[mythtv-users] Can you probe an nvidia card to get current modeline?
Paul Andreassen
paulx at andreassen.com.au
Wed Feb 22 07:51:28 UTC 2006
On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:18 am, Richard Bronosky wrote:
> Jurgen Kramer wrote:
> > If you really only want the modeline parameters use xvidtune, it will
> > give you the exact timing.
> >
> > Jurgen
>
> xvidtune is specific to XF86, Xorg, X-etra (couldn't resist.) I'm
> concerned with the resolution of my consoles vt[1-6]. Also some
> applications that you run may change the resolution. I would like to
> have a command that I could run via a ssh to get the resolution/mode
> coming out of the video card. That can be very different than the mode
> that X was initialized to.
I don't believe you can get that information because its set by the graphics
card BIOS. X-windows probably only asks the graphics card BIOS to enter mode
3 (80x25 colour). I can tell you my nvidia card does output 31.5kHz and
70.2Hz for my console because by monitor detects it.
Regards,
Paul
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