[NTLUG:Discuss] shrinking the desktop - resolved

[Monty Shinn]

Randall Weyers wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On Behalf
> Of Gilbert Morrow
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:10 PM
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> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] shrinking the desktop
> 
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Monty Shinn <montys at videopost.com> wrote:
> 
>> Greetings.
>>
>> I am about to hook up either a SUSE or Kubuntu linux box to my hdtv's
>> hdmi imput.  I have done this for years using Fedora 4 and the monitor's
>> s-video input quite successfully.
>>
>> What I am needing to do is geometrically shrink the KDE window to fit
>> inside the overscan of the crt monitor.  Which is to say, even though
>> the monitor is 1920x1080, I am only able to see approx. 1900x1020 due to
>> crt overscan/blowout etc.  The same issue applies if I decide to do
>> 1280x720.
>>
>>  From what I can tell, this isn't an xorg.conf configuration issue,
>> since the scan rate needs to remain standard.  The closest example I can
>> think of is using freenx desktop sharing, where you can actively
>> increase or decrease the size of the entire KDE desktop, taskbar and all
>> inside the freenx shell.
>>
>> It would be really cool if I could somehow run the entire KDE suite
>> inside a geometrically variable shell.
>>
>> I'll be using the dvi output of a nvidia based card.  Not sure if I will
>> be using KDE4 or 3.5.  The box will be a 1.8gig p4 with 1 gig ram.  The
>> video card has 256meg memory.  I don't know if the box is robust enough
>> to handle KDE4.
>>
>> The applications I will use most are amarok, firefox, mplayer, xine etc...
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Monty
>>
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> 
> God , don't flame me for saying this but , Nvidia with Winders has a scaling
> program with in the Nvidia Control Panel , that lets you resize to the
> TV/Monitor screen edges .
> Have not done any Linux/Myst yet waiting for Kernel to catch up with TV card
> , which it has now , so will follow this and see where it goes .
> Nvidia could release a Linux software with same capabilities couldn't they .
> 
> 

Well, I ended up using the freenx client connecting to localhost.  This 
solution has proven to be quite stable for around a month now.

For a display resolution of 1280x720 at 60p, I had to resize the freenx 
window to 1100x600.  I just stuck the launch icon for freenx in the 
middle of the host desktop.

Again, this is hooked up to a CRT based Sony 16x9 32" HD TV, through the 
HDMI input.  I'm using the DVI output of the Nvidia card.  It actually 
looks pretty good, all things considered, and appears to be quite stable...

For reference, here are the specs:

Dell Dimension 4400 (maybe 4500)
openSUSE 11.x
freenx server and client, current release
kde 4.2.2
pentium 4, 1.8ghz
1 gig memory
Nvidia FX5600 card, agp, 256meg

Thanks,

Monty