On Feb 05, 09 20:33:18 +0100, Anders Eriksson wrote:
Tried that: * Both the HDMI and VGA displays. * VGA 1920x1080 everthing ok * HDMI gets a desktop size which is larger than the screen. On all edges, about 2 cm of the desktop is carwed off (the left column of icons and the bottom panel in KDE). Additionally, th statics is there _but_ not as intense. xrandr and xdpyinfo both attests that both outputs are 1920x1080. It doesn't scroll as the classic "virtual large desktop" X thing. The text looks stretched and the scroll list in Kterm shows a repeating wavy stretch pattern.
Sounds very much like overscan. Many TVs don't display HD in a 1:1 fashion. Which is IMHO broken, but hell...
mhopf@suse.de said: No improvement. Tried "shadowfb", "exa", "none", removing the line. With randr (i.e. as above) I get less static. Maybe one horizontal line "blip" every 2 seconds. Without randr (i.e. with all of the desktop shown on the monitor), I get 4-7 lines jumping around more or less all the time. My
Ok, sounds different. Please try Option "UseAtomBIOS" "true" and report back.
imression is that I get more lines when I place some windows on the otherwise homogeneous blue background. I can send you a small video of the phenomenon if you want to.
No, not needed. Seems like the electrical values are not right.
Matthias
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