In short, I did the update for the new 6111 NVIDIA driver. Install went great but now I have a vertical black strip on the right side of the screen, about 1/4 inch wide.

I have tried adding the options NVreg_SoftEDIDs=0 and NVreg_Mobile=2 in the modules.conf and modprobe.conf files. I have also treaked around with the XF86Config-4 file . I have even tried the xvidtune program, but it seems to ignore that dead zone.

I have worked, poked, and googled all I can for a day.

And this does not happen with older NVIDIA drivers? How about the vesa drivers?

I am running Fedora Core 2 on my 6100 and am having the smae problem. I ahve noticed that if you change the driver back to "nv" in the X86 config file, it iwll display full screen, but will not be able to support GLX extensions. Once I changed it back to "nvidia" it would run the GLX extenstions, but got the vertical strip again.

same here. i have a toshiba 2100 with gf4 420. i've had the same problem with some custom nv drivers on windows. i set the res to 1024x768 but when i test i get 800x600 and that same black strip. haven't tried going back to the old drivers yet. i really want those gl extensions (doom3 and the bouncing cow screensaver ) is this just a toshiba issue or do all these mobile cards have the same problems?

Mine also is a GF4 420.

OK, I've found the answer in some other post. The problem is that the lcd panel is not reporting its dimensions correctly, saying it's not 1024 but 969. the solution is to add an option to the device section of the geforce in XF86Config: Option "IgnoreEDID". then everything will be back to normal.

I tried that, and it didn't work. All I got was my screen streatched beyond the lower bounds of the diaplsy and still had the line on the right side. Almost like it set the vertical size to 1024 instead of the Horzontal size. Too bad I don't know how to manually edit the hardware so that I can define the deminsions for it in the driver.

I might have the answer for you:

The same thing happened on my laptop as well, it is related to the frame buffer. Add this to you lilo.conf or menu.lst (grub) file:

kernel options line add this:

vga=791 or vga=792

One is 1024x768x16 and the other is 1024x768x32

This rectified the problem on my laptop anyways seee if that works

Tried both 791 and 792 and neither of those worked with 16 or 24 bit color. I do not have the option for 32 bit.
It did alter the boot screen on grub to the smaller resolution, which was able to write out the the right edge of the display. But when I startx, I still get the black verticle strip.

Hi,

I'have the same crap on my toshiba SP6100, but this problem is due to nvidia driver because this problem is the same with new nvidia driver on WinXP.

I'm actually use a SuSE 9.1.

If someone has a answer to fix this, he's welcome :-)

yeah i still don't have a real fix either. the fix i posted earlier doesn't seem to work on all configurations and only in X. when i run an opengl game (doom 3, tuxracer) i still have the same problem. i had the same problem in xp when experimenting with modified .inf's to use the newer drivers that didn't support the gf4go, but after trying several driver versions i found one that worked. but that doesn't seem to be the only problem here because i've had this happen with many drivers and they all give the same s**t. these laptop gpus get crappy enough support in windblows as it is, in linux it's hell, but hey that's the fun of it

This is not a fix for a current install. However, I no longer have the vertical strip issue. I downloaded and installed a fresh install of Fedora Core 3 and I can now run my native 1600 resolution and with a full screen display and have the GLX support. I did not try a simple upgrade because I wanted a clean install, but the Fedora Core 3 ISO CDs did give me the option of an upgrade. Either way, my troubles with this problem are over. Good luck to everyone.

P.S not sure if it matters, but I did an "Everything" install of Core 3...a total of 6.7Gb install.

Hi fellas

I've been fighting with this issue for a very long time, without finding a definitive solution to it.
I had fedora core 1 and could solve the black line problem with the world-wide-recomended solution of adding "options nvidia NVreg_SoftEDIDs=0 NVreg_Mobile=2" to the /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf files. But after that, I upgraded to fedora core 2 and the thing didnt work anymore.

So (after long nights of searching and testing ) I figured out that linux is not passing the mentioned options to the nvidia kernel driver.
If you put the line
Option "IgnoreEDID"
in your nvidiaś device section of your X11 configuration file, the driver recognize it, and you'll see it in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log. But the driver wont use this option if you just leave it in the /etc/modules.conf file...so it seems to be a lack of integration between the driver and linux.

Now, with the option in my X configuration file, the driver "finds" the correct screen size, but I have not been able to set the Hor and Vert screen frequency, nor find any appropiate "modeline" options for my 1600x1200 or 1600x1050 resolutions., so my scrren turns all white when i run startx

can anyone help me with this?

enable the second display ! VOILA ! i worked !!! welcome..

---------- Post added 07-16-11 at 10:22 AM ----------

enable the second display ! VOILA ! i worked !!! welcome.

enable the second display ! VOILA ! i worked !!! welcome. I saw my mouse go UNDER the black strip so I thought..HUM, If I turn on the EXTENDED display...YEAH BABY !!! SOLVED!