[mythtv-users] Ahh - Evil xorg and modelines

[R. G. Newbury]

Damian Surr wrote:
> and here's my xorg.conf:

> 
> Section "Module"
>     Load           "i2c"
>     Load           "bitmap"
>     Load           "ddc"
>     Load           "extmod"
>     Load           "freetype"
>     Load           "glx"
>     Load           "int10"
>     Load           "vbe"
> EndSection

> Section "Device"
>     Identifier     "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
>     Driver         "nvidia"
>     #Option      "RenderAccel" "1"
>         #Option      "NvAGP" "1"
>         #Option      "NoDDC"

> 
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier     "Default Screen"
>     Device         "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
>     Monitor        "BenQ W100"
>     DefaultDepth    24
>     Subsection "Display"
>             Depth       24
>                 Modes       "1024x768"
>     EndSubsection
> EndSection
> 
> #Section "Extensions"
> #    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
> #EndSection


I'm running an Nvidia 5200 board, feeding a Dell 24" 1920x1200 monitor.
Your xorg is missing  Load 'dbe' in the Module section. (I don't think 
the 'type1' (font?) module would be the source of the problem.


Section "Module"
         Load  "freetype"
         Load  "type1"
         Load  "vbe"
         Load  "glx"
         Load  "dbe"
         Load  "extmod"
EndSection


This turns off a potential problem:


Section "ServerFlags"
         Option      "AIGLX" "OFF"
EndSection


The followig are the settings I ended up with after reading through the 
Nvidia Readme/help files. These seemed relevant to this setup here at 
work. (The Mythbox is a Via Sp13000)

Section "Device"
         Identifier  "Videocard0"
         Driver      "nvidia"
         VendorName  "GeForce 5200"
         Option      "DPI" "100 x 100"
         Option      "CursorShadow" "True"
         Option      "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = Centered"
         Option      "HWCursor" "True"
         Option      "NoFlip" "False"
         Option      "NoLogo" "True"
         Option      "NVAGP" "1"
         Option      "RandRRotation" "False"
         Option      "RenderAccel" "True"
         Option      "UseEDID" "True"
         Option      "UseEdidDpi" "False"
         Option      "UseEvents" "True"
         Option      "XvmcUsesTextures" "false"
         Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
         Identifier "Screen0"
         Device     "Videocard0"
         Monitor    "Monitor0"
         DefaultDepth     24
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport   0 0
                 Depth     24
                 Modes    "1920x1200" "1920x1080_60i" "1280x1024" 
1024x768" "720x480_60i"
         EndSubSection
EndSection


The module loading is reported in /var/log/Xorg.0.log so you should be 
able to check what happens.


Hope this helps.
Geoff