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| Author: | bouche [ Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | nvidia overscan settings not sticking |
So I setup XFree86-4 with the tv-out settings and such... I have overscan defined in the file as 0.5 If I do a cold boot, X loads on the tv but overscan is not applied. If I ctrl-alt-backspace out of x, when it automatically reloads overscan is applied properly... WHY?? also on a side note, how do you set different resolutions in mythtv, I want to try running it at 640x480 I am running an A7N8X-VM w/onboard nvidia tv-out (specs in sig.) |
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| Author: | Xsecrets [ Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:07 pm ] |
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Not sure why your overscan is not applying on boot never seen that problem, but to set different resolutions go to the screens section of XF86Config-4 and specify a different resolution in your default color depth. All should become clear when you look over the screens section. |
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| Author: | alewman [ Sun Aug 07, 2005 1:41 am ] |
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I'm not sure about your situation really as I am using a different method to apply the overscan. So, in X, I run nvidia-settings to bring the nvidia control panel up. Then I set the overscan there. When I exit that utility it saves a config file in ~/.nvidia-settings-rc Then to have that file load every time, I edit ~/.fluxbox/apps and added a line right after xset that says... [startup] {nvidia-settings --load-config-only} And that works for me. Good luck with your overscan issue. -Aubrey |
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| Author: | tjc [ Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:02 am ] |
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That's how I do it too. It seems more reliable and consistent to set these from nvidia-settings along with any other tweaks you need for gamma, saturation, flicker, ... |
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| Author: | bouche [ Sun Aug 07, 2005 12:38 pm ] |
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ok I'll give that a try, but how do I run nvdia-settings in X? mythtv autoloads into X and its says Xserver not available is I run nvdia-settings from a diff user. |
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| Author: | tjc [ Sun Aug 07, 2005 1:03 pm ] |
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Well, what alewman said seems pretty clear to me... Do you know how to edit a file under Unix/Linux (there is an FAQ entry on this on the Wiki)? Have you looked at the file (/home/mythtv/.fluxbox/apps) he mentioned? BTW - I also added a line to set the background color to black and thus eliminate any blue edges that maybe left at the top and/or bottom, as a result my apps file looks like this: Code: [startup] {xset -dpms s off}
[startup] {xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0} [startup] {nvidia-settings --load-config-only} [startup] {KnoppMyth-run} [app] (SDL_App) [Layer] {2} [Deco] {NONE} [end] |
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| Author: | iscraigh [ Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | error on settings apply |
When I run nvidia-settings --load-config-only I get the error (nvidia-settings:5307): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: Any suggestions? Thanks Craig Double post sorry this thread seemed more current |
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| Author: | tjc [ Wed Oct 12, 2005 5:54 pm ] |
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Who are you doing it as? Are you doing it manually or from the apps file as shown? Are you doing this from a terminal window on the primary screen? What does "echo $DISPLAY" show? |
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| Author: | iscraigh [ Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:23 pm ] |
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I'm doing it as user mythtv from a putty session but let me try from a terminal window Ok same error as root or mythtv Tried stopping gdm via /etc/init.d/gdm stop This took me out of x I ran the command again as both mythtv and root and had no luck Craig |
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| Author: | tjc [ Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:36 pm ] |
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You need to either be running in the X session as the owner, or have thre DISPLAY variable set appropriately and exported and have access permissions to the session. You didn't mention the setting of you DISPLAY variable that I asked about... |
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