Gray Apple Logo Stretched in Widescreen

[mjordan]

Hi!  I have a Cinema Display, its native resolution is 1920x1200x32.

By default, the gray Apple logo looks fine (proper aspect ratio) but low-resolution, so I added "Graphics Mode" = "1920x1200x32" to my Kernel Flags in /Extras/com.apple.Boot.plist.

Now the gray logo screen does seem to display at that resolution, but the apple logo and spinner appear horizontally stretched, like it's a 4:3 thing being stretched to widescreen.

Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks!

Here's my full com.apple.Boot.plist, for completeness

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>arch=x86_64 "Graphics Mode"="1920x1200x32"</string>
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>5</string>
<key>Legacy Logo</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Default Partition</key>
<string>hd(1,1)</string>
<key>Hide Partition</key>
<string>hd(1,2) hd(0,3)</string>
</dict>
</plist>

[Gringo Vermelho]

Try setting the resolution in your theme's plist as well. There are two places to edit.

[mjordan]

Thanks for your reply!

I tried changing both the boot_width/height and the screen_width/height in the theme.plist, but saw the same problem (with the addition of a stretched boot menu now   ).  Thank you for the suggestion though!

It's obviously no big deal if I can't get this to work.

[Gringo Vermelho]

Try removing the bitdepth from the Graphics Mode flag in /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist.
Try another video card (!)
Try the other monitor output on your video card. Use an adapter if you have to.
Conversely, if you're using a DVI to VGA adapter or some other type of signal conversion is taking place, try without it.

If none of the above works for you, then there are two possible ways to proceed.

Either edit the relevant theme files in an image editor so that they appear non-stretched when stretched, or try to add your display's native resolution to your video card's available VESA modes.

http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php?topic=1181.0
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=211294&pid=1414671