[mythtv-users] HDTV output 1280x720 and X frustration

[Cory Papenfuss]

> I need the laptop frontend to be outputting 1280x720 via the VGA port,
> this is going to a Panyy LC13 tv on the RGB2. I can't for the life of
> me seem to get X to do this, I have edited the XF86 config files and
> added the resolution in the monitor area and the ModeLine "1280x720"
> 172.04 1280 1336 1616 1728 720 722 734 760 and restarted X but this
> dosn't seem to take, no matter what I try I end up with something
> around 1024 or lower and that just looks awful, and the UI dosn't fit
> correctly on the Panny.
>
 	Looks through the log file in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  There are lots 
of potential reasons why it doesn't work.  One of the most serious ones is 
the modeline you propose seems to have an HSync freq of 100kHz, and a 
vertical scanrate of 130Hz.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss                                                        *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University                   *
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