[mythtv-users] Semi OT: xorg.conf and 46" Samsung LCD help.

Rafael Moslin rafmoslin at gmail.com
Sun Nov 30 10:40:38 UTC 2008


Not looked at my xorg.conf for quite some time now so it might well need a
tweak (I've just noticed that xvmc bits are still in, and xvmc is not
supported on my 8500GT!) for performance but it works just fine with my
Samsung series 5 42" at 1920x1080 using the latest Nvidia driver, if it
helps here are the relevant section verbatim:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "SAMSUNG"
    HorizSync       31.5 - 75.0
    VertRefresh     60.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "device1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
# Suggested to help speed up 2D with GeForce 8+
Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True"
Option "PixmapCacheSize" "300000"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

#    Option         "UseEdidFreqs" "False"
#    Option         "UseEdidDpi" "False"
    Identifier     "screen1"
    Device         "device1"
    Monitor        "monitor0"
    Option         "DPMS"
#    Option "UseEdidDpi" "False"
    Option         "DPI" "100 x 100"
#Section added - 12/04/08 XVmC recommend
    Option         "UseEvents" "true"
    Option         "XvmcUsesTextures" "false"
    Option         "NVAGP" "2"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Modes      "1920x1080" "1280x720" "1024x768" "720x576" "800x600"
"640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1920x1080" "1280x720" "1024x768" "720x576" "800x600"
"640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection


2008/11/30 Jonny B <jon.the.wise.gdrive at gmail.com>

> Googling all night finally got me a working xorg.conf, but for
> whatever reason, I can't get my frontend to output at 1920x1080. The
> TV is a 46" Samsung LCD 1080p TV.
> <
> http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=televisions&type=televisions&subtype=lcdtv&model_cd=LN46A500T1FXZA
> >
>
> According to the manual, with a VGA connection, the resolution is
> supported, as is the refresh rate, but for whatever reason, 1600x1200
> is the highest resolution that X will use. I can cycle through all the
> resolutions in my xorg, except 1920x1080. The manual also lists a
> couple resolutions for using HDMI input, but I am not yet using that
> connection (yet being a key word).
>
> Some things that I've tried: adding the modelines to the monitor
> section (commented out at this point), which for whatever reason seems
> to cause the image to be drawn halfway off the screen. Ths svideo out
> option doesn't seem to make any difference at this point. The TV is
> connected by a standard VGA connection. I intend to get a DVI-HDMI
> adapter & cable at some point, but I also intend to get a nvidia 8xxx
> card at some point. Currently using a 4000MX, which has been a
> reliable card for the past 4+ years on this frontend. My nvidia
> drivers are proprietary drivers from the
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.07-pkg1.run binary. Using OpenSuse11.0 with KDE
> 3. I've also messed around with the TwinView settings... at once point
> I had it in 1920x1080, but panning in a 800x600 display. Also, at this
> point xvmc doesn't seem to work. When I was running a similar xorg
> with an older version of the nvidia driver (on opensuse 10.3) xvmc
> worked, and I could use OpenGL for my rendering and whatnot, which
> isn't working anymore. I suspect that is a nvidia driver issue though,
> and isn't as much of a problem (I would like to resolve it, but I
> think the better resolution will be an 8 series graphics card in a few
> weeks)
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> ~Jon
>
> So here is an xorg.conf
>
> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> Section "ServerLayout"
>    Identifier     "Layout0"
>    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>    Option         "Xinerama" "off"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>    RgbPath      "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
>    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
>    FontPath     "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>    Load           "dbe"
>    Load           "extmod"
>    Load           "type1"
>    Load           "freetype"
>    Load           "glx"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>    Identifier     "Mouse0"
>    Driver         "mouse"
>    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
>    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
>    Driver         "kbd"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier     "SamsungLCD"
>    VendorName     "Samsung"
>    ModelName      "Series 5"
>    HorizSync       31.0 - 75.0
>    VertRefresh     50.0 - 70.0
> #    Modeline       "1920x1080" 172.80  1920 2040 2248 2576  1080 1081
> 1084 1118  -HSync +Vsync
> #    Modeline       "1600x1200" 160.96  1600 1704 1880 2160  1200 1201
> 1204 1242  -HSync +Vsync
> #    Modeline       "1360x768"  84.74   1360 1424 1568 1776  768 769
> 772 795      -HSync +Vsync
> #    Modeline       "1280x1024" 108.88  1280 1360 1496 1712  1024 1025
> 1028 1060  -HSync +Vsync
> #    Modeline       "1024x768"  76.16   1024 1080 1192 1360  768 769
> 772 800      -HSync +Vsync
> #    Modeline       "800x600"   38.22   800 832 912 1024     600 601
> 604 622      -HSync +Vsync
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier     "GeForce4000MX"
>    Driver         "nvidia"
>    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
>    BoardName      "GeForce4 MX 4000"
>    Option         "NvAgp" "1"
>    Option         "TwinView"
>    Option         "RenderAccel" "true"
>    Option         "UseEvents" "true"
>    Option         "XvmcUsesTextures" "false"
>    Option         "TVStandard" "ntsc"
>    Option         "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
>    Option         "DPI" "100x100"
>    Option         "MetaModes" "1920x1080; 1600x1200; 1360x768;
> 1280x1024; 1024x768; 800x600;"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>    Identifier     "Screen0"
>    Device         "GeForce4000MX"
>    Monitor        "SamsungLCD"
>    DefaultDepth    24
>    SubSection     "Display"
>        Depth       24
>        Modes      "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1360x768" "1280x1024"
> "1024x768" "800x600"
>    EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Extensions"
>    Option         "Composite" "off"
> EndSection
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-- 
Rafael C. Moslin-Palacios
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