[mythtv-users] nvidia 5200 + 1080p

[Michael T. Dean]

(fixed broken quoting, so the reply makes sense...)

On 10/01/2007 03:50 PM, Mitch Gore wrote:
> On 10/1/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>   
>> On 10/01/2007 03:25 PM, Mitch Gore wrote:
>>     
>>> I just bought MSI Nvidia 5200 AGP graphics card.  Hoping to be able to
>>> use the chroma key to get color OSD with XvMC.
>>>
>>> I have it connected to my Optoma HD80 1080p projector.  I am only able
>>> to get get 1680x1050 as the highest res.  out of the nvidia settings.
>>> Does this card not support 1080p?
>> I used a GF4MX440 at 1920x1080.  IIRC, it was only a 64MB card, so
>> nothing special.  I did not, however, use nvidia-settings to create the
>> modeline for it.
> Here is my Xorg.0.log file where its configured.
>
> (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce FX 5200 (NV34) at
> PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes
> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.87.00
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce FX 5200 at
> PCI:1:0:0:
> (--) NVIDIA(0):     OPTi Optoma HD80 (DFP-0)
> (--) NVIDIA(0): OPTi Optoma HD80 (DFP-0): 135.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
> (--) NVIDIA(0): OPTi Optoma HD80 (DFP-0): Internal Single Link TMDS
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1920x1080"; removing.
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the default
> mode
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select".


Looks more like the EDID for the projector is giving you lies (many
(most?) do).  See NVIDIA's README for info on overriding "broken" EDID info.

Mike