[mythtv-users] Edges of picture getting cut off on tv out

Brian Wallen brian_wallen at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 25 04:04:56 UTC 2005 

I'm using the S-Video out on my epia 10000 motherboard to my tv.  The 
problem is that when I'm trying to change settings on screen, the picture is 
cut off on all 4 edges, making it near impossible to see some of the 
options.  How can I change this? I'll post my xorg.conf.

Section "Module"
        Load    "dbe"   # Double buffer extension
        SubSection "extmod"
                Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA 
extension
        EndSubSection
        Load    "type1"
        Load    "speedo"
#       Load    "freetype"
#       Load    "xtt"

        Load    "glx"
        Load    "dri"
        Load    "v4l"

EndSection

Section "Files"
        RgbPath         "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
#       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
#       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
#       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
#       ModulePath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#       Option  "NoTrapSignals"
#       Option  "DontVTSwitch"
#       Option  "DontZap"
#       Option  "Dont Zoom"
#       Option  "DisableVidModeExtension"
#       Option  "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"
#       Option  "DisableModInDev"
#       Option  "AllowNonLocalModInDev"
        Option  "BlankTime"     "0"
        Option  "StandbyTime"   "0"
        Option  "SuspendTime"   "0"
        Option  "OffTime"       "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Keyboard1"
        Driver  "keyboard"
#       Option  "Protocol"      "Xqueue"
        Option  "AutoRepeat"    "500 30"
#       Option  "Xleds"         "1 2 3"
#       Option  "LeftAlt"       "Meta"
#       Option  "RightAlt"      "ModeShift"
#       Option  "XkbDisable"

        Option  "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
        Option  "XkbModel"      "pc101"
        Option  "XkbLayout"     "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Mouse1"
        Driver  "mouse"
        Option  "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"
        Option  "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
       Option  "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
#       Option  "Resolution"            "256"
#       Option  "Emulate3Buttons"
#       Option  "Emulate3Timeout"       "50"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "TV"
        HorizSync       30-70
        VertRefresh     50-160
#       Option          "DPMS" "no"
        #Refresh Rate 60Hz
        ModeLine        "720x480" 26.7 720 736 808 896 480 481 484 497
        ModeLine        "720x576" 32.7 720 744 816 912 576 577 580 597
        ModeLine        "848x480" 31.5 848 864 952 1056 480 481 484 497
        ModeLine        "856x480" 31.7 856 872 960 1064 480 481 484 497
        ModeLine        "1024x512" 41.3 1024 1056 1160 1296 512 513 516 531
        ModeLine        "1280x768" 80.1 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795
        ModeLine        "1440x1050" 126.2 1440 1536 1688 1936 1050 1051 1054 
1087
        #Refresh Rate 75Hz
        ModeLine        "720x480" 34.9 720 752 824 928 480 481 484 502
        ModeLine        "720x576" 42.6 720 760 832 944 576 577 580 602
        ModeLine        "848x480" 41.0 848 880 968 1088 480 481 484 502
        ModeLine        "856x480" 41.3 856 888 976 1096 480 481 484 502
        ModeLine        "1024x512" 53.3 1024 1072 1176 1328 512 513 516 535
        ModeLine        "1280x768" 103.0 1280 1360 1496 1712 768 769 772 802
        ModeLine        "1440x1050" 160.0 1440 1536 1696 1952 1050 1051 1054 
1096
        #Refresh Rate 85Hz
        ModeLine        "1280x768" 118.5 1280 1368 1504 1728 768 769 772 807
        ModeLine        "1440x1050" 184.5 1440 1544 1704 1968 1050 1051 1054 
1103
        ModeLine        "848x480" 47.4 848 888 976 1104 480 481 484 505
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "VIA CLE266"
        Driver          "via"
        VendorName      "Via"
        BoardName       "cle266"
        VideoRam        32768   # needed if videoram is incorrectly detected
#       Option  "NoAccel"       "yes"
#       Option  "NoDDCValue"    "True" # for flicker
        Option  "TVType"        "NTSC"
#       Option  "TVType"        "PAL"
#       Option  "TVOutput"      "Composite"
        Option  "TVOutput"      "S-Video"
#       Option  "TVOutput"      "RGB"
#       Option  "TVOutput"      "YCbCr"
#       Option  "TVVScan"       "under"
        Option  "TVVScan"       "over"
#       Option  "TVVScan"       "normal"
        Option  "ActiveDevice"  "CRT,TV"
        Option  "TVDotCrawl"
#       Option  "HWCursor"      "Off"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Screen1"
        Device          "VIA CLE266"
        Monitor         "TV"
        DefaultDepth    16

        Subsection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
                ViewPort        0 0
        EndSubsection
        Subsection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
                ViewPort        0 0
        EndSubsection
        Subsection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "800x600" "640x480"
                ViewPort        0 0
        EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "TVCRT"
        Screen  "Screen1"
        InputDevice     "Mouse1"        "CorePointer"
        InputDevice     "Keyboard1"     "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode    0666
EndSection

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