Can someone help me with the XF86Config fle; resolution not going to 1024x768

qanopus · 02-06-2004, 02:41 AM

Hi, I have popular Gforce 4 440 mx video card. I installed the lates driver from nvidia ( NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run), the install went fine. I'm running kernel 2.6.1 on an linux from scratch system. Because I'm running LFS, I pretty much have a bare bones XF86Config file. It's the one generated by XF86cfg.
I can't seem to switch to 1024x768 when using the nvidia driver. Here is my entire XF86Config file

Code:

 Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
        ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "xtrap"
        Load  "speedo"
        Load  "type1"
        Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "imps/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Monitor Model"
        HorizSync    31.5 - 31.5
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 70.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "SWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "HWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoAccel"                   # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"                 # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShadowFB"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"                    # [<str>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"                  # <i>
        #Option     "FlatPanel"                 # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPDither"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CrtcNumber"                # <i>
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "vesa"
        VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
        BoardName   "NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440]"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 24

        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     1
                Modes    "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     4
                Modes    "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     8
                Modes    "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     15
                Modes    "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1024x768" 
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Probebly my refresh rates are wrong. Can someone help me?

ps: In the above listing i'm using the vesa driver. When I do this I can go to 1024x768. So I can post my questions on this site in an comfortable manner

But when I use "nvidia", the res. goes to 800x600.

Aussie · 02-06-2004, 02:58 AM

The problem may lie in Section "Monitor", specificly 'HorizSync 31.5 - 31.5'
What brand and model monitor do you have?

qanopus · 02-06-2004, 03:20 AM

Thanks dude. You are right, changing that line to 'HorizSync 31.5 - 51.5' did the trick. Sorry, I should of done my homework better.

Aussie · 02-06-2004, 04:04 AM

YW schatoor, glad I could help :-)