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8.2

tv-out screen size too large to fit

Asked by Stief-Group in Ubuntu, Video Cards, Home Theater Systems

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I have an 8800GT with a widescreen LCD on DVI and a 32" CRT on the Svideo connection. The LCD resolution is 1680x1050 while I think the CRT is 720x480. I'm running ubuntu 8.04.

Using the nvidia-settings gui, I have set up the displays to be "Separate X screens". The problem I'm having now is that the image being sent to the TV is too large and the top, bottom and both sides of the screen run off the tv. I can just barely see the top and bottom panels. I have tried turning the resolution all the way down to 320x240, and while I do see more of the screen with this, it's still not all of it.

When i hook the same TV up to the same video card on my windows box, the screen fits perfectly within the tv's borders.

Is there some way that I can adjust the Horizontal / vertical size to fit my TV's screen properly?

I have also tried using "TwinView" setting from the gui as well, with same results. My xorg.conf file is attached.

I appreciate any help or suggestions on fixes I can try.Start Free Trial 
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Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection
 
Section "Module"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection
 
Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
 
Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
 
Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Configured Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "CorePointer"
EndSection
 
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
 
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "HP w2207"
    HorizSync       24.0 - 82.0
    VertRefresh     48.0 - 76.0
EndSection
 
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "TV-0"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
EndSection
 
Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Configured Video Device"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    Option         "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
 
Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8800 GT"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection
 
Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8800 GT"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection
 
Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "Configured Video Device"
    Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection
 
Section "Screen"
 
# Removed Option "TwinView" "0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, TV: 1024x768 +1680+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+100, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, TV: 800x600 +1680+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, TV: 800x600 +1680+0"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
EndSection
 
Section "Screen"
 
# Removed Option "metamodes" "TV: 800x600 +1680+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "TV: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Videocard1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "TV: 720x480 +0+0"
EndSection
 
Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
 
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Zones: Ubuntu, Video Cards, Home Theater Systems
Tags: Ubuntu, 8.04, nvidia, 8800GT, PCI-E
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Solution Provided By: Stief-Group
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