Topic: Xdsl Screen Res Or Something (Read 575 times)

jeffroiscool · « **Reply #30 on:** January 02, 2006, 12:18:00 PM »

Hey can someone help me, i have managed to set the resolution on 640 X 510 with fbset, but the left right lower upper margins don't do anything, i tried even with extreme values, i got an normal pal television, xbox 1.6(

and i'm using x-dsl frugil or something. Plz help me i can see the right bar of firefox, thats very anoying..

Takenover83 · « **Reply #31 on:** January 07, 2006, 11:01:00 PM »

Dont feel bad, im in the same boat. Nothing I try works on my 1.6 box and 4:3 Television.

This post has been edited by Takenover83: Jan 8 2006, 07:02 AM

xboxplayer321 · « **Reply #32 on:** January 10, 2006, 09:40:00 AM »

same prob here 4:3 tv and 1.6 box
but can someone elaborate on the prerequisites for going ssh into xdsl?
i dont have an ftp connection from pc to xbox...is it reqd?
cant i just replace some values in some file in the iso ??

This post has been edited by xboxplayer321: Jan 10 2006, 05:42 PM

aje4shore · « **Reply #33 on:** February 03, 2006, 12:25:00 PM »

hi, a bit off the subject but i am having the same problem with xebian, anyone know how to fix it on that?

thebucketmouse · « **Reply #34 on:** February 03, 2006, 02:36:00 PM »

Wow...seeing all these problematic sets, has ANYONE gotten XDSL working on a HDTV? I personally use a 32" non-HDTV and it works great for me.

DingChavez · « **Reply #35 on:** February 26, 2006, 06:56:00 AM »

QUOTE(xboxplayer321 @ Jan 10 2006, 06:47 PM)

same prob here 4:3 tv and 1.6 box
but can someone elaborate on the prerequisites for going ssh into xdsl?
i dont have an ftp connection from pc to xbox...is it reqd?
cant i just replace some values in some file in the iso ??

I think you need to connct the Xbox to a router with interweb. And then use putty to get into it from your computer and type stuff. I didn't try this tho. I gave up after I saw the first few posts in this thread......I have a 1.6 too. So much hassle just to get a proper res. 4get about it... >_>

typingsux · « **Reply #36 on:** February 28, 2006, 02:03:00 PM »

QUOTE(DingChavez @ Feb 26 2006, 03:03 PM)

I think you need to connct the Xbox to a router with interweb. And then use putty to get into it from your computer and type stuff. I didn't try this tho. I gave up after I saw the first few posts in this thread......I have a 1.6 too. So much hassle just to get a proper res. 4get about it... >_>

Until the smart people update the kernel for 1.6 boxes I'm not bothering either. It would be so cool, looks like the best flavor on xbox just this small problem.

ash_link · « **Reply #37 on:** March 09, 2006, 11:38:00 AM »

How do I do the buffer shit? I try through Terminal and tells me "dev/fb0: permission denied"

rush340 · « **Reply #38 on:** March 21, 2006, 02:49:00 PM »

QUOTE

4. Edit "etc/X11/XF86Config-4" (pico XF86Config-4) find "Modeline 'xbox' "

How do I do this? I did the loopback install, but can't seem to get it to work. When I launch Linux, it added the option to launch the loopback install, but when I select it nothing happens.

Would I edit this xf86 file on the computer with a text editor? And should the loopback install be putting it into a new folder on the E: partition?

I'm able to SSH and change fbset, but pretty much any time I change anything, it only ends up worse...

rush340 · « **Reply #39 on:** March 21, 2006, 03:16:00 PM »

ok, I found out that it was giving the wrong address when it was adding the loopback title to the .cfg file...

So I have the loopback working, but still wondering how to edit the fx86 file.

rush340 · « **Reply #40 on:** March 21, 2006, 06:28:00 PM »

QUOTE(friedgold @ Jun 7 2005, 10:51 AM)

You won't find a XF86Config-4 file because X-DSL doesn't use one. Basically the situation is this: gentoox/xebian use the XFree86/X.org X servers. They access the video hardware directly and so need a seperate config file telling them what video modes to use. X-DSL (and sXb mini I believe) use the the K Drive framebuffer X Server. This doesn't access the hardware directly but uses the framebuffer instead. This means all you need to do is get the video settings working on the framebuffer with fbset and the X Server will use these settings too. Once everything looks good just save the fbset command you used to a init script so it is run every boot.

Ah, just noticed this post. So that means I'm having another problem... When I type in a new configuration for fbset, the screen goes all screwy. As far as I can tell, I'm doing it all correctly, but how is the big timing # right after "-t" calculated?

rush340 · « **Reply #41 on:** March 27, 2006, 11:00:00 PM »

QUOTE(BlaCkAdDa @ Mar 26 2006, 02:06 AM)

Ok thanks to the help provided on page 1 of this thread I've been able to get my overscan issues sorted
The text is a little harder to read now prob due to the scaling but heres what I did to get this working nicely on 720P

mind u this is after I've done a loopback install

right click / go to window manager and then click exit
in console type su to get root, entered xbox as password
then typed fbset to get my settings

and followed the instructions by subtracting from resolution and adding to margins until I got it nice.
at any time I clicked startx to reload x and see where i ended up, exiting it again back to prompt

When you have it right take note of yoru settings
go to breeze and then open the linuxbooter.cfg or whatever its called in the /opt directory and add that item into the script (note you need to still have root to do this)

and woola,

my settings for 720P on a panasonic PV500A 42 inch HD plasma are

fbset -g 1216 688 1216 688 16 -t 13468 252 102 36 21 80 5

as i said its not quite perfect but a lot better than so much info being offscreen, though text in mozilla is now quite hard to read properly

(any ideas on this?)

You are sooooo awesome. You just answered all of my questions, and got me a perfect setting on the second try. I ended up taking yours and taking 8 off of the height/width and adding it to the left and upper margins. Now it's prefect.

Before I didn't know that you had to close x to get the settings to change correctly, I also had no idea that you had to be super-user to get write priveliges to bootlocal.sh. So I was having a problem with that as well.

Thanks again man

Vejita · « **Reply #42 on:** March 28, 2006, 02:13:00 PM »

QUOTE(BlaCkAdDa @ Mar 26 2006, 11:06 AM)

fbset -g 1216 688 1216 688 16 -t 13468 252 102 36 21 80 5

Thanks for posting this useful info, especially your fbset values as my LCD seems to like them very much.

What I find very strange though is that if I boot up with these values (in bootlocal.sh) then the screen is not centered but if I logout of the window manager and logon as su and then re-enter the same fbset values then do the startx command again the screen is 100% perfect with no overscan and no black borders. Why is that?

Also, how do I stop the virtual keyboard from loading up at bootup because I use a USB Keyboard.

Vejita · « **Reply #43 on:** March 28, 2006, 03:23:00 PM »

Thanks for the info. BTW is there any way of logging in as root automatically at bootup?

cayotic · « **Reply #44 on:** May 05, 2006, 11:57:00 AM »

I'm the reason you should back up your linux installs after all is well.

As of current the only thing I backup religiously is the eeprom.

I have the HD cables and an 1.1 Xbox with the 50" samsung DLP. I tried FBSET -S and I get "permission denied", as mention by a previous member that didn't get a response.

XDSL is located on my E drive.

What's with the error. Is is because it's a read only install or what?

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