hi folks,
I've been fiddling with the settings for my new HP-S4253 Plasma connected via DVI - HDMI to my KnoppMyth frontend (FX5200).
In the end, I went to Jarod Wilson's wonderful website (
http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/mythhd.php) and pilfered his working xorg.conf file (
http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/xorg.conf-HD.txt). I renamed it "XF86Config-4", and put it in /etc/X11.
It worked with only a tiny bit of editing (font paths). So I've edited Jarod's xorg.conf file to suit my own system, and the resulting picture quality, especially HD, is simply outstanding. I think I'm seeing 960 x 540p (according to Jarod's guide).
And here's my problem: somewhere, somehow, the OSD settings are munged so that the font size is too small to read. The Channel Guide font is too small, and the font for the Myth menus is too small. In addition, the fonts for anything in fluxbox are too small (outside of the Myth frontend). I have not been able to track down the cause yet, and it is the only stumble in an otherwise successful DVI - HDMI connection.
I've included my XF86Config-4 file below in the hopes that it may help someone else and maybe someone will help me find the cure.
Code:
# Xorg X server configuration for HDTV
# by sTv
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "ddc" # ddc probing of monitor
# Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
Load "v4l"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "record"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "MonitorDVI"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "42in-HP-S4253"
HorizSync 30-50
VertRefresh 59.94
#VertRefresh 60.0
Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "True"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "dpms"
Option "NoLogo" "1"
# My 960x540p mode
Mode "960x540p"
DotClock 37.26
HTimings 960 976 1008 1104
VTimings 540 542 548 563
Flags "+HSync" "+VSync"
EndMode
# My 880x480in540p mode
Mode "in540p"
DotClock 37.26
HTimings 880 944 1048 1104
VTimings 480 506 520 563
Flags "+HSync" "+VSync"
EndMode
# My 1920x1080i mode
Mode "1920x1080i"
DotClock 74.52
HTimings 1920 1952 2016 2208
VTimings 1080 1084 1096 1126
Flags "-HSync" "-VSync" "Interlace"
EndMode
# My 1760x960in1080i mode
Mode "in1080i"
DotClock 74.52
HTimings 1760 1888 2096 2208
VTimings 960 1012 1028 1126
Flags "-HSync" "-VSync" "Interlace"
EndMode
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "blank time" "0"
Option "standby time" "0"
Option "suspend time" "0"
Option "off time" "0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Chaintech"
BoardName "GeForce FX 5200"
#Option "RenderAccel" "1"
#Option "NvAGP" "1"
#Option "NoDDC"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "MonitorDVI"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "960x540p" "1920x1080i"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection
-sTv