[mythtv-users] More TV settings questions

Des Dougan des at DouganConsulting.com
Thu Jun 28 18:17:47 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 23:31 -0500, Trey Thompson wrote:
> On 6/27/07, Des Dougan <des at douganconsulting.com> wrote: 
>         Firstly, thanks to all the help I received here, I have my
>         MythTV setup
>         playing via my big CRT TV. I have a couple of follow-up
>         questions, 
>         though:
>         
>         When I unplug the monitor so that only the TV is connected,
>         and log out
>         or restart, the TV seems to pick up the monitor's settings
>         (esp.
>         resolution). I've tried several adjustments to xorg.conf to
>         resolve
>         this, but with no success. What's the best way of achieving
>         the
>         objective of being able to plug the monitor in and remove it
>         when
>         required, so that the TV settings are not affected? The video
>         card is an 
>         nVidia 5500.
>         
>         Secondly, I am seeing a bit of keystoning on the TV. Is there
>         any way to
>         adjust this within MythTV, or in xorg.conf?
>         
>         
>         Thanks,
>         
>         
>         
>         Des
>         
>         --
>         
>         Des Dougan, Principal
>         Dougan Consulting Group
>         
>         Ph: 604-866-2848       Email: des at DouganConsulting dot com
>         
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>         
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> Can you post your xorg.conf?  Do you have separate sections defined
> for your TV and your monitor? 

See below:

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildmeister at builder3)  Sat May 26 01:05:11 PDT 2007
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax at suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout[all]"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Clone" "off"
    Option         "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    InputDevices      "/dev/gpmdata"
    InputDevices      "/dev/input/mice"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/local"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
    FontPath        "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
    FontPath        "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "v4l"
    Load           "extmod"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard[0]"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "Protocol" "Standard"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse[1]"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Buttons" "6"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Name" "PS2++ Logitech Wheel Mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
    Option         "Vendor" "Sysp"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
    Identifier         "Modes[0]"
    ModeLine     "1024x768" 76.2 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 800
    ModeLine     "1024x600" 58.1 1024 1072 1176 1328 600 601 604 625
    ModeLine     "800x600" 45.5 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625
    ModeLine     "768x576" 41.7 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 600
    ModeLine     "640x480" 28.6 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 500
    ModeLine     "1024x768" 76.2 1024 1096 1208 1360 768 769 772 800
    ModeLine     "1280x1024" 108.9 1280 1424 1560 1824 1024 1025 1028 1060
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Seanix"
    ModelName      "Hansol 720ED"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 72.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 160.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    VendorName     "Toshiba"
    ModelName      "TV-0"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     60.0
    Option  	   "UseEdidDpi"  "FALSE"
    Option         "DPI"  "100 x 100"
    Option         "TVOutFormat"  "SVIDEO"
    Option         "NoLogo" "True"

EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce FX 5500"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce FX 5500"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768 +0+0; CRT: 1024x600 +0+0; CRT: 800x600 +0+0; CRT: 768x576 +0+0; CRT: 640x480 +0+0"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768 +0+0; CRT: 800x600 +0+0; CRT: 640x480 +0+0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "TV: 720x480 +0+0"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Videocard1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth      24
	Modes      "1920x1080_60" "1280x720_60" "800x600_60""
    EndSubSection
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "TV: 800x600 +0+0"
EndSection

Thanks,

Des
-- 

Des Dougan, Principal
Dougan Consulting Group

Ph: 604-866-2848       Email: des at DouganConsulting dot com     

        www.DouganConsulting.com

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