[SOLVED] Low video resolutions with GeForce 7300GT.

Selenolycus · 2010-02-12 08:10:20

I'll try to post as much information as here as possible. I had a lengthy discussion with a helpful fellow in the IRC channel, but we were unable to resolve my issue.

As of right now, I can't get a resolution higher than 640x480 (the monitor's max is 1920 x 1440 @ 60Hz). Also, the Monitor is a Sony Trinitron G420 -- the specs are posted online in PDF form.

I currently have a GeForce 7300GT, and the Xorg.conf is here: http://pastebin.archlinux.fr/377424

I've tried using xrandr and adding the resolutions, the most recent error being one with the screen. The current driver installed is nvidia-1733x. If anyone had any ideas of what's up, please help! I'll try to post more information when being asked. As of now, having gone through the Xorg and NVIDIA wiki I am at a loss.

Last edited by Selenolycus (2010-02-13 04:44:29)

thestinger · 2010-02-12 08:11:58

your card is listed as supported for the newest nvidia driver on their site so I would start by switching to that (pacman -S nvidia)

Last edited by thestinger (2010-02-12 08:12:20)

Selenolycus · 2010-02-12 08:32:54

I had that installed previously and someone recommended I install the older one, but I've re-installed the most current the problem persists.

jwbirdsong · 2010-02-12 09:43:42

does the moniter work with other OS..Live cd etc? your xorg conf is nearly identical (xcept sync rates and Moniter name) to mine. I've got a Geforce 7400.

Looks like you TRIED to use nvidia-settings that SHOULD be all you need..xranr won't do anything more nvidia-settings --- I believe.

Selenolycus · 2010-02-12 10:48:47

jwbirdsong wrote:

does the moniter work with other OS..Live cd etc? your xorg conf is nearly identical (xcept sync rates and Moniter name) to mine. I've got a Geforce 7400.
Looks like you TRIED to use nvidia-settings that SHOULD be all you need..xranr won't do anything more nvidia-settings --- I believe.

Yep, I used to use this with oter APT-based distros just fine. I'm just really eager to try Arch because I love the concepts going into it, and pacman, but this is my 'test rig' that recently got rebuilt, so if all goes well and I get it figured-out several other of my machines are going to Arch. If not, Arch may be relegated to a server distro for me, but I am really loving it despite my problems, this one happens to be critical.

Last edited by Selenolycus (2010-02-12 10:49:11)

thestinger · 2010-02-12 17:08:24

on my old AMD rig I have a 7900gtx (which I think would be similiar) and my xorg.conf looks almost exactly like yours

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

#...
#input, etc
#...

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Acer H213H"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 82.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 76.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 7900 GTX"
    BusID          "PCI:3:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "1920x1080_60 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

have you tried specifying a resolution in xorg,conf? also it's possible nvidia-settings got corrupted so you might want to completely remove any config files it has and start over

EDIT: one more thing, live cds are probably using the vesa driver, so I guess you could try that just to see if the card works at all in arch (obviously you'll still want to get this working though)

Last edited by thestinger (2010-02-12 17:15:40)

Mr.Elendig · 2010-02-12 17:36:01

There is some problems with edid over vga. Try providing your own edid file, or write yourself a modeline.
Edit: lots of info about this problem online, specially on the nvnews forum.

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2010-02-12 17:36:33)

Selenolycus · 2010-02-13 04:39:20

Muaha, after adding a resolution line to Xorg the resolutions are magically working.

rockcabilla · 2010-05-14 20:52:10

posti friend you can be your xorg? so help others with the same problem, I remember that pastebin is temporary:). Sorry if entendistes bit ... use a translator...

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#1 2010-02-12 08:10:20

[SOLVED] Low video resolutions with GeForce 7300GT.

#2 2010-02-12 08:11:58

Re: [SOLVED] Low video resolutions with GeForce 7300GT.

#3 2010-02-12 08:32:54

Re: [SOLVED] Low video resolutions with GeForce 7300GT.

#4 2010-02-12 09:43:42

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#5 2010-02-12 10:48:47

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#6 2010-02-12 17:08:24

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