[opensuse] Custom modelines in opensuse 10.2
Hi all, I'm trying to set up a MythTV box using suse 10.2 and am having troubles getting any sort of custom modelines to show up as an option in the resolution changer application. So first my hardware. It's an Asus barebones P.C. (Spec documented at http://users.sisna.com/mcole/asus-t2-ah1-mythtv-linux.html) which has an AMD Athlon 64 CPU and onboard ATI Radion X300 video. I'm trying to use the DVI output to connect to a Samsung plasma HDTV (using HDMI port). I've tried modifying the xorg.conf file, then rebooting, logging out/in, killing gdm and running startx, etc. No matter what I do, the resolutions I add do not seem to appear in the "change resolution" application in the default gnome based desktop. In fact the list in this application does not seem to line up with the xorg.conf file at all. (There are resolutions there which are definitly not listed as modes in the xorg.conf file). So, my question is this: Once I add a custom modeline in the xorg.conf file, how do I switch to that resolution from the Gnome desktop? Strangely enough, I think the modes are being used by gdm (the aspect ratio looks like a widescreen HDTV setup), but once the desktop starts up, the mode seems to be gone? Many thanks, Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:53:12 -0800 "Robert Smith" <rjmpsmith@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm trying to set up a MythTV box using suse 10.2 and am having troubles getting any sort of custom modelines to show up as an option in the resolution changer application.
Check the /var/log/X<whatever> log file. See if any mention of your mode line shows up at all, perhaps with a reason why it was rejected. I know when fedora went to xorg 7.1 I discovered that many mystic incantations and shaking of rubber chickens was required to convince it "yes, I really do want you to use my modeline". See http://home.att.net/~Tom.Horsley/easy-linux.html for the full sad story :-). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2/12/07, Robert Smith <rjmpsmith@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I'm trying to set up a MythTV box using suse 10.2 and am having troubles getting any sort of custom modelines to show up as an option in the resolution changer application.
So first my hardware. It's an Asus barebones P.C. (Spec documented at http://users.sisna.com/mcole/asus-t2-ah1-mythtv-linux.html) which has an AMD Athlon 64 CPU and onboard ATI Radion X300 video. I'm trying to use the DVI output to connect to a Samsung plasma HDTV (using HDMI port).
I've tried modifying the xorg.conf file, then rebooting, logging out/in, killing gdm and running startx, etc.
No matter what I do, the resolutions I add do not seem to appear in the "change resolution" application in the default gnome based desktop. In fact the list in this application does not seem to line up with the xorg.conf file at all. (There are resolutions there which are definitly not listed as modes in the xorg.conf file).
So, my question is this: Once I add a custom modeline in the xorg.conf file, how do I switch to that resolution from the Gnome desktop?
Strangely enough, I think the modes are being used by gdm (the aspect ratio looks like a widescreen HDTV setup), but once the desktop starts up, the mode seems to be gone?
Many thanks,
Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
You maybe need to put NoEDID option for the device. This will turn off the auto detection of the spects of your tv and will use what you supplied as modelines. -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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