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greyf0x

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Registered: 2009-03-23

Posts: 4

[solved] Screen Resolution

Try as I might, I cannot get the screen resolution over 800x600.

I have a GeForce 6200, and eventually I'd like to get dual monitors going, unfortunately I can't even get one monitor working properly.

lspci

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1)

xrandr -q

Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 600
default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   800x600        60.0*    56.0  
   640x480        60.0  
   400x300        60.0     56.0  
   320x240        60.0

xorg.conf

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

Section "Files"
    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  "glx"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    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"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "HWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShadowFB"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"                 # [<str>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "FlatPanel"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPDither"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CrtcNumber"             # <i>
        #Option     "FPScale"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPTweak"                # <i>
        #Option     "DualHead"               # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "nv"
    VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName   "NV44A [GeForce 6200]"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
        Modes    "1024x768" "1280x1024" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes     "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Any help is greatly appreciated.

**EDIT

I have tried both the xf86-video-nv driver and the nvidia driver.

Last edited by greyf0x (2009-03-23 22:14:55)

Odysseus

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Registered: 2009-02-15

Posts: 141

Re: [solved] Screen Resolution

With the open source driver nv, an xorg.conf isn't actually needed, and everything should be autodetected.  So you could try renaming your xorg.conf to xorg.conf.old or something, and see how that goes.

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greyf0x

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Registered: 2009-03-23

Posts: 4

Re: [solved] Screen Resolution

Odysseus,

I tried removing the xorg.conf, but no change.

Odysseus

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Registered: 2009-02-15

Posts: 141

Re: [solved] Screen Resolution

Well, it seems that as far as X is concerned, the highest resolution of your monitor is 800x600.

If you use nvidia-xconfig, what resolutions does it put in your xorg.conf?
Actually, it may put none.  Mine has no explicit resolutions set.

Last edited by Odysseus (2009-03-23 22:01:52)

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greyf0x

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Registered: 2009-03-23

Posts: 4

Re: [solved] Screen Resolution

I feared the same thing, xrandr outputs 800x600 as the highest, which bothers me the most. But, I have used this monitor for years at 1024x768.

nvidia-xconfig listed no explicit resolutions, I'll give the nvidia driver another go and try another monitor.

greyf0x

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Registered: 2009-03-23

Posts: 4

Re: [solved] Screen Resolution

Immediately after reinstalling the nvidia drivers it works at 1024x768.
I have no idea why, but I'm content.

Thanks for your help Odysseus.

Odysseus

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Registered: 2009-02-15

Posts: 141

Re: [solved] Screen Resolution

Yay computers.

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