[mythtv-users] nvidia 5200 + 1080p

Paul Catchpole paul at paulcatchpole.co.uk
Wed Oct 3 14:57:36 UTC 2007


Mitch Gore wrote:
>
>
>     Can you post your Display section too?
>
>     Your DPI should be set to 100 and not 75 -- I think its option
>     "UseDPI"
>     "100"  -- check the readme.
>
>     That might help it.
>
>     Norm
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> Well i got the DPI to go to 100 100 but that still didnt work.
>
> (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"
> (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 (100, 100); computed from "DisplaySize" 
> Monitor
> (**) NVIDIA(0):     section option
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
> (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
>
>
> Xorg.
> [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  "extmod"
>         Load  "glx"
>         Load  "dbe"
>         Load  "extmod"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>         Option      "Xinerama" "0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>         Driver      "kbd"
>         Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>         Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>
>  ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Unknown"
>         ModelName    "DFP-0"
>  ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
>         HorizSync    28.0 - 33.0
>         VertRefresh  43.0 - 72.0
>         DisplaySize 485 273
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "nvidia"
>         VendorName  "NVIDIA Corporation"
>         BoardName   "GeForce FX 5200"
>         Option      "XvmcUsesTextures" "false"
>         Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
>         Option      "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         Option      "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "true"
>         Option      "UseEDID" "FALSE"
>         Option      "ModeValidation" "DFP-0: 
> NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck, NoVertRefreshCheck, NoMaxPClkCheck, 
> NoHorizSyncCheck, NoEdidMaxPClkCheck, AllowInterlacedModes, 
> NoMaxSizeCheck"
>         Option      "TwinView" "0"
>         option "UseDPI" "100"
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes    "1920x1080"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
> I still get that odd 1097x1080p at 60hz is not possible with the fx5200.  :(
>
> Mitchell
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When troubleshooting my LCD setup driven by a 6200 over HDMI, I used the 
following to get 'proper' screen validation info from X:

*startx* -- -*verbose* 6 --logverbose 6 2> /tmp/*startx*.log

That could help?

Cheers,

Paul




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