Ubuntu 8.10 +780G ATI HD3200 screen messed up

kowalski Wrote:indy5:
"Just for the hell of it, I launched xbmc with "sudo xbmc" instead of "xbmc""
Perhaps by running XBMC as root you're skipping all the settings saved in your ordinary user's home folder (/home/(youruser)/.xbmc). Please report if you can achieve the same result by removing /home/(youruser)/.xbmc folder and running XBMC non-root (but don't forget to back it up; or better just rename it to any other name instead of removing). I'm @work now, so I can't test it by myself.

Now I tried running with sudo xbmc, and I got my sources in my /home/username/.xbmc
so I guess sudo xbmc doesnt skip that dir?

/Söder

soder Wrote:But will not xbmc be runned in a NON 720p then? And then not correct ratio? And therefore unnecessary scales?

No, XBMC still runs @720p. There are no scaling; the screen area below line 720 (that is, from 720 to 1440) just remains invisible. Aspect ratio is correct.

kowalski Wrote:No, XBMC still runs @720p. There are no scaling; the screen area below line 720 (that is, from 720 to 1440) just remains invisible. Aspect ratio is correct.

OK, I still dont really understand what that Vertical does, but you mean thats all I have to do?

/Söder

soder Wrote:OK, I still dont really understand what that Vertical does,

Nor do I understand why it works at all )

soder Wrote:but you mean thats all I have to do?

Not quite sure, but why not to try?
You may also need to use "Option "EnableMonitor" "nocrt1,tmds2i".
And (as always) check /etc/ati/amdpcsdb

kowalski Wrote:Nor do I understand why it works at all )



Not quite sure, but why not to try?
You may also need to use "Option "EnableMonitor" "nocrt1,tmds2i".
And (as always) check /etc/ati/amdpcsdb

Hmm, but, what shall I check /etc/ati/amdpcsdb for?

Will try this tonight.

/Söder

soder Wrote:Hmm, but, what shall I check /etc/ati/amdpcsdb for?

You have to check that Xorg.conf settings mentioned above aren't overridden by the similarly named keys in amdpcsdb file.

kowalski Wrote:You have to check that Xorg.conf settings mentioned above aren't overridden by the similarly named keys in amdpcsdb file.

This is my xorg.conf


And this is my amdpcsdb file


Shall the name be exact the same, or what shall I look for?

/Söder

soder Wrote:Shall the name be exact the same, or what shall I look for?

And this is corresponding amdpcsdb file fragment

kowalski Wrote:

Code:

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Section "Device"
        Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
        Driver      "fglrx"
[b]#  comment out:
#      Option      "EnableMonitor" "crt1,lvds,tv,tmds1,crt2,tmds2,cv,tmds2i"
#  add:
        Option      "EnableMonitor" "nocrt1,tmds2i"
        Option      "DisplaySetup" "vertical"
[/b]        BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

(... skipped ...)

And this is corresponding amdpcsdb file fragment

Code:

(... skipped ...)

[AMDPCSROOT/SYSTEM/DDX]
OGLFMTA2R10G10B10Enable=V0
EnableRandR12=SFALSE
MultiviewXineramaNo3D=V1
[b]
EnableMonitor=Snocrt1,tmds2i
DisplaySetup=Svertical
[/b]
[AMDPCSROOT/SYSTEM/DDX/RECENTMODE/SCREEN00]
Width=V1280
Height=V720
Refresh=V60
(... skipped ...)

So I shall disable the line

Option "EnableMonitor" "crt1,lvds,tv,tmds1,crt2,tmds2,cv,tmds2i"

add these lines
Option "EnableMonitor" "nocrt1,tmds2i"
Option "DisplaySetup" "vertical"

and in the ati-file I shall add what you wrote?

/Söder

Yeah.
"and in the ati-file I shall add what you wrote?"
add OR replace.