Dan,<br><br>I have my Pioneer 5070 hooked up to mythtv via DVI-HDMI. This HDMI connection is routed through my Onkyo receiver.<br><br>I was never able to get any of my modelines to work (created using gtf), mostly due to hsync values out of range. I have been unable to find resourses that can help me figure out how to set the Hsync properly. Nonetheless, I have a nice image that the Pioneer reports to be HDMI 720p, using these values in my
xorg.conf:<br><br>Section "Monitor"<br> Identifier "Monitor0"<br> VendorName "Pioneer"<br> ModelName "5070"<br> HorizSync 25 - 50<br> VertRefresh
59.0 - 61.0<br> Option "dpms"<br># 1360x768 @ 100 DPI<br> DisplaySize 345 195<br><br># 1360x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 84.72 MHz<br> Modeline "1360x768@60
" 84.72 1360 1424 1568 1776 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync<br># 1024x768 @ 70.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 56.00 kHz; pclk: 76.16 MHz<br> Modeline "1024x768@70" 76.16 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 800 -HSync +Vsync
<br><br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Device"<br> Identifier "Videocard0"<br> Driver "nvidia"<br> VendorName "MSI"<br> BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200"
<br> Option "RenderAccel" "True"<br> Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP"<br> Option "UseEDID" "false"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Screen"
<br> Identifier "Screen0"<br> Device "Videocard0"<br> Monitor "Monitor0"<br> DefaultDepth 24<br> SubSection "Display"<br> Viewport 0 0
<br> Depth 24<br> Modes "1360x768@60" "1024x768@70" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"<br> EndSubSection<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "DRI"
<br> Group 0<br> Mode 0666<br>EndSection<br><br><br>The breakthrough for me was setting the DisplaySize to 345 195, which is 1360x768 at 100 DPI. The X log reports that none of my modelines were used (and a default of 800x600 was used), but that doesn't seem to matter, at least I don't think so. Here is a snippet from the X log:
<br><br> <br>(II) Setting vga for screen 0.<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32<br>(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888<br>(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor<br>(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (
1.0, 1.0, 1.0)<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "RenderAccel" "True"<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling experimental RENDER acceleration<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xE4000000
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce FX 5200<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.87.00<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kBytes
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): DFP-0<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device DFP-0: maximum pixel clock at 8 bpp: 400 MHz<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device DFP-0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 400 MHz<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device DFP-0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 400 MHz
<br>(II) Loading sub module "ddc"<br>(II) LoadModule: "ddc"<br>(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a<br>(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"<br> compiled for 6.8.2, module version =
1.0.0<br> ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): The user specified HorizSync "25.000-50.000" has been adjusted<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): to "25.000-46.000" (the intersection with EDID-specified
<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): HorizSync "15.000-46.000")<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 25.00-46.00 kHz<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 59.00-61.00 Hz<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range:
12.00 to 400.00 MHz<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1360x768@60" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1024x768@70" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (vrefresh out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (vrefresh out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (vrefresh out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (vrefresh out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (vrefresh out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "832x624" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "416x312" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x768" (vrefresh out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x384" (vrefresh out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1024" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x512" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1200" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x600" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1360x768@60
" (no mode of this name)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1024x768@70" (no mode of this name)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name)<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device DFP-0:
<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300":
20.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz (D)<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 800 x 600<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (345, 195) mm
<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): Probed monitor is 960x540 mm, using Displaysize 345x195 mm<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (58, 78)<br>(II) Loading sub module "fb"<br>(II) LoadModule: "fb"<br>(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
<br>(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"<br> compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0<br> ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2<br>(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"<br>(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
<br>(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a<br>(II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation"<br> compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 0.1.0<br> ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7<br>
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp<br>(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.<br>(II) resource ranges after preInit:<br> [0] 0 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]<br> [1] 0 0 0xe4000000 - 0xe4ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
<br> [2] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)<br> [3] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)<br> [4] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]<br> [5] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
<br> [6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]<br> [7] -1 0 0xe6001000 - 0xe6001fff (0x1000) MX[B]<br> [8] -1 0 0xe6000000 - 0xe6000fff (0x1000) MX[B]<br> [9] -1 0 0xe6005000 - 0xe60050ff (0x100) MX[B]
<br> [10] -1 0 0xe6004000 - 0xe6004fff (0x1000) MX[B]<br> [11] -1 0 0xe6003000 - 0xe6003fff (0x1000) MX[B]<br> [12] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O<br> [13] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
<br> [14] -1 0 0xe4000000 - 0xe4ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)<br> [15] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)<br> [16] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)<br> [17] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
<br> [18] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)<br> [19] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)<br> [20] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]<br> [21] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
<br> [22] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]<br> [23] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc7f (0x80) IX[B]<br> [24] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]<br> [25] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d407 (0x8) IX[B]
<br> [26] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]<br> [27] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)<br> [28] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "800x600"
<br>(II) Loading extension NV-GLX<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture<br>(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled<br>(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
<br>(**) Option "dpms"<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled<br>(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL<br>(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load GLX<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseDisplayDevice" is not used<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEDID" is not used
<br><br>Even though it appears to have defaulted to 800x600, I get a nice image that looks more like 1360x768. It fills the screen with no borders showing.<br><br>If anyone can enlighten me about how to compute Hsync, what modeline is best for the Pioneer plasma, I'm all ears...
<br><br>Larry<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/28/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Daniel Howell</b> <<a href="mailto:dan@brumster.com">dan@brumster.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Doh, hold on, here we go - I engaged brain and noticed I was loading the old<br>"nv" driver and not the "nvidia" driver in xorg.conf<br><br>Quickly flicked that over, and it is now detecting the display accurately :-
<br><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 6800 GT at PCI:1:0:0:<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0)
<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): PIO PDP-xx7X (DFP-1)<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): TV encoder: NVIDIA<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-1<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1920x1080_50i"; removing.
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): "1280x720_60"<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): "1280x720@60"<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 720<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (33, 33); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
<br><br>...and the on-screen info shows the TV receiving what it believes is a valid<br>720p signal. Lovely.<br><br>Right - so - fire up the myth frontend and... oh dear. A brief flick of<br>screen corruption and then X barfs and returns to (a non-KDE) logon xdm
<br>screen.<br><br>Last few lines of /var/log/messages:<br>Dec 28 17:20:52 myth1 sshd(pam_unix)[2543]: session opened for user root by<br>root(uid=0)<br>Dec 28 17:27:07 myth1 gdm[2329]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error -
<br>Restarting :0<br>Dec 28 17:27:07 myth1 gdm-autologin(pam_unix)[2329]: session closed for user<br>mythtv<br>Dec 28 17:27:09 myth1 kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 3.5 compliant device at<br>0000:00:00.0.<br>Dec 28 17:27:09 myth1 kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:
00.0<br>into 8x mode<br>Dec 28 17:27:09 myth1 kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:01:00.0<br>into 8x mode<br><br>I'll continue to play, but any thoughts?<br><br><br>_______________________________________________
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