[mythtv-users] Can you probe an nvidia card to get current modeline?

Greg Oliver goliver at cistera.com
Wed Feb 15 19:43:38 UTC 2006


Without setting vga=xxx on kernel command line or when compiling the
framebuffer support into it, the VTYs run @ 640x480 (VGA).

On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 14:33 -0500, Richard Bronosky wrote:
> 
> 
> Nick wrote: 
> > On 14/02/06, Richard Bronosky <mythtv at bronosky.com> wrote:
> >   
> > >  I'm assuming this doesn't work for VT[1-6] which is what I am really
> > > curious about.  I still have no idea what mode or resolution VT[1-6] is
> > > using, but after 6 months of playing around, it it the only thing that
> > > causes my TV to kick into 1080i mode.
> > >     
> > 
> > The standard text mode resolution is typically 80x25. You can however
> > specify different modes via your kernel startup options with 'vga=xxx'
> > which requires console framebuffer support.
> > 
> > Nick
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> 80x25 can be achieved at various resolutions.  640x480 -1600x1200,
> etc.  I'm trying to figure out in the very least what resolution is
> being used.  Ideally I'd like to know the syncings and timings too.
> (everything that goes into a modeline.)
> 
> Heck at this point I'd be happy just to find someone who understands
> the question, even if they can't answer it.
> -- 
> Thank you for your time,
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