[mythtv-users] Overscan with nVidia drivers greater than version 300 - Example on wiki

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Tue Feb 19 21:08:07 UTC 2013


On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 3:35 AM, Jerry <mythtv at hambone.e4ward.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I stumbled upon this information when I was upgrading my system to Fedora
> 18 yesterday.  With the newer nVidia drivers (greater than version 300),
> you can add a line to the Screen section of xorg.conf to compensate for
> overscan.
>
> Brief instructions with an example are on the wiki:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Overscan
>
> There is a link to the original nVidia README which you might find useful
> as well.
>
> I hope someone finds this useful.  I've been trying to fix overscan for a
> few years now.  I haven't seen anything on the list about this.  The
> overscan on my television is quite extensive, and this cleaned things up
> nicely after about fifteen minutes of experimentation.
>

yah back to the commandline. the nvidia-settings method, while it worked,
as often awkward on an htpc with no mouse.



>
> Jerry
>
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