Cannot set correct Mode in X with GeForce 9600 GSO
Tod Merley
todbot88 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 16 20:39:26 UTC 2008
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Kevin Gilbert <kevin952 at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> I'm trying to get MythTV going and I'm having a problem configuring X to
> correctly set the resolution on the TV. (I am getting output on the TV but
> it's in 4:3 not 16:9 ratio.)
>
> I cannot see what I am doing wrong! Can someone please give me a hint?
>
> Distro if Fedora Rawhide (pre-10 "bleeding edge"). X version info (some of):
>
> ==== start ====
> $ grep xorg-x11-server /var/log/rpmpkgs
> xorg-x11-server-common-1.5.1-10.fc10.x86_64.rpm
> xorg-x11-server-utils-7.4-3.fc10.x86_64.rpm
> xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.5.1-10.fc10.x86_64.rpm
> ==== end ====
>
> My xorg.conf is:
> ==== start ====
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Multi-Head"
> Screen 0 "Desktop" 0 0
> Screen 1 "MythTV" RightOf "Desktop"
> InputDevice "Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
> InputDevice "Mouse" "CorePointer"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions"
> ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "fbdevhw"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "glx"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "Xinerama" "0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "auto"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "GF9600_GSO_Samsung"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> Option "UseEvents" "True"
> Screen 0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "GF9600_GSO_TV"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> Option "UseEvents" "True"
> Screen 1
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Samsung"
> VendorName "Samsung"
> ModelName "SyncMaster 940BW"
> HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
> VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
> Option "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "LG_TV"
> VendorName "LG"
> ModelName "LG42LB2DE"
> Modeline "1920x1080" 176.92 1920 2008 2224 2632 1080 1080 1083 1120
> Modeline "1080" 182.01 1920 1952 2640 2672 1080 1102 1113 1135
> Modeline "1080i" 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync -vsync
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Desktop"
> Device "GF9600_GSO_Samsung"
> Monitor "Samsung"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "MythTV"
> Device "GF9600_GSO_TV"
> Monitor "LG_TV"
> ==== end ====
>
> The Xorg.0.log file is, in part:
> ==== start ====
> (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-1
> (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 9600 GSO (G92) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 393216 kBytes
> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.92.23.00.10
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 9600 GSO at PCI:1:0:0:
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-0)
> (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
> (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
> (==) NVIDIA(0):
> (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-
> select"
> (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
> (==) NVIDIA(0):
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
> (II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select"
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1440 x 900
> (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (89, 87); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
> (--) NVIDIA(0): option
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
> (**) NVIDIA(1): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> (==) NVIDIA(1): RGB weight 888
> (==) NVIDIA(1): Default visual is TrueColor
> (==) NVIDIA(1): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> (**) NVIDIA(1): Option "UseEvents" "True"
> (**) NVIDIA(1): Enabling RENDER acceleration
> (II) NVIDIA(1): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 9600 GSO (G92) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
> (--) NVIDIA(1): Memory: 393216 kBytes
> (--) NVIDIA(1): VideoBIOS: 62.92.23.00.10
> (II) NVIDIA(1): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
> (--) NVIDIA(1): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
> (--) NVIDIA(1): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 9600 GSO at PCI:1:0:0:
> (--) NVIDIA(1): Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-0)
> (--) NVIDIA(1): CRT-1
> (--) NVIDIA(1): Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
> (--) NVIDIA(1): CRT-1: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
> (II) NVIDIA(1): Assigned Display Device: CRT-1
> (WW) NVIDIA(1): No valid modes for "1080"; removing.
> (WW) NVIDIA(1): No valid modes for "1080i"; removing.
> (WW) NVIDIA(1): No valid modes for "1920x1080"; removing.
> (WW) NVIDIA(1):
> (WW) NVIDIA(1): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the default
> mode
> (WW) NVIDIA(1): "nvidia-auto-select".
> (WW) NVIDIA(1):
> (II) NVIDIA(1): Validated modes:
> (II) NVIDIA(1): "nvidia-auto-select"
> (II) NVIDIA(1): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480
> (WW) NVIDIA(1): Unable to get display device CRT-1's EDID; cannot compute DPI
> (WW) NVIDIA(1): from CRT-1's EDID.
> (==) NVIDIA(1): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
> (==) NVIDIA(1): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
> (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
> ==== end ====
>
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Hi Kevin!
The following link may help:
http://www.mythtvtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2842&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
And this one seems to have considerable detail:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_X_for_MythTV
Have a lot of fun!
Tod
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