I finally got NVIDIA drivers installed. Running SUSE 9.1.

OK, i have a laptop screen that is capable of 1280x800 because that's what windows runs in perfectly. Now, I have tried to edit the XF86Config file by adding 1280x800 to the modeline (added to every depth entry). Now, when i restart X and go to the Display properties to change the resolution. The highest resolution I'm able to go to is 1024x768. So, I can't select anything higher. How do I get my lcd to display 1280x800??
Thanks guys

Try selecting a different monitor, you need to change the monitor's max res as well as the video card's res.

I just tried a few other Generic LCD screens, but some of them can only display 500x300 or something. I think it's because my screen is a wide screen 1280x800 which isn't common. Do you guys know how I can deal with that?

i am running fedora core 2, and i have never ran SuSE, so i am not sure how they are set up, but in Fedora XFree86 is being replaced by xorg. this is located with the XFree86.conf file in /etc/X11. i bring this up only because i was having a similar problem in Fedora. i however was only able to get 800x600. i would have killed for 1024x768. what i found the problem to be is that A) in xorg.conf, the refresh rates for my monitor were commented, leading to the conclusion that X was not reading them and using the crappy defaults and B) i did not have all the resolutions added to xorg.conf. now, bare in mind i am not sure SuSE uses xorg, but i would check. i made the xorg.conf file look like the XFree86 and it worked great.

firenze

SOLVED:


I used all of the monitor/graphics related lines from this XF86Config file and it worked perfectly in 1280x800 mode.
I thinkkkk the main problem was the UseEDID option. That messes with X and makes it think it's a different size monitor I think.



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# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 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 XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
# md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection

# Comment out some modules - functionality is provided by nvidia
Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "synaptics"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

# These parameters obtained from a mailing list post somewhere...
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Alps Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
Option "Protocol" "event"
Option "LeftEdge" "60"
Option "RightEdge" "830"
Option "TopEdge" "70"
Option "BottomEdge" "650"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "50"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "50"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.2"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.5"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.01"
Option "EdgeMotionSpeed" "40"
Option "UpDownScrolling" "1"
Option "TouchpadOff" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

# This section is only used for non-twinview layout
Section "Modes"
# Here is the optimal mode: 1280x800 @ 60.0Hz
Identifier "16:10"
# 1280x800 @ 60.00Hz (GTF) hsync: 49.68kHz; pclk: 83.46MHz
ModeLine "1280x800" 83.5 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828
EndSection

# Twinview setup
# The external monitor is configured to pan to the full resolution of
# the internal LCD.
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVidia GeForce4 440 Go 64M Twin"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NvAgp" "3"
Option "NoLogo" "0"
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = aspect-scaled"
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-90"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-75"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768 @1280x800,1280x800 @1280x800"
EndSection

# Non-twinview setup
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVidia GeForce4 440 Go 64M"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NvAgp" "3"
Option "NoLogo" "0"
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = aspect-scaled"
EndSection

# This monitor is only needed in the non-twinview setup
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "WXGA LCD"
UseModes "16:10"
HorizSync 30-90
VertRefresh 50-75
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = aspect-scaled"
EndSection

# In twinview, the external monitor is the primary and the laptop
# LCD is the secondary. The modeline here is not needed for the
# external monitor, but gets passed to the nvidia driver, which
# needs it for the internal LCD
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "External"
ModeLine "1280x800" 83.5 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "External Screen"
Device "NVidia GeForce4 440 Go 64M Twin"
Monitor "External"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Virtual 1280 800
EndSubSection
EndSection

# This screen is only used in the non-twinview layout
Section "Screen"
Identifier "WXGA Screen"
Device "NVidia GeForce4 440 Go 64M"
Monitor "WXGA LCD"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800"
Virtual 1280 800
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "WXGA Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Alps Touchpad"
InputDevice "USB Mouse"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "twinview"
Screen "External Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Alps Touchpad"
InputDevice "USB Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection