[Openchrome-users] 720x576Noscale problem

[Greg Cope]

Ivor, Other devs,

Any ideas on when this might be fixed?  I think this is one of the
reasons my myth box is not right.

Greg

On 21/05/06, Greg Cope <gregcope at gmail.com> wrote:
> I can confirm exactly the same on an FC4 based system.
>
> Sorry no idea how to fix it bar using Noscale in 16 mode.  The picture
> is still shifted down+to right, but I use the myhth geometry settings
> when starting the front end to shift it back.  This is however a
> kludge.
>
> Greg
>
> On 21/05/06, J?hann ??rir J?hannsson <joi at strik.is> wrote:
> > Hi and thank you for the Openchrome effort.
> >
> > Gear:  SP13000 (CN400).
> >    Xorg 7.0, Openchrome 20060306, Tv-out in PAL over S-video. Gentoo
> > based EpiOs with kernel 2.6.15.
> >
> > I've tried 720x576 mode but with picture too far to the right and too
> > far down, 800x600 is OK but with small black border and blurry,
> > 720x576Over is clear and crisp but with big parts of the screen missing
> > (notably the [cancel]    [<prev] [next>] bottom line in MythTv configs
> > is lost), it is also too far right and down (by about I guess 5-10%)
> >
> > The 720x576Noscale is very crisp but seriously garbled and in b/w.
> > Looks like two, three images superimposed, with one far right, and two
> > almost overlapping.
> >
> > Any advice on getting the Noscale mode working, can't figure out these
> > modeline thingies...
> >
> > Is there a utility that can adjust these things in real time without
> > restarting X? I tried Xvidtune, but it holds the pixel clock so the
> > vertical refresh rate changes, it is also unusable when the screen is
> > garbled as you can't see which button to click.
> >
> > (--) VIA(0): Virtual size is 720x576 (pitch 720)
> > (**) VIA(0): *Default mode "720x576Noscale": 28.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0
> > MHz), 31.2 kHz, 50.0 Hz
> > (II) VIA(0): Modeline "720x576Noscale"   28.00  720 728 864 896  576 576
> > 579 625 -hsync -vsync
> > (**) VIA(0):  Default mode "720x576Over": 27.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0
> > MHz), 31.2 kHz, 50.0 Hz
> > (II) VIA(0): Modeline "720x576Over"   27.00  720 768 800 864  576 577
> > 579 625 -hsync +vsync
> > (**) VIA(0):  Default mode "720x480pal": 28.0 MHz (scaled from -0.0
> > MHz), 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
> > (II) VIA(0): Modeline "720x480pal"   27.97  720 736 768 888  480 480 483
> > 525 -hsync -vsync
> > (**) VIA(0):  Default mode "640x480": 30.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
> > 30.0 kHz, 50.0 Hz
> > (II) VIA(0): Modeline "640x480"   30.00  640 680 808 1000  480 520 523
> > 600 -hsync -vsync
> > (**) VIA(0):  Default mode "640x480Over": 21.0 MHz (scaled from -0.0
> > MHz), 25.0 kHz, 50.0 Hz
> > (II) VIA(0): Modeline "640x480Over"   21.00  640 664 792 840  480 485
> > 491 500 -hsync -vsync
> > (**) VIA(0): Display dimensions: (400, 225) mm
> > (**) VIA(0): DPI set to (45, 65)
> >
> > I swore I wouldn't cut my hair or shave until I got this thing up and
> > running. I now have a full beard and hippy hair.
> >
> > Joi.
> >
> >
> >
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