Hello all,

my display is stuck at 1024X768, if I change it to anything else it gives an "out of range" error. Here's my xorg.conf. Note I have manually changed the 1152X84 (or any other res that was failing) back to 1024X768 to get in. Any help apreciated !!!

# File generated by XFdrake.

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
Option "EmulateWheel"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Gateway"
ModelName "Gateway EV900"
HorizSync 30.0-95.0
VertRefresh 50.0-160.0

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPMS"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection

Hi all,

any ideas? This small resolution is driving me nuts !!!

This problem is usually related to the video card. What kind of video card do you have? What are your hardware specs?

Hi there,

and thanks for replying. I have a Gforce4 AGP X8 64mb.

specs are:
PIV 2,4gz
Monitor Gateway EV900

Let me know what else is relevant.

Thanks,
Jo

Hmm,

I have ran into this trouble before. Here are some of the steps I took to get what I wanted: (dont know how much youve done so I will explain all the details)

FOR KDE
I manually configured xorg.conf using xf86cfg
in this configuration I included pretty much all the logical resolutions I thought would work. This needs to be done in order for your xwindows program (i.e. gnome or kde, etc) to be able to switch resolutions (i think?). Initially KDE would start up at 800x600, then I would look throughout the resolutions to see which one would work, I believe 1280x768 worked for my screen.

However, this has not quite worked with gnome or xfce4.
Thats pretty much all I can think of, this problem is pretty obscure, though I do believe its due to the video card itself or the perhaps the driver.