Questions about my xorg.conf

ftornell · 2009-01-09 14:46:21

Hi,
Have some questions about my xorg.conf file.

1. Seems my display is working fine without adding HorizSync and VertRefresh, can a monitor turn bad if i dont follow this?
2. Have a Laptop with Quadro FX card and moving screens around in X is a bit laggy, must have missed something in the xorg.

Here is my 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  "xtrap"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option    "XkbLayout" "se"
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   "Quadro FX 570M"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    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
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option    "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection

Lexion · 2009-01-09 15:02:06

I don't think that not adding HorizSync and VertSync to your xorg.conf would cause any problems.

By 'screens' to you mean 'windows'? And also if you are using GNOME or KDE, moving windows might be a little laggy. Do games or videos play alright?
Do they have any FPS problems?

userlander · 2009-01-09 15:03:37

1. I think it should be fine, but if you want to be sure you can always find the values for your monitor and add them in anyway.

2. It looks like you might need a DRI section - add this to the end:

Section "DRI"
    Mode  0666
EndSection

Check to see if DRI is enabled (glxinfo |grep -i render) and also check Xorg.0.log for errors if you think it's still not working right.

ftornell · 2009-01-09 15:08:21

No, adding DRI didnt help, might have missed installed vesa or sumthing? could that be it? or will it be installed by default when installing xorg?

tjwoosta · 2009-01-09 15:49:19

i usually check this log for troubleshooting Xorg

/var/log/Xorg.0.log

Last edited by tjwoosta (2009-01-09 15:50:08)

userlander · 2009-01-09 15:56:03

you restarted X after changing xorg.conf, right? Are you sure your driver is loaded (lsmod |grep nv, load with modprobe nv)?

post:
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep EE
and:
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep WW

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