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I'm running x86_64 on my laptop using the opensource nvidia driver and xfce4. The native resolution is 1920 but I'd like to drop it down to 1680 or 1440. xfce-display-settings only has 1920x1200 as a selectable resolution... I haven't modified the xorg.conf at all and am unable to select other resolutions. Must I add modlines to the xorg.conf to achieve this?
Last edited by graysky (2009-10-04 15:04:33)
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Hrm, open source nvidia driver == nouveau? If that's the case, then the DRM module only recently gained support for more than one mode for LVDS connectors (laptop screens). Try to update nouveau-drm, if you can (the nouveau-drm in testing, along with the kernel from testing, will give you KMS too. I don't think you can change display modes with nouveau without KMS.
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@tav - It's the nv driver. None of the official nvidia drivers work with this system for some maddening reason!
Last edited by graysky (2009-10-03 10:58:31)
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Yeah, I hate the nVidia drivers too. I'm not sure about what kind of modesetting support the nv driver has. Try running `xrandr' and seeing if it lists any other mode choices. If not, it's still possible that you can change the resolution by modifying your xorg.conf, but I don't know.
Anyway, I'd recommend the nouveau driver, as recent versions for sure have more than one mode. And KMS is awesome.
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I actually got the nvidia-173xx drivers as well as the latest 185.xx driver to work. I'm using the latest ones now (package name is nvidia) but I can't select 1680x1050 (it's not in the list) from the nvidia-settings. It drops from 1920x1200 to 1400x1050! This is a Quadro FX 2700 M and it has 1680x1050 under windows..?
$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1920 x 1200, maximum 1920 x 1200
default connected 1920x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1920x1200 50.0*
1400x1050 51.0
1280x1024 52.0
1280x960 53.0
1024x768 54.0
800x600 55.0 56.0
700x525 57.0
640x512 58.0
640x480 59.0 60.0
512x384 61.0
400x300 62.0
320x240 63.0
WTF?
Last edited by graysky (2009-10-04 11:17:49)
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