Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1401743] Re: HP Z210 workstation with nvidia Quadro 600 card thinks 32 inch sharp TV/monitor is 37 inch
Hello Christopher M. Penalver: Good news ...though you may think me a fool for not realizing this earlier but learning is a voyage of discovery and all options must be explored before one can stumble upon what you seek. After reading some AVS forums on setting adjustment that could be employed to tweak audio and visual performance I discovered on my remote control a VIEW MODE button that opens a display menu with the following options: 1) Stretch 2) Dot by Dot 3) S.Stretch 4) Zoom The Dot by Dot selection brings the top menu bar and the side launcher into the display field of view and I am able to retain the full 1920 x 1080 native resolution ( as opposed to custom scaling the resolution and preserving the aspect ratio which was what I did through Windows and Nvidia). Then small on screen text can be tweaked through System Settings/Screen Display/Scale for menu and title bars along with Control shift + and I am now delighted with these simple adjustments increasing basic functionality and comfort level of my system. From our discussions it is apparent that there remains some basic maintenance work to be done in terms of firmware updates, tweaks and ongoing research to better learn the ins and outs of this ever evolving system. I cannot thank you enough for your patience and direction which has helped me explore and find my way. It would seem appropriate that this bug issue be labelled resolved. yours sincerely John Ellis On 2014-12-17 03:45 PM, Christopher M. Penalver wrote: John Ellis, given the issue happens in both Windows and Ubuntu, if a firmware update is available for the TV, that would want to be applied. Despite this, you should still be able to make the same WORKAROUND adjustment in Windows as you do in Ubuntu. Would using arandr and the nouveau driver allow you this opportunity? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1401743 Title: HP Z210 workstation with nvidia Quadro 600 card thinks 32 inch sharp TV/monitor is 37 inch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1401743/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1401743] Re: HP Z210 workstation with nvidia Quadro 600 card thinks 32 inch sharp TV/monitor is 37 inch
Hello Christopher M. Penalver: The driver I previously tested, when I still was using the old 1.41 bios, was the : NVIDIA binary driver -version 331.113 from nvidia-331-updates (proprietary). tv/monitor (Sharp LC-32D62U) via a dvi/hdmi 10 foot cable to #4 hdmi connector (on tv/monitor which I believe only supports hdmi version 1.1 but I am unable to verify this)... a firmware update is available for the SHARP D62U TV series (at your own risk and may not apply to my model) which may or may not help. I am pleased at least to have finally successfully updated my HP Z210sff Workstation firmware bios (which I had failed several times in years past... perhaps because I did not reset my bios to factory defaults) and I understand a ME firmware update is also available. More personal trauma with firmware appears to lie ahead. Thank you for your efforts in accurate documentation which have helped me to focus and reassess (and search forums for similar, helpful and related issues). It becomes , once again, apparent that many elements come into play below the surface of what was hoped to be a simple configuration change. Ubuntu and open source John Ellis On 2014-12-17 12:13 AM, Christopher M. Penalver wrote: John Ellis, could you please advise which NVIDIA driver version specifically you tested with previously? ** Tags removed: bios-outdated-1.47 ** Tags added: latest-bios-1.47 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Low = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1401743 Title: HP Z210 workstation with nvidia Quadro 600 card thinks 32 inch sharp TV/monitor is 37 inch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1401743/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1401743] Re: HP Z210 workstation with nvidia Quadro 600 card thinks 32 inch sharp TV/monitor is 37 inch
Hello Christopher: I am afraid that I flubbed the initial process of updating the bios by making the mistake of (as advised by hp's update instructions on extracting the dos executable to restore factory default settings to bios before updating old bios 1.41) restoring the default bios settings meant that my dual boot system became dominated by windows before I could even update the bios and I did not have a backup of the efi boot through the cab extract method. But after this I was able to flash the bios in the pre boot environment so that my bios is now updated to 1.47. Following this I was unable to reinstall Ubuntu or reinable Grub2 boot in fact it was only by wiping my hard drive (my mistakes have cost many lost hours ) completely with a gparted cd that I was able to install Ubuntu again. The bios update has not made any difference in the accommodating of the error in configuring the 32 inch monitor as if it was a 37 inch monitor. The output from your terminal command was as expected: J51 v01.47 07/18/2013 but no gain just pain and I have lost my dual boot with windows 8.1 and days of updates from windows 8, and a lost hauppauge WinTV pvr configuration that I could never get to work with Linux. Oh well! Best of the season John Ellis On 2014-12-13 04:13 AM, Christopher M. Penalver wrote: John Ellis, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=5053191swLangOid=8swEnvOid=4060 an update to your BIOS is available (1.47). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report. Once the BIOS is updated, then please mark this report Status Confirmed. Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.47 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1401743 Title: HP Z210 workstation with nvidia Quadro 600 card thinks 32 inch sharp TV/monitor is 37 inch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1401743/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1401743] [NEW] HP Z210 workstation with nvidia Quadro 600 card thinks 32 inch sharp TV/monitor is 37 inch
Public bug reported: I am dual booting with windows 8.1 and I am able to tweak the same misconfiguration with the nvidia console in windows by shrinking (down scaling) the display from 1920 X1080 to 1824 X 1026 resolution preserving the aspect ratio. Is it possible to enable the correct identification of the monitor as a 32 inch diagonal instead of an oversized 37 inch diagonal which makes my top menu bar and application side bar offscreen? I tried to install the nvidia (updates driver) but tweaking resulted in a missconfiguration forcing a lockup and reinstall. Since Windows also misidentifies this display it may be a communication error sourced from the display itself or documentation annomalies in an obscure monitor ...any advice or direction would be appreciated. John Ellis ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-28.37-generic 3.16.7-ckt1 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-28-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Thu Dec 11 21:50:04 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: utopic DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GF108GL [Quadro 600] [10de:0df8] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:0835] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-12 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn - Release amd64 (20141022.1) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Z210 Workstation ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-28-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=6240f369-971d-4d13-b37d-b64e3abe7964 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/11/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: J51 v01.41 dmi.board.asset.tag: 2UA12307FK-XM857AV dmi.board.name: 1588h dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 2UA12307FK-XM857AV dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrJ51v01.41:bd07/11/2012:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPZ210Workstation:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1588h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP Z210 Workstation dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12+14.10.20140918-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.3.0-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.3.0-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.0-2ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.914-1~exp1ubuntu4.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Thu Dec 11 21:20:56 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: Failed to load module nvidia (module does not exist, 0) Failed to load module nvidia (module does not exist, 0) xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2 xserver.video_driver: nouveau ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 ubuntu utopic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1401743 Title: HP Z210 workstation with nvidia Quadro 600 card thinks 32 inch sharp TV/monitor is 37 inch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1401743/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
