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Hi,
The graphics card is nVIDIA GeForce 6100 and it is an AMD64 box.
I installed Debian etch(amd64 version) on it. I am not able to change the screen resolution to 1024x768(The only option is 640x480). My xorg.conf look alright. I also tried to reconfigure xserver and selecting only 1024x768 mode. Installing nvidia-glx didn't do anything better either. My xserver crashed afer reconfiguring xserver and it is now not able to start.
Any help is appreciated
All I can say is that I have a 6100 running Suse 10.2 x64 with my choice of resolutions so it should work.
Have you looked in Debian (or Ubuntu) forums? I test drove Kubuntu and had initially the same problem which I somehow resolved. Have you loaded the Nvidia drivers?
When I installed the opensuse nvidia driver for my 6800GS it wouldn't let me change the screen resolutions, apparently ended up being improper detection of my monitor. I downloaded and installed the drivers from nvidia and it worked perfectly and I got all screen modes for my monitor.
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Update:
During reconfigure of xserver changing the driver from nv to nvidia corrected the resolution. But there is a new problem now: The refresh rate is unchangeable, it is fixed at 75Hz. Due to this the font looks very dirty/blurred on the screen. The correct freq for the screen is 60Hz. Any solution to this?
This is my new xorg.conf. Please help
--------------------------------------------
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Hi,
I am posting on behalf of "pramodmudrakarta"
The problem got corrected.I replaced the values of horzsync and vertsync in the new xorg.conf by those in the old one. This did the trick.
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