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funkyou

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From: Berlin, DE

Registered: 2006-03-19

Posts: 848

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Weird nVidia problem (only at 1024x768)

Hello there,

i have a small problem with my nVidia GFX and playing games, in every game the 1024x768 resolution in somewhat garbled... This happens only at 1024x768, when i try lower (down to 640x480) oder higher (up to 1600x1200) settings, everything is ok...

So, whats now my problem? Since i am not as good in english, its hard to describe for me. It seems that only every second line is drawed at 1024x768, and this happens to every game i try...

Well, pictures say more than words...

This is what it looks like at 1024x768:

And this is what i should get normally:

This is the first time i experience this, and i just don`t know how to handle it. And as 1024x768 ist just the perfect res for my aging machine to play games (higher = slower) i ask you here....

Some specs of my hardware/drivers:
AMD AthlonXP 1600+
VIA KT133a
nVidia GeForce FX 5200 LE

Drivers are the 1.0.8178-16's from the repos and kernel
is also from the repos, kernel26 2.6.16.9-1... Xorg is 7.0...

So, how can i deal with this, or, has anyone experienced this too?

Greetings

Funkyou

EDIT - attached xorg.xonf

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath    "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    FontPath    "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
    FontPath    "/usr/local/share/fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "i2c"
    Load           "bitmap"
    Load           "ddc"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "int10"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "de"
    Option         "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Configured Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "CorePointer"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "F730"
    Option         "DPMS"
    HorizSync      30-115
    VertRefresh    50-160
    DisplaySize    363.0 272.0

EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200SE]"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "true"
    Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
    Option         "NoLogo" "on"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200SE]"
    Monitor        "F730"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1920x1440" "1856x1392" "1792x1344" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection


Section "Extensions"
Option  "Composite" "true"
EndSection

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MNKyDeth

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From: MI

Registered: 2003-09-13

Posts: 89

Re: Weird nVidia problem (only at 1024x768)

You need to add modelines to your xorg.conf file. An easy way to do such a thing is to backup your xorg.conf file first. Then, pacman -S hwd
Then, type hwd -xa
It will create a xorg.conf file for you. Edit it as needed and then look for a line in the modelines section that has Interlaced in it. Comment out that line or remove it to fix your issue.