[mythtv-users] New nVidia driver

[John Patrick Poet]

Doug Larrick wrote:

> Get it while it's hot! nVidia's 1.0-6106 driver is released.
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-6106.html
>
> For HDTV users: this new driver finally supports interlaced modes 
> (i.e. 1080i).  Turn off overscan and set your video resolution to 
> 1920x1080; you probably want to leave the GUI resolution at 960x540.  
> Here's my working modeline:
>
> Modeline "1080i" 79.84 1920 2040 2200 2368 1080 1090 1106 1125 +vsync 
> -hsync interlace
>
> This driver does not re-enable /dev/nvidia0 vertical retrace sync, nor 
> does it fix the crashing problem with OpenGL sync that John Poet 
> showed me.  I have no idea if it re-enables overscan, as I don't use it.
>
> -Doug
>
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Awsome, it works!

Your modeline works, but I am going to have to tweak it some for my 
display.  Too much vertical overscan on my TV.

Thanks,

John