Resolution too high with 7-RC1, nVidia, xorg

Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल wahjava.ml at gmail.com
Tue Jan 1 12:23:39 PST 2008


>>>>> "Xn" == Xn Nooby <xnooby at gmail.com> writes:
    Xn> Using the vesa driver worked - I am able to get 1024x768, though the
    Xn> fonts are a little weird.  I tried to use the modeline from the vesa
    Xn> driver with nv, but it didn't work.  If the nv driver is part of the
    Xn> problem, I will try the native nVidia driver and see how that works.
    Xn> I've been shutting down and restarting X everytime I try something.  I
    Xn> made a xorg.conf with the vesa selected by running xorgconfig. Ill try
    Xn> the native driver and see what happens.

Following is an excerpt from my xorg.conf with ModeLine, see if you've
entered "ModeLine" properly.

--------------------------------------------------------------
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        ModelName    "LCD Panel 1440x900"
        HorizSync    50.0 - 75.0
        VertRefresh  60.0 - 85.0
        Option      "dpms"
        ModeLine    "1440x900 at 75"    136.75   1440 1536 1688 1936    900  903  909  942 -hsync +vsync
        DisplaySize 408.94 254.0
        Option      "TargetRefresh" "75.0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "intel"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1440x900 at 75" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" #@75
        EndSubSection
EndSection
-----------------------------------------------------------------

HTH
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Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल                      http://wahjava.wordpress.com/
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