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

[Steven Adeff]

On 2/14/06, Richard Bronosky <mythtv at bronosky.com> wrote:
>  I'm assuming this doesn't work for VT[1-6] which is what I am really
> curious about.  I still have no idea what mode or resolution VT[1-6] is
> using, but after 6 months of playing around, it it the only thing that
> causes my TV to kick into 1080i mode.
>
>  Ideas on how to get the mode or resolution of the terminal?
>
>  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.
>

you want the resolution of your terminal or your video output to your
TV for video?

if your in a non X terminal and want to know what X is outputing as:
xrandr -q -d :0.0

--
Steve