection<br>> EndSection<br>> Section "DRI"<br>> Group 0<br>> Mode 0666<br>> EndSection<br>><br>> Here is the output from my xorg.0.log file if I comment out the UseEDID<br>> line. (Let me know if you need more info.)
<br>> (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce FX 5200 at PCI:1:0:0<br>> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kBytes<br>> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.27.00<br>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X<br>> (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
<br>> (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce FX 5200 at PCI:1:0:0:<br>> (--) NVIDIA(0): Sony TV (DFP-0)<br>> (--) NVIDIA(0): Sony TV (DFP-0): 135 MHz maximum pixel clock<br>> (--) NVIDIA(0): Sony TV (DFP-0): Internal Single Link TMDS
<br>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0<br>> (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1320x744"; removing.<br>> (WW) NVIDIA(0):<br>> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the default
<br>> mode<br>> (WW) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select".<br>> (WW) NVIDIA(0):<br>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:<br>> (II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select"<br>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 720 x 480
<br>> (WW) NVIDIA(0): No size information available in DFP-0's EDID; cannot<br>> compute<br>> (WW) NVIDIA(0): DPI from EDID.<br>> (**) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (57, 67); computed from "DisplaySize" Monitor
<br>> section option<br>> (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp<br><br><br>have you tried any of the Sony modelines at<br><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Modeline_Database">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Modeline_Database
</a><br>?<br><br>--<br>Steve<br>Before you ask, read the FAQ!<br><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions</a><br>then search the Wiki, and this list,
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http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br>If the wiki doesn't help you out try Powerstrip if you have a windows computer. It takes all of about 15 minutes to do and will give you a good resolution. Let me know if you need pointers on that route or you can search this list and find where myself and others have posted how to do this.
<br><br>Allan<br>