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playdafunkimuzic

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Registered: 2008-10-25

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Just installed arch....help with Nvidia FX 5200

Hi,

I just installed arch...it's my 5th time, first with this pc. It has an nvidia fx 5200. I installed the nvidia-173XX and the screen resolution is awful. no error messages. I used "nvidia-xconfig"

Switching to the "nv" driver, the resolution is right.

Any reason for this? Thanks.

Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

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Re: Just installed arch....help with Nvidia FX 5200

Post your xorg.conf. You'll probably need to manually specify monitor's settings and resolutions.

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playdafunkimuzic

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Re: Just installed arch....help with Nvidia FX 5200

i went in and inserted a 'dfaultdepth'\ and set the resolution under that mode....is there a reason why there isn't an nvidia splashscreen anymore? also. i have the dvi->vga adapter how can I enable the second monitor (twinview i guess?) i've only dual monitored with two cards and thus used xinerama

Nezmer

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Registered: 2008-10-24

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Re: Just installed arch....help with Nvidia FX 5200

A simple xorg.conf works for me .

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce FX 5200"
    Option         "NoDDC"
EndSection

If you have nvidia-173xx-utils installed , you can try nvidia-settings to change the resolution .

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playdafunkimuzic

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Registered: 2008-10-25

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Re: Just installed arch....help with Nvidia FX 5200

thanks!
what about the dual display?

Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

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Re: Just installed arch....help with Nvidia FX 5200

It should be in nvidia-settings again, somewhere.
EDIT:
The reason you no longer saw any splash screen is that it was disabled in your previous xorg.conf

Last edited by Dheart (2008-12-24 06:14:32)

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