[mythtv-users] Making fbset changes permanent

[Joe Votour]

Jason,

Thanks for the link, although that's how I set my card
up in the first place.

I did more digging, and stumbled across something that
somebody was doing on LinuxPPC.  I now get the full
screen when starting X, and I just need to adjust it a
bit more.

Here's what I did:
1. Get the fbset settings the way you want.
2. Run "fbset -x".  This will dump out a modeline for
X.
3. Add that modeline information into your XF86Config
file under the "Monitor" section.

-- Joe

--- Jason White <axtools at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I wish I could say with 100% certainty that this is
> the answer but
> unfortunately I've not made it this far yet with my
> G400.  In any case,
> Referencing a post to this list some time ago:
> 
>
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?post=5836;search
>
_string=g400%20tv%20out;guest=500130&t=search_engine#5836
> 
> Look at section 3.6.  Just before that line it is
> recommended that you
> put the commands into your user .xsession.  Also,
> there is some info
> that you can apparently put in /etc/rc.sysinit to
> put the console back
> on the TV at boot time.
> 
> I hope this helps.  If you've got any hints for
> getting as far as you
> did, feel free to pass them along!
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-
> > bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Joe Votour
> > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 12:24 PM
> > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] Making fbset changes
> permanent
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I've been playing around with fbset on my Matrox
> G400
> > lately (again), and have gotten a great picture
> > finally.  My original plans were to buy a scan
> > converter, but I've decided to keep this going.
> > 
> > What I'm looking for now, is a way to make my
> > framebuffer settings automatically happen when my
> > machine boots up.  Currently, I boot up into
> runlevel
> > 4 (unused on Red Hat), and used a C program
> > contributed by somebody on the list to
> automatically
> > log me in.  From there, X starts up, and .xinitrc
> > loads the Myth frontend, sets up my remote, etc.
> > 
> > However, what happens is that my fbset command
> doesn't
> > run within .xinitrc.  Does anybody have a way that
> I
> > can run the fbset command after X has started up,
> > without having to SSH in and do it manually?  If I
> SSH
> > into the machine, I can run fbset without a
> problem.
> > 
> > Additionally, maybe somebody knows how I can
> convert
> > this into an XFree86 modeline, so that it
> > audomatically gets set?
> > 
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Joe
> > 
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