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From: pk <peterk2@××××××××.se>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf tweaks for HTPC machine?
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:36:24
Message-Id: 50CF65AE.4020308@coolmail.se
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf tweaks for HTPC machine? by Walter Dnes
1 On 2012-12-17 17:23, Walter Dnes wrote:
2
3 <snipped a whole lot...>
4
5 > 1) Despite the TV being native 1366x768, it defaults to 1280x720, which
6 > is the first mode listed in the EDID. Fixed-pixel displays show best at
7 > their native resolution So I ran "Xorg -configure" and created an
8 > xorg.conf file, and forced 1366x768 resolution. And got no picture. I
9 > tried X again at 128x720. Then I used xrandr to change to 1920x1080,
10 > and it worked. Used xrandr to change to 1366x768, and it hung. From
11 > Xorg.0.log ...
12
13 > Any ideas?
14
15 You can perhaps try to find out what the tv is telling X: x11-misc/read-edid
16
17 ... if you haven't already tried it (you can also use "startx --
18 -logverbose 6").
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20 You can also set your preferred resolution in xorg.conf as such:
21
22 In Section "Screen":
23
24 Subsection "Display"
25 ...
26 Modes "1366x768" "1280x720" ...
27 EndSubSection
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29 X will automatically try the leftmost alternative first...
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31 Regarding the crash, I don't know enough about debugging, unfortunately.
32 Have you tried rebuilding X and all it's libs?
33
34 Best regards
35
36 Peter K

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