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

[Mike Perkins]

On 19/02/13 21:08, Nick Rout wrote:
> 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.
>
You can always ssh in from another box.

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Mike Perkins