[mythtvnz] Fullscreen display on CRT under Ubuntu

[Douglas Pearless]

I am using 1024x768 on a 15+ year old Mitsubishi 29" CRT .

Here is my xorg.conf; copy the lines /between/ the # start file and the 
# end file

Cheers
Douglas

# start file =>
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildmeister at builder57)  Thu Mar  5 
18:48:47 PST 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "Xinerama"      "0"
    Option         "blank time"    "0"
    Option         "standby time"  "0"
    Option         "suspend time"  "0"
    Option         "off time"      "0"
    Option         "screen blank"  "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

#    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
#    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "CRT-1"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 75.0
#    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 9400 GT"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "1"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, TV: 
nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    Option         "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection
# end file


Steven Ellis wrote:
>
> On 18/09/2009, at 6:40 PM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:25:37 +1200, you wrote:
>>
>>> I am hoping someone can help me through this...
>>>
>>> I am running Ubntu jaunty with a nvidia 9500 GT connecting to a CRT TV
>>> using S-Video.
>>>
>>> When I boot ubuntu I only get part of my desktop on the TV. The
>>> centre, and I am missing the top and left of the desktop.
>>>
>>> How can I change me xorg.conf to tell X to use a custom resolution (if
>>> that is what I need to to) and to offset my output to the left and up?
>>>
>>> If I boot windows XP I get a full 1024x768 desktop on the CRT.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Stuart.
>>
>> X configs are a bit complicated if you need to customise them.  We
>> need a bit more information.  First, are you using the accelerated
>> Nvidia drivers for your card (and if so what version), or the open
>> source nv drivers, or even the Vesa drivers?  Second, what is your
>> current /etc/X11/xorg.conf file?  Have you modified it at all?
>>
>> Below is the XF86Config-4 file I used to use with my old CRT TV and
>> S-Video under KnoppMyth.  It should be similar to what you want for
>> your xorg.conf file for TV output, but TV output is 720x576 - it would
>> need to be adjusted to do 1024x768.  I am not sure if an old CRT will
>> do 1024x768 anyway - I would have thought that resolution was a bit
>> more than it could cope with and even if it worked, everything would
>> be too small and fuzzy.
>>
>> Also, an 9500 GT card will do VDPAU acceleration and for that you need
>> to be using Nvidia driver version 180 (reasonably stable) or above
>> (reportedly less stable, but I have not tried 185 or 190).
>>
>>
>
> Excuse the edit ;)
>
> Yeah the usual culprit is overscan or not setting the best resolution 
> for analogue.
>
> So for anyone still using Composite or SVIdeo are you using a native 
> PAL resolution or using 800x600 or 1024x768
>
> For myPVR we went with 720x576 flagged as 4:3 which generally provided 
> the best picture quality for naive pal broadcasts.
>
> Steve
>
>
> Steven Ellis - Technical Director
> OpenMedia Limited
> email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz <mailto:steven at openmedia.co.nz>
> website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz <http://www.openmedia.co.nz/>
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