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04-13-2008, 09:49 AM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Distribution: Debian Sid 32/64-bit, F10 32/64-bit
Posts: 1,070
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Input Signal Out of Range
When I try to run games, I get an error: Input signal out of range. I am running an nVidia 7800GS AGP card and this happens with both my F8 and Sidux 64-bit installs. No issues with my Debian 32-bit install. What could be the issue?
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04-13-2008, 10:43 AM
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Guru
Registered: May 2003
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04, mostly
Posts: 6,002
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Games often want to run at 640x480 resolution.
When the game switches your card to this resolution, the Hsync & Vsync are being set incorrectly for your monitor, so it will not display the image, and displays "Input signal out of range".
You need to fix up your xorg.conf
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04-13-2008, 12:25 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Distribution: Debian Sid 32/64-bit, F10 32/64-bit
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Debian 32-bit
Code:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "AOpen F1713"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "AOpen F1713"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
Sidux 64-bit
Code:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "AOpen F1713"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "AOpen F1713"
HorizSync 24.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 49.0 - 75.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
Option "Coolbits" "1"
Option "RandRRotation" "1"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "1"
Option "TripleBuffer" "0"
Option "DynamicTwinView" "1"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 7800 GS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "AOpen F1713"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
Option "metamodes" "1280x1024_60 +0+0; 1280x1024 +0+0; 1280x960 +0+0; 1152x864 +0+0; 1024x768 +0+0;
832x624 +0+0; 800x600 +0+0; 640x480 +0+0"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "1"
# Option "RENDER" "0"
Option "TexturedVideo" "on"
EndSection
Modules section the same
Last edited by Jongi; 05-17-2008 at 01:51 PM.
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04-13-2008, 12:40 PM
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Guru
Registered: May 2003
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04, mostly
Posts: 6,002
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Debian works, the others don't.
In your debian xorg.conf, section Section "Monitor", you have not specified your HorizSync or VertRefresh, so it is probably asking the monitor what these values should be, and filling them in for you.
I suggest you either provide the correct sync details in the non-working distros, or you do not specify them at all. Search for monitor edid for further insight.
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04-13-2008, 04:43 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Distribution: Debian Sid 32/64-bit, F10 32/64-bit
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Last edited by Jongi; 05-17-2008 at 01:35 PM.
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05-17-2008, 01:50 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Distribution: Debian Sid 32/64-bit, F10 32/64-bit
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I've been looking at KDE Control Center (Debian 64-bit) and I've noticed that the problems start to occur when I want to go below 1024x768. What I've noticed is that default refresh rate it choose is the lowest it can find (typically in the high 50s). On this install the monitor section of my xorg.conf looks like this
Code:
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
# VendorName "Unknown"
# ModelName "AOpen F1713"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
So is there a way to force ALL resolutions to use a minimum refresh rate of 60Hz for instance. What is also interesting is that even if I use nvidia-settings to save the default refresh rate at 1280x1024 to 60Hz, when I run KDE Control Center it reports 50Hz. |
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05-18-2008, 07:43 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Distribution: Debian Sid 32/64-bit, F10 32/64-bit
Posts: 1,070
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The below added to the Devices section of the xorg.conf file means I can change freely between resolutions now
Code:
Option "ModeValidation" "NoXServerModes"
Thanks to this thread.
EDIT: The only reason why Debian 32-bit had no issues is because it was using the nVidia 100.14.19 driver whereas the others are using 169.12.
Last edited by Jongi; 05-18-2008 at 07:48 AM.
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