On 06:43 Wed 10 Jul, James Cloos wrote: >>>>>> "SB" == Steven Blatchford <sblatchford@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >SB> new 42 - http://sprunge.us/LASN > >Looking at that, I may have misread the previous log. > >In any case, that log shows: > >[ 40.880] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using initial mode 1366x768 >[ 40.880] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI2 using initial mode 1920x1080 >... >[ 40.883] (II) intel(0): Allocated new frame buffer 1920x1080 stride 7680, tiled > >and: > >[ 40.880] (**) intel(0): DPI set to (52, 52) > >52 dpi at 1920x1080 is 42 inches. > >There is also: > >[ 40.891] (WW) intel(0): Option "PreferredMode" is not used > >so it didn't need that to do 1080p on the tv. > >This log shows hdmi2 connected to a tv which has manufacturer MEI, which >is Panasonic. I forget already whether the Panasonic was new or old. The Panasonic is the new 42" TV. >If so, maybe the bluris the opposite of what I earlier presumed. Is the >system trying to mirror the internal display on the tv? If so, and if >it keeps the tv in its native 1080p, then it would have to use the gpu >to scale the 1366x768 to 1920x1080. Perhaps the old 42 was receiving >1366x768 and doing a better job scaling that than the gpu does? > >Setting the external, eg, leftOf the internal ought to avoid that. > >As should disabling the interal when the external is connected. These are the commands I'm running in a script: xrandr --output VGA1 --off xrandr --output LVDS1 --off xrandr --output HDMI2 --mode 1920x1080 >But it looks like the panasonic is working as it should. > >Oh, and look in a magnifying glass at the 42's pixels. Many at that >size use bayer pattern sub-pixels. Avoid sub-pixel fonts at all costs >on such a display. Plain grayscale anti-aliasing is fine; sub-pixel is NOT. I'm using a monospace bitmap font called gohufont in terminals. -steve _______________________________________________ xorg@xxxxxxxxxxx: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: list-xorg@xxxxxxxxxxx