Hi All
Im pretty new to Linux and stuff.. I just installed linux on a machine i am building and my resolution settings are correct at 1920x1080 but its getting cut off at the bottm and top just a bit where i cant see the bars on X. I got the new nvidia driver already installed but how can i fix my screen size? Is it the DPI settings in the Xorg.conf file? How do i edit that?

My tv is a HL67A750 67" Samsung

Linux makes me feel dumb. Haha. Anyways Im ignoring the video problem and cant get my sound working. I wish there was a Ion / Linux how to....

If you're using HDMI, make sure the picture size on the TV is set to "Just Scan". That should fix the picture size problem.

For the sound problem, I will again assume you're using HDMI. First, go to a command prompt, and type "aplay -l" (that's an L, not an I). You should see something like this:

kevin@htpc:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

On my system, all I needed to do was create a .asoundrc file in my home directory, and add this to it:

pcm.!default {
type hw
card 0
device 3
}

You should replace the "3" with whatever device the "aplay -l" command listed as being the HDMI audio device.

Hope this helps!
-- Kevin

If you're using HDMI, make sure the picture size on the TV is set to "Just Scan". That should fix the picture size problem.

For the sound problem, I will again assume you're using HDMI. First, go to a command prompt, and type "aplay -l" (that's an L, not an I). You should see something like this:

kevin@htpc:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

On my system, all I needed to do was create a .asoundrc file in my home directory, and add this to it:

pcm.!default {
type hw
card 0
device 3
}

You should replace the "3" with whatever device the "aplay -l" command listed as being the HDMI audio device.

Hope this helps!
-- Kevin

Hey Kevin
Thanks i just fixed my sound right before loging onto see if anyone answered, and your answer is what i did. I found it online. However my screen is still is a bit too big and cutting off the top and bottom bar of window X. I dont know how to resolve this.. its ok for now. im just happy i got my sound and still continuing to complete this portable media pc. Linux very challenging to me. Thanks Kevin.

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