Gentoox Screen Cut Off Options

[LiMiT-X]

In gentoox the borders of the screen are cut off so i cant see what im doing with the install. Please help
btw. it does this on both of my tvs.

This post has been edited by LiMiT-X: Jan 29 2005, 05:01 AM

[Trevante]

It's because you probably have a 1.6, in which case you can't really do anything about it. I recommend using ssh for the install.

[evilxbox]

yep same problem,

ssh works fine

here the info if you cant ssh, but got a USB keyboard soldered to your controller wire and the GentooX home 3.2:

[console ask for avocado, type:]

avocado

[push enter]

[console askes you for format your hdd]

[type for yes]

yes [push enter][confirm with]
sure [push enter][xbox formats HDD and needs reboot]

[type for no]

no [push enter]

[concole askes for install type]

e [push enter]

[console askes to flash modchip]

[for yes type]

y [push enter] [console askes for modchip bank size]

[type banksize]

256k [push enter]

[for no type]

n [push enter]

<<<gentoox will be installed takes a long time 45 min parhaps>>>

[roguenet]

I've also got a v1.6, and had the same problem. I had no difficulty installing over SSH, but am now trying to get full-screen viewing in the installed GentooX.... Is this possible? This whole system isn't very useful as a MythTV Frontend (my intended use) without full-screen viewing.

[Trevante]

I've also got a v1.6, and had the same problem.  I had no difficulty installing over SSH, but am now trying to get full-screen viewing in the installed GentooX.... Is this possible?  This whole system isn't very useful as a MythTV Frontend (my intended use) without full-screen viewing.

If you have a HDTV/EDTV, or anything else that can receive a 480p signal (such as a computer monitor via an X2vga or VD-Z3), then you can get full screen by running xbvset and selecting HDTV>480p.

[roguenet]

unfortunately, this is not the case....

I've done some more searching today, and now understand that this problem stems from a lack of understanding of the new (proprietary) video chip in the v1.6 xbox's, the Xcalibur.

The most recent posts I've found on this topic are from two months ago. Does anybody know if there has been any progress in the last two months on figuring this thing out?

[Trevante]

I don't think they can figure it out because they need the data sheet for the encoder, and I don't think MS is going to give it to them

Unless there's some s00p3r 1337 H4x0r out there that can some how fix the overscan on 1.6's (which would probably be kinda hard to do without any instructions on how to operate the encoder), the chances of the overscan on 1.6's being fixed is pretty much zero. Although I'd be glad if someone could make me eat my words.