[mythtv-users] i810 displaying hdtv on a dfp

Byron Poland wpoland at gmail.com
Fri Mar 16 02:52:18 UTC 2007


On 3/15/07, Bill Omer <bill.omer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm trying to output at a higher resolution on my frontend which is
> using the i810 drivers.  My DFP is connected via DVI.   I've used
> 915resolution to set the resolution I want to use (1920x1080) but Xorg
> still drops me back down to 640x480.
>
> in my Xorg.0.log, I see:
>
> (II) VESA(0): h_active: 1920  h_sync: 2008  h_sync_end 2052
> h_blank_end 2200 h_border: 0
> (II) VESA(0): v_active: 540  v_sync: 542  v_sync_end 547 v_blanking:
> 562 v_border: 0
> (II) VESA(0): Ranges: V min: 48  V max: 67 Hz, H min: 30  H max: 34
> kHz, PixClock max 80 MHz
> (II) VESA(0): Monitor name: RCA Scenium
> (II) VESA(0): Searching for matching VESA mode(s):
>
>
>
> So I set the resolution with:
> sudo 915resolution 5c 1920 540
>
> I restart xorg, and I see this in the X logs:
> (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1920x1080" (no mode of this name)
>
> (II) VESA(0): Attempting to use 60Hz refresh for mode "640x480" (111)
>
>
>
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
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I just went through this procedure with a new Vizio 32".  over
dvi/hdmi the tv could not do anything other then 640x400, no matter
what I tried.  I re read the specs, and it only supported the native
resolution via VGA, I swapped cables, and viola, I got my 1366x768.

Maybe your set is similar


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