[mythtv-users] Video output size changed

Jim lists at morton.hrcoxmail.com
Mon Jan 15 14:39:00 UTC 2018


On 1/15/2018 9:22 AM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> Hoi Hika,
>
> Monday, January 15, 2018, 3:08:00 PM, you wrote:
>
>> Hoi Jim,
>> Monday, January 15, 2018, 2:48:55 PM, you wrote:
>>> I rebooted my BE/FE Saturday and when it came back up the picture was no
>>> longer full screen. It's not quite letterboxed, it's somewhere between
>>> full screen and letterboxed. It's got about a 2" black band across the
>>> top and bottom and about a 1" band down both sides. It's connected via
>>> HDMI to a 44" Samsung, as it has been for a couple of years.
>>> I don't think it's a myth issue as the toolbar on the desktop is the
>>> same way. It stops about an inch from the screen edges. It seems to not
>>> know the tv/screen size anymore.
>>> Ignoring the fact that it is not using the full screen the aspect ratio
>>> is wrong, things are now squished top to bottom.
>>> I don't understand what could have changed. This has been working fine
>>> since I updated to v29 on Jan 1st. And on v0.28 for several months
>>> before that. I have not made any changes. I did try rebooting several
>>> times and now it is always coming back up like this.
>>> Here is version info fixes/29 [v29.0-71-g339b08e]
>>> Here is a frontend log
>>> https://pastebin.com/ZRX5FJzN
>>> There is a lot about waiting for video buffers and VDPAU errors.
>>> and here is a backend log
>>> https://pastebin.com/PXyyUKZ1
>>> This log shows some errors about not being able to find channel 4_1. I
>>> know that issue and I'll fix that.
>>> This pc has an NVIDIA card in it and I'm wondering if the driver has
>>> gotten corrupted. Not sure what to do about that.
>>> Any suggestions?
>> Was your screen full on when you rebooted? So not in sleep mode.
>> Also check the cable.
> Oh and what does /var/log/Xorg.0.log report about the initialisation?
>
> Tot mails,
>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>

Yes, it was full screen, always has been. I don't even know how to make 
it not full screen.
There is no sleep mode configured that I know of. I just turn it on and 
off manually. It never goes to sleep.

Here is the  /var/log/Xorg.0.log
https://pastebin.com/0nxCvbjw

-- 
Jim


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