[mythtv-users] Squashed text on OSD

David Whyte david.whyte at gmail.com
Tue Mar 11 12:10:45 UTC 2008


On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Damian <damian at gingermagic.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>  I'm running myth through my projector at 1280x720. All looks fine apart
>  from the OSD. All the fonts are squashed together. I'm guessing that
>  this has something to do with my DPI sttings because something weird is
>  going on. I have
>
>     Option        "UseEdidDpi"    "FALSE"
>     Option        "DPI" "120 x 120"
>
>  in my xorg.conf file at the moment (it was 100x100 10 minutes ago, so
>  that's not the problem), however, if I run
>
>  xdpyinfo | grep -B1 dot
>
>  I get
>
>   dimensions:    1280x720 pixels (406x254 millimeters)
>   resolution:    80x72 dots per inch
>
>  Is this my problem? Even if it's nit, any ideas why it's not saying 120x120?
>
>  As a clue to the problem, when I go into live tv, the OSD looks fine
>  momentarily, but it's only at 4x3. It messes up as soon as the picture
>  comes up and snaps into 16x9.
>
>  Any ideas?
>

I have this also.  I think there is/was a ticket for it.  If you
switch to a HD channel, you will find it is not an issue.  Whether
there actually was a ticket and it got closed, you will have to look
in trac.

Ta,
Whytey


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