[mythtv-users] nvidia 5200 + 1080p

[Mitch Gore]

>
> I am no expert, but I am going through the same trials as you.  I did get
> mine to work, (a 6200 card) my adding this line in the device secion:
>
> Option "ModeValidation" "DFP-0: NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck,
> NoVertRefreshCheck, NoMaxPClkCheck, NoHorizSyncCheck, NoEdidMaxPClkCheck,
> AllowInterlacedModes, NoMaxSizeCheck"
>
>
> This maybe overkill, as it was this "NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck" that made
> mine work.
>
> Aslo, I found out that older versions of the driver used
> "NoEdidDFPMaxSizeCheck"
>
>
> Good luck
>
> Tony
>
> _______________________________________________



After adding that i get a 1097x1080p at 60hz

Here is my xorg.conf:
[root at sara ~]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "single head configuration"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
        FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

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

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
        Option      "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        Option      "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "true"
        Option      "UseEDID" "FALSE"
        Option      "ModeValidation" "DFP-0: NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck,
NoVertRefreshCheck, NoMaxPClkCheck, NoHorizSyncCheck, NoEdidMaxPClkCheck,
AllowInterlacedModes, NoMaxSizeCheck"
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1920x1080_60"
        EndSubSection
EndSection


and the log:
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions
is
(II) NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
(II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Not probing EDID on DFP-0.
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce FX 5200 (NV34) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.87.00
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce FX 5200 at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-0
(--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: 135.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal Single Link TMDS
(II) NVIDIA(0): Mode Validation Overrides for DFP-0:
(II) NVIDIA(0):     NoMaxPClkCheck
(II) NVIDIA(0):     NoEdidMaxPClkCheck
(II) NVIDIA(0):     AllowInterlacedModes
(II) NVIDIA(0):     NoMaxSizeCheck
(II) NVIDIA(0):     NoHorizSyncCheck
(II) NVIDIA(0):     NoVertRefreshCheck
(II) NVIDIA(0):     NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "1920x1080_60"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 x 1080
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device DFP-0's EDID; cannot compute
DPI
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     from DFP-0's EDID.
(==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.

Getting close but this picture is really choppy.  I cant even read text.
Where is that res coming from.

Also i posted on the nvidia forums about this and they said it cant be
done...

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=99567

Has anyone been able to get 1080p to work with a 5200?

Thanks,
Mitchell
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