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Re: xorg and aspect ratio's



On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 07:16:11AM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> Alex Samad wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I am having a problem with my X server. i am using amd64 with nvidia
>> driver.
>>
>>
>> I have it connected to a plasma screen its an old one with a menu option
>> for 4:3 or 16:9
>>
>> I would like to keep it in 16:9 mode for watching video's, but when i do
>> this. my aspect ration seems to go askew.  I have tested this by using
>> xli to display a jpg on the screen and on my laptop (windows) and on
>> another debian amd64 machine.
>
> How do you watch the videos? If you are using mplayer, look into the  
> -monitoraspect, -monitorpixelaspect options.
nope hadn't been
>
> Also, are you also running at a resolution that is 16:9?
resolution is 1280x1024

but can't I set pixel aspect for X ?

>
>>
>> my Xorg.conf seems to be set up okay, I let nvidia work out the right
>> dimensions of the monitor and freq and dpi. it is current set to 35 x
>> 50. I have measured the screen size and it is the same as the one
>> reported. so it has all the right dimensions.
>>
>> any one have any idea how to config X to handle the screen when i put it
>> in 16:9 mode
>>
>
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