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NVIDIA proprietary driver, resolution changes not saved on restart, Fedora 14

I recently installed Fedora 14 KDE and NVIDIA proprietary driver for GeForce FX 5200. I'm able to change the resolution to 1920x1080 (Acer H213H 21.5" lcd monitor), but when I restart the box, I lose these settings and I have to fiddle with NVIDIA and KDE monitor settings until I get the settings back. Here is my xorg.conf file:

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig:  version 260.19.06  (mockbuild@)  Sun Oct 10 17:27:36 EDT 2010



Section "ServerLayout"

    Identifier     "Layout0"

    Screen      0  "Screen0"

    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

EndSection



Section "Files"

    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default

    Identifier     "Mouse0"

    Driver         "mouse"

    Option         "Protocol" "auto"

    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"

    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"

    Identifier     "Keyboard0"

    Driver         "kbd"

    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"

    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

    Identifier     "Monitor0"

    VendorName     "Unknown"

    ModelName      "Unknown"

    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0

    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0

    Option         "DPMS"

EndSection



Section "Device"

    Identifier     "Device0"

    Driver         "nvidia"

    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"

EndSection



Section "Screen"

    Identifier     "Screen0"

    Device         "Device0"

    Monitor        "Monitor0"

    DefaultDepth    24

    SubSection     "Display"

        Depth       24

    Modes "1920x1080" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

    EndSubSection

EndSection

Is this (in)correct? What else can I try in order to keep my resolution at 1920x1080? When I restart, it reverts to 640x480.

I didn't have this problem before installing NVIDIA driver, however, I had visual anomalies and slowness in video refresh/repaint whenever moving windows. I don't want to go back to that so I'd like to see how to permanently propagate my resolution settings through reboots of this box. I've search multiple forums with no relevant hits as far as I was able to discern.

Thanks!

Try to find the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file. If there is an error it will show up in there.

Also, have you disabled kernel mode setting (kms) for this kernel ? The proprietary driver and the default Fedora plymouth graphical boot don't normally play nicely together.

To test this, you can nomodeset to the end of your kernel options while at the grub chooser screen when booting. This is temporary for this boot only. To make permanent, edit your grub.lst or grub.conf file and add that option.

problem is you need root permission to change the the xorg.conf open a terminal and assume root and type nvidia-xconfig this should set it to auto.
or login as root and run nvidia-settings make changes and save.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drakeo (Post 4197898)

I modified the file in a terminal using root and also double-checked and the changes were saved upon reboot. That's what's got me stumped about this. It seems as though the config is being ignored.

ok the it is in your /home/your user .nvidia if you have one I know FC14 changed things ok. and this is the big reason I stay away from fc14 it is not my cup of tea.
the day I cant edit my xorg and have it work is the day I stay away from that OS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drakeo (Post 4198118)

Drakeo,

I haven't found any real critical analysis of the pros and cons of particular distros so I'm interested in hearing more about fc14 in your opinion or if you know of anywhere to point me for further reading I'd much appreciate it. I'm not married to fc14 so if you have any suggestions of other distros I'd be very much willing to check them out. EDIT: I just noticed the distros you have listed-- I actually tried PCLinux and Mandriva and I liked both but for whatever reason I settled on Fedora. I'm going to try Mandriva again, maybe also check out the Kubuntu live cd.

I looked at my .nvidia-settings-rc file and there's nothing in it to specify screen resolution. When I type "nvidia-settings --query all" it runs through much output, ending with an error:

Code:

Gdk-ERROR **: The program 'nvidia-settings' received an X Window System error.

This probably reflects a bug in the program.

The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'.

  (Details: serial 384 error_code 8 request_code 140 minor_code 4)

  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;

   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.

   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line

   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful

   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

aborting...

Aborted (core dumped)

so it seems at least one of the settings is incorrect:

Code:

#

# Configuration file for nvidia-settings - the NVIDIA X Server Settings utility

# Generated on Mon Dec 20 09:29:45 2010

#



# ConfigProperties:



RcFileLocale = C

ToolTips = Yes

DisplayStatusBar = Yes

SliderTextEntries = Yes

IncludeDisplayNameInConfigFile = No

ShowQuitDialog = Yes

Timer = PowerMizer_Monitor_(GPU_0),Yes,1000

Timer = Graphics_Card_(GPU_0),Yes,1000



# Attributes:



0/CursorShadow=0

0/CursorShadowAlpha=64

0/CursorShadowRed=0

0/CursorShadowGreen=0

0/CursorShadowBlue=0

0/CursorShadowXOffset=4

0/CursorShadowYOffset=2

0/SyncToVBlank=0

0/LogAniso=0

0/FSAA=0

0/TextureSharpen=0

0/GammaCorrectedAALines=0

0/AllowFlipping=1

0/FSAAAppControlled=1

0/LogAnisoAppControlled=1

0/OpenGLImageSettings=1

0/RedBrightness=0.000000

0/GreenBrightness=0.000000

0/BlueBrightness=0.000000

0/RedContrast=0.000000

0/GreenContrast=0.000000

0/BlueContrast=0.000000

0/RedGamma=1.000000

0/GreenGamma=1.000000

0/BlueGamma=1.000000

0/DigitalVibrance[CRT-0]=0

0/ImageSharpening[CRT-0]=0

0/XVideoTextureSyncToVBlank=1

0/XVideoBlitterSyncToVBlank=0

0/XVideoSyncToDisplay=1

If I had that problem...

I would look at the README for the Nvidia driver and use the commands in "nvidia-xconfig" to configure the driver. Thereafter, if that didn't solve the problem, I would begin to edit an "xorg.conf" file.

http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...DME/index.html

http://linux.die.net/man/1/nvidia-xconfig

See Chapter 6 on using "nvidia-xconfig" Note the mention of two locations for configuration files, and the command for finding the right one to edit. "nvidia-xconfig" has an option for adding a given resolution(mode).

You should use a lecacy driver for a FX5200 which is : 173.14.28 not according to your nvidia-xconfig : 260.19.06
The new drivers try to hook-up to HW things that do not exist in a 5200