[mythtv-users] X Output on PVR-350
David R Robison
drrobison1 at cox.net
Thu Jan 5 03:31:45 UTC 2006
When I try to change the GUI settings in mythfrontend - setup, those
fields are disabled. I also get a message that to use different GUI
settings xrandr support is required. I am not an X (or fedora) expert.
Any ideas what the problem might be?
David
Rajeev Goonewardene wrote:
> David Robison wrote:
>
>>
>> I've seen some write ups on this problem but I am still unclear how to
>> solve it. I have a PVR-350 card and I'm trying to run the X output on
>> the card. However, the mythtv screens are clipped on all sides. It
>> as if
>> the X screen is larger than the PVR-350 screen. I've tried various
>> changes in my xorg.conf file but that does not seem to make a
>> difference. Any guidence would be appreciated. I'm using the xorg.conf
>> from http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/xorg.conf-PVR350.txt.
>
>
> I had this problem as well with my PVR350 and TV Out on Fedora Core 4.
>
> Here are some things to try:
>
> I followed the following document for setup:
>
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php?
> SID&expandables=closed&ivtv=open&pvr350out=open
>
> If you use Fedora Core 4, there is a paragraph about a bug in "urw-
> fonts" package in Fedora Core 4 - this helped somewhat Search for
> "urw-fonts" in the above document.
>
> Next, in the documentation from the mythtv site:
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html
> I followed the directions under "MythTV Dimensions" and played around
> with the x/y sizes and offsets and it fixed the screens and things
> seem to work.
>
> I also made changes some as per the section on "Overscan Dimensions".
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Rajeev.
>
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