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cwacker

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Registered: 2008-07-24

Posts: 6

Unsharp image when using nvidia and an old HP-LCD.

So.. I've just spended the last hours trying to set up arch on a testsystem, just to see what it's like and i've installed and.. well.. somewhat configured X for the first time.. Thing is I have some problems with the Xorg.. I have an Nvidia card and i use nvidia-96xx drivers.. iv tride with nvidia and with vesa but they didnt work, so I choose to try nvidia-96xx, i belive the card to be an nvidia quadro, ive gotten it from work since they couldnt get drivers for it that were compatible with CMF and such, so i dont have any documentation whatsoever). I've gotte so far as to just having installed gnome but i canät get a sharp image.. its not very blurry, but enough to render the computer completely useless.. According to the monitors manual (HPL1510) it's recomended to run in 1024x768 60 Hz, and i am running it in that res. but with 50 Hz.. Can this be causing the blurry display? Or am i using the wrong driver? Or is it just a configuration issue?

Do I have to think about what the 96XXConfig file says? How is it related to xorg.conf? Can I somhow force the screen to 60 hz? What should i put in HorizSync and VertRefresh? I Currently have "safe" values in there, recomended in the beginners guide found on the wiki..

When I'm at it I also wonder how i get a more sane resoultion in the terminal i get booted into, now it is something like 640x480 and.. well.. cat just isnt very useful on that setting

I'm at work now, thats why i dont cp the conf files now, but if they're needed i'll do it asap!

Thanx in advance

EDIT>
Here is the configs

xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "Monitor Model"
    HorizSync     30.0 - 110.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 100.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName   "NV17GL [Quadro NVS]"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     1
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     4
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes "1024x764"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

and XF86Config

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

Section "Files"
    RgbPath         "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
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         "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 110.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 100.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        #Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" 
# "640x480"
    Modes "1024x768"

    EndSubSection
EndSection

Last edited by cwacker (2008-07-24 21:31:28)