Hi,

i'm having trouble with resolution on Debian Linux. I have the XFree86 server runing, and installed the nvidia drivers for my nVidia GeForceGo 6200. This part works fine, but i have trouble setting the resolution of the screen. It's an X-Black widescreen which supports 1280x800, but i can only display at 1024x768.

I've tried many configurations but nothing worked at all.

Another trouble with screen is that console mode is only 640x480. Anybody knows how to solve it?

I attach my XF86Config-4 here,

thanks a lot for any help.


# 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 "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Generic Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "unix/:7100"
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

Section "Module"
#Load "GLcore"
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" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "es"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor genérico"
#HorizSync 30.0 - 57.0
#VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
#Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 90.0
#ModeLine "1280x800@60" 83.9 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841
#ModeLine "1280x800@70" 101.92 1280 1312 1696 1728 800 816 825 841
Option "dpms"

EndSection
#EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Tarjeta de vídeo genérica"
Driver "nvidia"
#Driver "vesa"
VideoRam 65536
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "CursorShadow" "true"
Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "50"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Tarjeta de vídeo genérica"
Monitor "Monitor genérico"
DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
#Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
#Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
#Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Insert this line into your "Monitor" section (underneath VertRefresh 43.0 - 90.0):
Also, change this line:

Modes "1280x800" "1024x768"

to this:

Modes "1280x800"

It might help to add this for all bit depths rather than just 24 bit.

i've tried so but it stills display a 1024x768 resolution

Hi, I have exactly the same problem you do...
no solution for that either...

Are you using GNOME? If so, then you need to go into GNOME control center and tell it to use 1280x800. Otherwise, GNOME may thickheadedly use whatever resolution it thinks it wants.

If you're using KDE or some other Window Manager, then this should have been sufficient.

I just solved my problem on my Vaio VGN-FS115M.
I found the correct modeline after trying several ones:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
# http://www.linuxforen.de/forums/arch.../t-175226.html
Modeline "1280x800" 80.58 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 827
...
hope that helps

Yes! It's great! i tried a lot of modelines but didn't work. With that above this lines it works fine at 58 Hz.

But now i realise another problem. When i'm in console mode, the resolution is only 640x480, and don't know how to change. This also happens at system startup.

Thanks a lot!

:-D

When you boot up, the x-windows system isn't running. You want to include a boot option to increase the resolution of the vt's. You might try 'vga=791'. You can add it manually as an option to try it out before editing your lilo or grub configuration file. This option uses the frame buffer, assuming the fbdev is installed.
This gives the same resolution as 1024x768. I tried a higher resolution on my LCD screen, but it didn't look right.

There is a program that is a part of x-windows called 'gtf' that can analyze your system and give you a modeline to use.

gtf 1280 800 60 -x

Please, where you can find the gtf program?
It is not included in my distribution.

/usr/X11R6/bin/gtf

on my system anyway. Maybe that is not in your path the the moment?

There is no gtf file in my /usr/X11R6/bin/ ...