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DasFox

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Registered: 2010-11-24

Posts: 107

Can't Change Resolution Using HDTV With Nvidia Drivers

I'm running Arch i686 with a box that has a onboard GeForce 6150 and using the latest Nvidia drivers I can't change the resolution.

In /etc/X11/xorg.d I have 20-nvidia.conf and this is all that's in it;

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "n"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

I have to at least use this in the file otherwise it trys to load vesa and then X won't start.

I created an nvidia file with nvidia-xconfig and placed that in etc/X11/xorg.d renamed as 20-nvidia.conf but then I can only get 640x480 resolution.

Here are 4 different ways I tried using the file to get 1680x1050 which didn't work.

http://pastebin.com/BRFnyv5d
http://pastebin.com/2MjENn07
http://pastebin.com/Rer1nXeU
http://pastebin.com/cgJZBKp9

I'm using a Samsung P2370HD HDTV, here are the specs;

http://www.samsung.com/mea_en/consumer/ … cification

Here is my lspci;

http://pastebin.com/igGKyfzV

Here is my Xorg.0.log;
http://pastebin.com/a0pG37VQ

I'd greatly appreciate it if someone can help me figure out how to get the resolution changed to 1680x1050.

THANKS

P.S. Since posting, tried the options listed in the 20-nvidia.conf below for not using EDID and it still doesn't work...

http://pastebin.com/itP9CsRz

I also tried with this command and the max rez - nvidia-xconfig --virtual 1920x1080

http://pastebin.com/z9Z2fgxy

This is the Xorg.0.log.old when trying to boot with --virtual 1920x1080

http://pastebin.com/MuGe5HAZ

Last edited by DasFox (2011-02-25 06:13:18)

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DasFox

Member

Registered: 2010-11-24

Posts: 107

Re: Can't Change Resolution Using HDTV With Nvidia Drivers

I got it! WoOT

Hopefully this might help someone else, I struggled with this for about a month trying all sort of different ways.

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 260.19.36  (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-06.nvidia.com)  Tue Jan 18 17:31:39 PST 2011

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    Modeline "1680x1050_60.00"  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BusID          "PCI:0:5:0"
    Option         "UseEDID" "false"
    Option         "ModeValidation" "NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck,NoVirtualSizeCheck,NoMaxPClkCheck,NoHorizSyncCheck,NoVertRefreshCheck,NoWidthAlignmentCheck,NoExtendedGpuCapabilitiesCheck"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1680x1050_60.00"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

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