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- <li><em>date</em>: Fri Mar 26 12:11:13 2004</li>
- <li><em>from</em>: john at turbocorp.com (John Allgood)</li>
- <li><em>in-reply-to</em>: <<a href="msg00965.html">[email protected]</a>></li>
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John Allgood - ESC
Systems Administrator
Mike Murphy wrote:
> Disclaimer: usually all of my attempts at editing XF86config end with me
> beating my head on my desk until I bleed, but....
>
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
> "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
>
> Looks like to me the biggest resolution that's defined in your config
> file is 1400x1050
>
> Also:
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> ModelName "Dell 1400x1050 Laptop Display Panel"
> HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
> VertRefresh 59.0 - 75.0
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Did it detect the right monitor. Some of what you describe may be
> because the HorizSync and VertRefresh values might be wrong. Don't
> tinker with those though (although, on an LCD I doubt you can actually
> damage anything that way). They should be listed in the technical
> specifications for your laptop somewhere.
>
> Kudzu or whatever made that config seems to think that your display is
> 1500x1050 "native". Is it? Does it run ok at that? Also, generally when
> I update or install a new release, I try to make sure I save a copy of
> this file, just in case (but see the first paragraph above). I don't
> suppose you still have your old one, do you?
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> John Allgood wrote:
>
>> When the laptop was running Redhat 7.3 I could achive anything up to
>> 1600x1200 running at 24bit color. Now I am running at 1280x1024 @
>> 8bit. Eventhough my XFree86 Config says otherwise. If I use the
>> default "nv" driver I get the full resolution but not a full screen. I
>> also did a quick install of Suse and downloaded the nvidia driver from
>> their site still the same issue. I think the video card is too old for
>> the newer versions of XFree86 and Linux. This notebook is nearly three
>> years old. And in computer terms thats a lifetime. Here is a copy of
>> my XFree86 file.
>>
>> Dow Hurst wrote:
>>
>>> What did the card achieve with the older drivers? It is probably a
>>> XF86Config syntax problem. You want to post your file?
>>>
>>> John Allgood wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Ale
>>>>
>>>> I have been working all day trying to get the NVIDIA drivers to
>>>> work correctly on Fedora Core I. I have downloaded from the NVIDIA
>>>> site and installed the drivers not a single problem. I then
>>>> configured my XF86Config file to use the nvidia module. The problem
>>>> is that I can't get any color depth or resolution greater than
>>>> 1280x1024. I have tried to install older versions of the driver same
>>>> result. This driver worked great under Redhat 7.3. I even tried to
>>>> go back and install the drivers before NVIDIA came out with the
>>>> unified driver. I may drop back to Redhat 9.0 and see if I get the
>>>> same results. Anyone got any ideas.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> John Allgood - ESC
>>>> Systems Administrator
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> # XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
>>
>> Section "ServerLayout"
>> Identifier "Default Layout"
>> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
>> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>> InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Files"
>>
>> # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name
>> of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is
>> normally
>> # no need to change the default.
>> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
>> # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
>> # the X server to render fonts.
>> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>> FontPath "unix/:7100"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Module"
>> Load "dbe"
>> Load "extmod"
>> Load "fbdevhw"
>> Load "glx"
>> Load "record"
>> Load "freetype"
>> Load "type1"
>> # Load "dri"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>
>> # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
>> # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
>> # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
>> # Option "XkbDisable"
>> # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
>> # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
>> # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
>> # Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
>> # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
>> # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
>> #
>> # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
>> # For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
>> # Option "XkbLayout" "de"
>> # or:
>> # Option "XkbLayout" "de"
>> # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
>> #
>> # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
>> # control keys, use:
>> # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
>> # Or if you just want both to be control, use:
>> # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
>> #
>> Identifier "Keyboard0"
>> Driver "keyboard"
>> Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
>> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
>> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>> Identifier "Mouse0"
>> Driver "mouse"
>> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
>> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>
>> # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
>> # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
>> # also use USB mice at the same time.
>> Identifier "DevInputMice"
>> Driver "mouse"
>> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>> Identifier "Monitor0"
>> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
>> ModelName "Dell 1400x1050 Laptop Display Panel"
>> HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
>> VertRefresh 59.0 - 75.0
>> Option "dpms"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Device"
>> Identifier "Videocard0"
>> Driver "nvidia"
>> VendorName "Videocard vendor"
>> BoardName "nVidia GeForce 2 Go"
>> VideoRam 32768
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>> Identifier "Screen0"
>> Device "Videocard0"
>> Monitor "Monitor0"
>> DefaultDepth 24
>> SubSection "Display"
>> Depth 24
>> Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
>> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>> EndSubSection
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "DRI"
>> Group 0
>> Mode 0666
>> EndSection
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
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