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spiderbaby
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 Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:29 am Post subject: Graphics driver for PS3 in Fedora 7 |
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Hi all,
First post from a noob (Linux and PS3 development). I've installed Fedora 7 on our PS3 but I'm having problems with the graphics drivers.
My monitor's native resolution is 1680x1050 with a preferred rate of 60 Hz. I'm using ps3videomode to set the resolution but the only options which work are "ps3videomode -v 7" (576p) and "ps3videomode -v 2" (480p). I think that this is because the screen resolution (System->Preferences->Hardware->Screen Resolution) for Fedora is set at 576x460 at 25 Hz. However, the GUI doesn't give me any other option for the screen res.
Do I just need to change the screen resolution (and if so, how)?
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IronPeter
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:31 am Post subject: |
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Use videomode 13 ( from my memory, not sure ).
It is for 1280x1024. I am using that resolution on 1680x1050 capable monitor.
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spiderbaby
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:47 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks, I tried that but it didn't work for me. The two modes which work best (i.e. I can see the whole display) are 7 and 39, both 576p. Most other modes don't work at all or else give me a partial display. |
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Arwin
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:15 am Post subject: |
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| spiderbaby wrote: | | Thanks, I tried that but it didn't work for me. The two modes which work best (i.e. I can see the whole display) are 7 and 39, both 576p. Most other modes don't work at all or else give me a partial display. |
Does your monitor support DHCP? This could be a problem if you're using HDMI/DVI. |
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jimparis
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| HDCP :) |
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spiderbaby
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Arwin wrote: | | Does your monitor support DHCP? This could be a problem if you're using HDMI/DVI. |
Yep, according to the Dell website it supports it. I forgot to mention that I'm connecting the PS3 to my monitor with a HDMI/DVI cable so thanks for picking up on that. |
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billb
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| spiderbaby wrote: | | Most other modes don't work at all or else give me a partial display. |
Are you rebooting and checking out the modes, or just checking with ps3videomode from a terminal window? As long as you're not getting a blank screen when you test the mode with ps3videomode you may get good results after setting it in yaboot.conf and rebooting.
I wrote a short guide to help with this over at fedoraforum. |
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spiderbaby
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:35 am Post subject: |
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| billb wrote: | Are you rebooting and checking out the modes, or just checking with ps3videomode from a terminal window? As long as you're not getting a blank screen when you test the mode with ps3videomode you may get good results after setting it in yaboot.conf and rebooting.
I wrote a short guide to help with this over at fedoraforum. |
Great! That worked :-)
I was doing exactly as you said; checking different modes in the terminal instead of rebooting.
These are the steps I took to fix the resolution (although I wouldn't recommend anyone follows these exactly since some steps broke the video settings):
1. Based on this page, I edited the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file so that my display modes were | Quote: | | "1920x1080" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" |
and I added the line | Quote: | | Option "ShadowFB" "false" |
to the device section.
2. This broke my XWindows on reboot. However, it let me change the settings (what's the safe way to do this?).
3. I tried a few different settings here but the one which worked was choosing a 1680x1050 generic LCD driver and setting the resolution to 1280x1024.
4. On logging in to Fedora, my display was a bit corrupted - the left side was on the right and vice versa (the display was wrapped around the screen).
5. I took the advice above and changed my yaboot.conf file, setting the mode to 76 (which was the one chosen by Fedora).
6. Reboot, and voila!
Again, I'm a noob so besides the last two steps this is almost surely the wrong way to do this. The last two steps might have even sufficed.
Thanks again everyone! |
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