On 24/04/13 10:19, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
On 2013-04-24 09:11, pete smout wrote:
Thanks to Tyler for pointing me in the right direction, SOLVED it
Thanks again
(and sorry for replying to you direct Tyler, my messages dont always reach
ubuntu users for some reason)
I'm glad I could help, Pete. Could you tell us how you solved it, for the
benefit of others?
Regards,
Tyler
Hi,
Gladly...... following the link Tyler gave me
http://www.tolaris.com/2009/04/14/enabling-1080p-video-on-the-shuttle-x27d-htpc/
I first using the 'gtf' command found the modelines for my desired
resoultion (1366x768) (copied & pasted into text doc for later
ref.).Then I added my xrog.conf from my Lucid disc with the added line
"virtual 1366x768" as shown in the link.
Then using xrandr I added newmode (xrandr --newmode <Modeline>) then
assigned it to VGA1 the output I am using, using xrandr again (xrandr
--addmode VGA1 <resolution&refresh from modeline>, then I was able to
switch to the correct resolution from the 'Displays' menu in the top
right of the screen.
I then tried to make the changes permanent and failed dismally &
completely screwed up and lost 'lightdm' (how I don't know but it
happened), recovered this unfortunate situation from the shell (couldn't
login graphically!) by "sudo apt-get install gdm", set gdm as default
display manager when prompted. This gave me access to my GUI and I then
googled the problem with lightdm and came accross this command "sudo
apt-get install --reinstall fmu lightdm" this sorted the login issue
(back with lightdm).
Then having completely had enough I decided to put the 2 lines of script
in a text file (xrandr --addmode <MODELINE>)(xrandr --newmode
<resolution_refreshrate>) and make this file executable via the
properties menu in nautilus. You can view this at
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80216532/TVBashScript
(DISCLAIMER although I posted this to help point anyone in the right
direction the settings are for my system, and unlikely to work on
someone elses)
Now whenever I plug the laptop into the TV I have to run that script /
text file (sat on my desktop) and then select the resolution via the
displays menu (top right).
When I am in a better frame of mind I will look at editing xorg.conf and
making the changes automatic but for now I am just happy to be able to
watch my favourite TV series' with no ads in them!
Please note this is my experience and the lightdm issue may well have
been a coincidence (I cannot see how editing xorg.conf would bork
lightdm) but it was the only change made when rebooting the machine!
Hope this helps someone in the future, Thanks again to Tyler for his post.
Regards
Pete
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