[mythtv-users] OT - aspect ratio and non-square pixel display
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue May 21 15:08:35 UTC 2013
On 05/21/2013 10:55 AM, Jeremy Jones wrote:
>
> I tried adding the lines above to xorg.conf and it did not help.
> After some googling and some searching of the files in my system
> (reading startup scripts, etc) I think that xrandr may be the culprit.
> It seems to be forcing square DPI. I found a setting using xrandr
> from terminal that will change this and all works well until reboot.
> Adding the command to a script and running it at logon, does not seem
> to work however. I think it has to do with the timing of the scripts
> that are running.
>
> Since I have a fix that works for the current session, and since
> reboots are very infrequent (mythfrontend only box), I just added the
> xrandr command to the mythfrontend startup script. Then when there is
> a reboot and my wife/kids press the button on the remote to start
> mythfronted, the xrandr command runs first.
>
> I know this is an ugly solution, but it works for me and this TV will
> probably not last that much longer anyway. Thanks to those that helped.
I still think you should check your X start scripts and I'll bet one or
more of them has a hard-coded -dpi 100 on it. It's very common for
distros to add that (brokenness).
Mike
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