[mythtv-users] Wrong screen resolution

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

On Tuesday, January 7, 2014, Raymond Wagner wrote:

> On 1/7/2014 1:15 PM, HP-mini wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2014-01-07 at 16:07 +1000, Clayton Bonser wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> When I start myhtv on my computer, the screen resolution changes to 800
>>> X 600 or so. The result is that I can only see about a quarter of the
>>> full screen.
>>> I can't change things much because I can't scroll around, and if I can't
>>> see a particular page I don't know what's on it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Clay.
>>>
>>>  Try starting the FE from terminal with:
>> mythfrontend --geometry 1600x1200
>> - choose appropriate x & y values & stop any FE running on the box..
>>
>> You could have the GUI size set to 800x600 (FE setup)
>>
>
> That is just the GUI, not X.  The only time MythTV will change X
> resolution is if you configure it to change resolution to match video
> playback, and then it will only change if actively playing something.
>
>
>

This is not correct. Myth can certainly change the resolution when it is
started.

If the GUI size is set to X*Y resolution; that is the resolution the screen
will be changed to whenever the GUI is displayed.
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