[Cbe-oss-dev] 1024x768

[Rafi Rubin]

Well that was kinda the point.  We can't really fiddle with how
everything handles the output from the ps3.

At the moment the device is plugged directly into a 4:3 tv that actually
is 1024x768.  And we are using it primarily for non-interactive non-gui
simulations.

But since its there and already partly hooked up, we figured it would be
nice to use it as a presentation machine.  But for that, the video needs
to go out to the tv, a projector and worst of all a picky video
conferencing unit.  Even if one or two of those are sufficiently
adjustable the third is really inflexible.

We do have a few old workstations that are perfectly capable of running
an X server and openoffice at the desired resolution.  Its just that
using the playstation seemed a little more stylish.

Rafi

Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Geoff Levand wrote:
>> Rafi Rubin wrote:
>>> Is the ps3 capable of outputting at 1024x768 in linux?
>> Sorry, no.  You can see the supported modes in the man
>> page of ps3-video-mode.  That info is also in the man
>> page source here:
>>
>>   http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-utils.git;a=blob;f=ps3-video-mode.8.in;hb=HEAD
> 
> However, by playing with fbset (increase left and right margins, decrease xres
> and vxres), you can create a 1024x768 mode with black left and right borders
> from the widescreen 1280x768 mode.
> Depending on the types of controls your monitor supports, you may be able to
> stretch the image to fill the screen...
> 
> With kind regards,
> 
> Geert Uytterhoeven
> Software Architect
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