[mythtv-users] Can you probe an nvidia card to get current modeline?

[R. G. Newbury]

This should be noted in the How-To!

Geoff


Steven Adeff wrote:
> On 2/14/06, Richard Bronosky <mythtv at bronosky.com> wrote:
>   
>> I would love to know what resolution (and other mode detail) my nvidia
>> card is putting out at a given point in time.  My TV switches mode from
>> 1080i to 720p to 480p as I do different tasks.  I'd like to be able to
>> see what the card is delivering to cause the TV to change modes.
>>
>> I tried reading
>> http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-2880/README.txt which did
>> teach me about /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/* but those files don't contain
>> that kind of info.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>     
>
> run xrandr and you should get an output similar to:
>  SZ:    Pixels          Physical       Refresh
> *0   1280 x 768    ( 452mm x 271mm )  *60
>  1   1024 x 768    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
>  2    848 x 480    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
>  3    800 x 600    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
>  4    720 x 576    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
>  5    720 x 480    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
>  6    640 x 480    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
>  7    640 x 400    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
>  8    640 x 350    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
>  9    512 x 384    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
>  10   400 x 600    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
>  11   320 x 480    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
>  12   320 x 400    ( 452mm x 271mm )   60
> Current rotation - normal
> Current reflection - none
> Rotations possible - normal
> Reflections possible - none
>
> which is my laptop, the *'d line is your current mode.
>
>   


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