On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 09:28:22PM +0000, Alan James wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 05:07:01PM +0100, Joerg Johannes wrote:
>
>
> > If I'm right, Modelines are not necessary any more with XF86-4.1 .
>
> That's right, X now has a set of vesa display modes built in, so you dont
> need to set up common modes.
>
> >So, how can I get this (from the man page):
> >
> > Modeline "pal" 50.00 768 832 856 1000 576 590 595 630 -hsync -vsync
> >
> > to work with my brand new XF86-4.1 ?
>
> I was trying to do the same thing the other day. The modeline goes into
> the Monitor section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> Restart X and if you have as much luck as I did, in /var/log/XFree86.0.log
> you'll see 'Not using default mode "pal" (vrefresh out of range)' or similar
>
> I didnt fiddle with the modeline at all or try anything else. I'm reasonably
> happy with the 800x600 view for the moment, and I'm probably going to try for
> a widescreen view if my tv card etc supports it.
>
> What kind of video card do you have ? I havent tried a PAL mode since ive been
> using this Matrox G400 Max so it could be that or the upgrade to X4 that broke
> it. Something doesnt like the screen mode thats for sure.
Soes this thread imply that xawtv, in full screen mode, is able to automagicly
swtich X
resolutinos such that it does give "full screen", instead of just centering the
TV image
on the display with a black border around it?
If so could someone please point me to the diocs on how to do this for
NTSC?
I've presently got 3 TV capable comouters:
1. Progeny machine with Radeon ? Graphics card & WinTV card.
2. Woody machine with Radeon ? Graphics card & WinTV card.
3. Woody machine with ATI AllInWonder Radeon & Gatos driveers.
Only machine 4 dosse this, and it's also the only one runing in xv mode.
While I like the true full screen provided by this, i cna't use the frame
graver in xv mode, which is very important to me.
If I can get the WinTV based machines to give me true full screen mode
it would be great!
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