overscan_ NOT WORK AFTER UPDATE! 4.5 in EmulationStation.

A Former User

I have problem with overscan settings too, but only, when i am in the terminal or during boot. In ES everything is fine.

I'm using the following settings in rasbian stretch/buster, retropie 4.4 without overscan problems:

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pi@retropie:~ $ sudo nano /boot/config.txt
  GNU nano 2.7.4                File: /boot/config.txt

# For more options and information see
# http://rpf.io/configtxt
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
#hdmi_safe=1

# uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible
# and your display can output without overscan
#disable_overscan=1

# uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console
# goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
overscan_left=-33
overscan_right=-33
overscan_top=-18
overscan_bottom=-18

# uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus

results from fbset:

mode "1250x660"
    geometry 1250 660 1250 660 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode

saccublenda

@alphag Same here. Either I can make ES fit the screen or console/splashscreen, but not both. I was able to have both fit the screen on 4.4.

matchaman

@mitu yes, I'm experiencing the exact same issue with @saccublenda. I understand what's going on but I assume it should be fixed, it shouldn't be like that...

saccublenda

As a check I downgraded the kernel as explained here and now the overscan settings apply both to ES and console, so they can now both fit the screen.
I think it is then a problem with the new kernel.

saccublenda

Maybe everyone already knows that, but I've found out that disable_overscan=1 does not actually disable overscan (so ignoring the overscan settings), but instead disables some "default" overscan settings. In fact, with

#disable_overscan=1
#overscan_left=0
#overscan_right=0
#overscan_top=0
#overscan_bottom=0

I get from fbset

mode "1824x984"
    geometry 1824 984 1824 984 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode

meaning that without disable_overscan=1 I get a "default" border of 48 on top, bottom, left and right (my display size is 1920x1080). Any additional overscan border explicitly set in /boot/config.txt would add to this default values, in fact with

#disable_overscan=1
overscan_left=10
overscan_right=10
overscan_top=10
overscan_bottom=10

I get

mode "1804x964"
    geometry 1804 964 1804 964 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode

Instead with

disable_overscan=1
overscan_left=10
overscan_right=10
overscan_top=10
overscan_bottom=10

I get

mode "1900x1060"
    geometry 1900 1060 1900 1060 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode

SergioPoverony

@mitu need add this in isssue on github

matchaman

@saccublenda said in overscan_ NOT WORK AFTER UPDATE! 4.5 in EmulationStation.:

As a check I downgraded the kernel as explained here and now the overscan settings apply both to ES and console, so they can now both fit the screen.
I thin it is then a problem with the new kernel.

Same here. I'll wait for a while till I upgrade again.

mitu

@SergioPoverony Feel free to add it - github.com/raspberrypi/linux.

SergioPoverony

@mitu more rules. i bad understand

mitu

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saccublenda

After downgrading the kernel to 1.20190401-1, I tried to run RetroPie-Setup which upgraded the kernel to 1.20190517-1. Now the overscan settings still apply to both console and ES. I don't know if this is because of the downgrade-upgrade procedure, or because of the changes I made to /boot/config.txt. Anyway I paste here the relevant settings I have in the file:

disable_overscan=1
overscan_left=20
overscan_right=20
overscan_top=11
overscan_bottom=11
overscan_scale=1