Force 1080p Screen Resolution on Kodibuntu and OpenELEC

[InsaneNutter]

I have an Kodi buntu install on an Acer Aspire Revo R3600 nettop that refised to display in my TV's native resolution of 1080p. I could manually change the reselution to 1920x1080, however when the Revo R3600 nettop went to sleep, it would wake up and be back to outputting at 720p.

After a lot of messing about i found its pretty easy to force 1080p by editing your xorg.conf

Note: If you install the XBMCbuntu Gotham release (xbmcbuntu-13.0~gotham_amd64.iso) you will not have an xorg.conf by default. You can however copy the example configuration then follow my instructions below. To copy it simply type the following:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.10152014 /etc/X11/xorg.conf

First ssh is in your XBMCbuntu or OpenELEC install, then type the following command:

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Now you need to add the following to your xorg.conf:

Option "metamodes" "1920X1080_60 +0+0"
Modes "1920x1080_60"

You can see where i made the changes below:

Section "Screen"
Option "HWCursor" "Off"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "DynamicTwinView" "False"
Option "metamodes" "1920X1080_60 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1080_60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Save the changes by pressing ctrl+o

Then reboot your Kodibuntu / XBMCbuntu or OpenELEC install and you should now find that your device will always output in 1080p, even after it resumes from sleep.