[mythtv-users] nvidia geforce fx 5200 and DPMS with HDTV

[Bryan Allen]

Yeah. The screen size settings under "Appearance". It took several tries to
get it right.
I'm no longer sure that the Mythbox is to blame. I think my tv just decides
there is no signal after a while. ? It has me really stumped.

On 6/14/07, Jonathan Seawright <jonathanathome at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>  What exactly did you do to fix the overscan? is it the thing in the setup
> where it shrinks mythtv down a bit?
>
> Jonathan S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Bryan Allen <browne.allen at gmail.com>
> *To:* mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:35 PM
> *Subject:* [mythtv-users] nvidia geforce fx 5200 and DPMS with HDTV
>
> Hi all, I've finally hooked up a DVI-HDMI cable to my hdtv and it looks 10
> times better. I've compensated for overscan using the mythfrontend setup.
> The last bit of trouble I face is that the screen relentlessly blacks out
> after so many minutes (I haven't timed it). I imagine that DPM is to blame,
> but "xset -q" says it's off. It's not turned on in my xorg.conf file
> either. Despite this, my /var/log/Xorg.log file spits out:
>
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1920x1080"
> (II) Loading extension NV-GLX
> (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
> (**) Option "dpms" "FALSE"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
> (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
> (==) RandR enabled
>
> "DPMS enabled" everytime. I don't understand why. Does anyone know how to
> stop this?
> I should also mention that a simple press of the keyboard doesn't seem to
> "wake" the tv. I have to jump to a text terminal ( ALT + F5 ) and then back
> again ( ALT + F7 ).
>
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