X resolution with Nvidia driver

ftornell · 2009-05-26 11:03:26

Hi, anyone have any hint how to get a resolution of 1440x900 on my Lenovo T61p Laptop?
Default resolution is 1680x1050.

Heres my Xorg.conf created by nvidia-xconfig:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder63)  Thu Apr 16 19:36:29 PDT 2009

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

Section "Files"
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         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    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       "1680x1050" "1440x900"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

SpeedVin · 2009-05-26 13:04:50

Try to add this to your xorg.conf Screen section:
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "1440x900 +0+0"

Last edited by SpeedVin (2009-05-26 13:13:49)

ftornell · 2009-05-26 13:21:27

SpeedVin wrote:

Try to add this to your xorg.conf Screen section:
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "1440x900 +0+0"

Still cant change the resolution.

xorg.conf section:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option "TwinView" "0"
    Option "metamodes" "1440x900 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1680x1050" "1440x900"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

SpeedVin · 2009-05-26 13:22:42

Remove Modes "1680x1050" "1440x900" ok?

ftornell · 2009-05-26 13:37:55

SpeedVin wrote:

Remove Modes "1680x1050" "1440x900" ok?

Thx for helping me out...
Removed the line, rebooted the computer, still the same 1680x1050 resolution, not 1440x900...

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option "TwinView" "0"
    Option "metamodes" "1440x900 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Any other suggestion?

SpeedVin · 2009-05-26 13:48:18

Try to change DefaultDepht for 16 and Depht to 16

ftornell · 2009-05-26 13:57:31

Still the same resolution!

SpeedVin · 2009-05-26 14:00:58

Maeby run nvidia-settings as root aplly 1440x900 resolution and save xorg.conf file

Last edited by SpeedVin (2009-05-26 14:01:15)

ftornell · 2009-05-26 19:42:12

1) fireup up a terminal and became root
2) ran nvidia-settings
3) edited the resolution to something I cant remember but it stampled it in the xorg.conf after aI saved it
4) edited the xorg.conf and changed the resolution I could remember now to 1440x900 and saved it.
5) rebooted my laptop
6) logged on again and I have the same resolution as before, 1680x1050.

Why is it so damn hard to get this to work!?!?

If I remove the xorg.conf file generated by the nvidia-xconfig tool I end up with a resolution of 800x600 and can also choose 640x480...

Any other hits?

ftornell · 2009-05-26 21:06:54

Seems 1440x900 doesnt work with my driver.

If i choose 1280x960 instead it works! WTF...

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "Quadro FX 570M"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "1280x960 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

mandog · 2009-05-26 22:23:32

You should be using gksu in the terminal then you can run nvidia-settings as super user especially if you are using sudo instead of the preferred su for root.

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X resolution with Nvidia driver

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