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rodaz143

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Registered: 2013-07-24

Posts: 95

[SOLVED] Nvidia GTX 770 VGA resolution issues

It's been a while since I used Arch, since after an accident, my laptop (which had Arch installed) bit the dust, and I hadn't gotten around to installing it on my desktop until recently. Everything installed fine, but I can't get the resolution right.
HDMI looks like garbage on both Windows and Linux no matter what I do, so I'm chalking it up to an issue with the TV (It doubles as both a TV and a monitor), since it worked fine on a different brand, so I'm using VGA instead. In Windows 7 I have no problem with having the display resolution at 1366x768, but in Linux it's forcing it to 4:3 aspect ratio, or 1024x768 in both X and in the console without a display server running.

How would I go about forcing the system to use the native 16:9 resolution?

Last edited by rodaz143 (2014-12-06 03:27:19)

jasiu

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Registered: 2014-10-29

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia GTX 770 VGA resolution issues

Hello,
I have same problem.
Graphics card is 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2)
When I connect this card via DSUB I have only 1024x768 resolution, but when I use DVI, the resolution on my monitor (LG Flatron W2042T) is native 1680x1050

runical

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2012-03-03

Posts: 896

Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia GTX 770 VGA resolution issues

Do you have the correct drivers installed?

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jasiu

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Registered: 2014-10-29

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia GTX 770 VGA resolution issues

I found solution.
I had to refresh my memory with configuring old-time analog monitors ;-)
hint: ModeLine

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=128374

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
    Option "DPI" "96 x 96"
    ModeLine "1680x1050_75.00" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    Modes "1680x1050_75.00"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

rodaz143

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Registered: 2013-07-24

Posts: 95

Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia GTX 770 VGA resolution issues

Sorry for the very late necro-post, but I've officially confirmed it was the monitor's fault. I have a new one, and everything looks perfect.