Running scripts on CRT without framebuffer or VGA scaling on?

[RabidWookie]

Tonight I tried to run the update script on my MiSTer while connected to a 480i CRT via IO v6 board VGA out, and got an error message that I had to turn on the framebuffer or VGA scaling. Is that supposed to happen?

[RabidWookie]

Double post pls delete

[mancrascal]

Tis the same for me.

If you connect to HDMI at the same time you can see it running. If you mess about with the FB setting it will run the script in a box on the CRT but you can't read much of it.

I ended up just running scripts with the big screen on. Would be nice to see them properly on the CRT though, I don't know if that's possible. I may be missing something obvious.

[daty2k1]

I had the same issue yesterday, ended up changing the fb setting and the script ran fine with the output in the box. It was perfectly readable for me on a CRT TV. Using VGA only so I don't know if it has any impact.

[Locutus73]

Tonight I tried to run the update script on my MiSTer while connected to a 480i CRT via IO v6 board VGA out, and got an error message that I had to turn on the framebuffer or VGA scaling. Is that supposed to happen?

Did the message come from MiSTer GUI or from the script itself?

Thank you in advance.
Regards.

Locutus73

[Sorgelig]

Linux video output (frame buffer) is controlled by scaler. So, if you want to see its output on VGA output, then obviously you have to enable vga_scaler.
As an alternative limited way is to use output to OSD window.

[RabidWookie]

Tonight I tried to run the update script on my MiSTer while connected to a 480i CRT via IO v6 board VGA out, and got an error message that I had to turn on the framebuffer or VGA scaling. Is that supposed to happen?

Did the message come from MiSTer GUI or from the script itself?

Thank you in advance.
Regards.

Locutus73

It came from the MiSTer GUI. Is it possible to output unbuffered unscaled 240p out the VGA port of the IO board and integer scaled 1080p out to an HDTV via HDMI?

[normal19]

I use only vga output on mine so as workaround I use SSH to run scripts

[glaucon1984]

What I do is to enable VGA scaler as a general rule and then create custom configs for all the cores I use at the end of the ini where I disable it.

mister.ini

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[NES]
vga_scaler=0
[SNES]
vga_scaler=0
(etc.)

It's a pain, I know, I wonder if there can be a custom entry for "menu".

[Sorgelig]

I wonder if there can be a custom entry for "menu".

[menu]