Resolution too high with 7-RC1, nVidia, xorg

[Xn Nooby]

Well, after 15 hours of experimenting, I have 1024x768 working!
Getting PreferredMode to work was the main thing, I think.  It was
literally on my last try, before I reinstalled Ubuntu, that I got it
to work, lol.  Maybe these note will be of value to another nooby.

thanks again!

There 3 things that I needed:
  1) A modeline from the Modeline Calculator website
  2) To use the RefreshRate in the PreferredMode option
  3) To use the RefreshRate in the Modes line

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
	Modeline "1024x768 at 60" 64.56 1024 1056 1296 1328 768 783 791 807
	Option "PreferredMode" "1024x768 at 60"
EndSection


	DefaultDepth 24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes "1024x768 at 60"
	EndSubSection




On Jan 1, 2008 3:23 PM, Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल <wahjava.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> "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
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>
> HTH
> --
> Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल                      http://wahjava.wordpress.com/
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