[mythtvnz] BIOS boot screen (was Re: HD Video jerky...)

[Jason Taylor]

On 15 August 2011 19:52, tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:

> On 15/08/2011 5:08 p.m., Jason Taylor wrote:
> > My Samsung works with correct resolution with HDMI but my parents needs
> > overscan adjustment to fill the screen (?!!??!)...
>
> Annoying, I can relate....
>
> I upgraded a 10.04 mythbuntu on a CF connected via VGA to a 40C6200
> Samsung that was working fine to 10.10 on a SSD which suddenly needed
> overscan adjustment however as it was running 1080i overscan adjustment
> was not available.  I could not find a xorg.conf that fixed it.  Maybe
> someone can suggest? If I wasn't able to vnc in to get the full 1080i
> (on a 1920x1200 screen) I'd have asked earlier.  To be clear nothing
> else was changed hardware wise.
>

Well I just used the nvidia-settings panel overscan slider


>
>
> > Also using the VGA port on my Samsung when booting linux caused the
> > picture via HDMI to be permanently red
> > http://forums.cnet.com/7723-13973_102-371139.html
> > Managed to work around it by using the service menu and pushing red all
> > the way down but was/is very anoying
>
>
> The description seems designed to make a support person cross eyed....
> Sounds like a cable / connection issue?  Are Green and Blue there?
>
Yeah picture is fine now but it took me some serious google time to figure
it out

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