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leinad11 06-28-2010 11:46 PM
low screen resolution!
 
Around a month ago I was having an issue where the GUI would not start and I was getting an error "NO SCREENS FOUND" I also had an incompatible driver for my linux kernel.
To get it working from the terminal I did
sudo sh NVIDIA....run whatever the file name is. I restarted X and it worked great! Now a month down the line I reboot my system and the highest resolution setting I can have is 640x480.
I tried doing sudo sh NVIDIA... nothing.

Strange note: I go into xorg.xconf and I change DRIVER "NVIDIA" to "vesa"
I restart X and now I am able to go into 800x600, but not the resolution I am looking for.

evo2 06-29-2010 12:46 AM
The nvidia driver installation seems not to have worked. What linux distribution and version are you using? If you can answer that we can most probably provide you with instructions on how to correctly install the driver.

Evo2.

leinad11 06-29-2010 01:11 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by evo2 (Post 4017879)
The nvidia driver installation seems not to have worked. What linux distribution and version are you using? If you can answer that we can most probably provide you with instructions on how to correctly install the driver.

Evo2.
How can I give you that information?
Also I just upgraded my drivers to NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.35.run.

MrCode 06-29-2010 01:12 AM
Quote:
What linux distribution and version are you using?
Yes, this is very pertinent info. Some of the "mainstream" distros will have the NVIDIA binary-only drivers in the software repositories, so that you can install them through the package manager. Ubuntu does this for sure, as does Linux Mint I believe (being that it's based on Ubuntu and is compatible with its repositories).

EDIT:

Quote:
Originally Posted by leinad11
How can I give you that information?
Just tell us what distribution of Linux you have installed on your machine, e.g. Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Linux Mint, etc.

leinad11 06-29-2010 01:15 AM
Kunbuntu 10.04 (LTS?)

MrCode 06-29-2010 01:20 AM
Okay, then you shouldn't need to install the NVIDIA drivers with the .run executable. You can just open Synaptic and look for "nvidia" (or just do apt-cache search nvidia in a terminal), and install the package for it.

Have you already tried this?

leinad11 06-29-2010 01:24 AM
Ya, actually I've tried installing the package from Synaptic with the same results.

By the way, I got a GeForce 6150 LE

leinad11 06-29-2010 01:28 AM
Quote:
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 256.35 (buildmeister@builder97.nvidia.com) Wed Jun 16 19:14:45 PDT 2010

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 256.35 (buildmeister@builder97.nvidia.com) Wed Jun 16 19:15:05 PDT 2010

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "CRT-0"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "vesa"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 6150 LE"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
That is my xorg.conf. Notice I have "vesa". That is, like I said, to be in a resolution bigger than 640x480. Browsers are really hard to manage under those resolutions. Also I added "Modes 1280x1024" on my own as well which doesn't do anything. :/

evo2 06-29-2010 02:59 AM
If you specify "vesa" the nvidia driver will not be used. Please use the nvidia driver and post the the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file (will be renamed Xorg.0.log.old if you restart X with the vesa driver).

Evo2.

leinad11 06-29-2010 07:36 PM
Quote:
X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-27-server x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux esperanto 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 08:03:28 UTC 2010 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=28495663-41dd-4122-9233-727b5a463bb5 ro quiet splash
Build Date: 16 June 2010 09:34:29AM
xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.2 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jun 29 18:33:52 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using config directory: "/usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "Device0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) Option "Xinerama" "0"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(WW) Disabling Mouse0
(II) Loader magic: 0x7ca300
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 6.0
X.Org XInput driver : 7.0
X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(--) using VT number 8

(--) PCI:*(0:0:5:0) 10de:0241:103c:2a54 nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] rev 162, Mem @ 0xfc000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xfb000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) "extmod" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded by default.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "record" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module 256.35 Wed Jun 16 19:10:31 PDT 2010
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 256.35 Wed Jun 16 18:45:02 PDT 2010
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:05:0
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "wfb"
(II) LoadModule: "wfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
(II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinView" "0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
(**) Jun 29 18:33:53 NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) Jun 29 18:33:53 NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) Jun 29 18:33:53 NVIDIA(0): enabled.
(WW) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-0
(II) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6150 LE (C51) at PCI:0:5:0 (GPU-0)
(--) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
(--) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.51.28.54.27
(--) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 6150 LE at PCI:0:5:0:
(--) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): CRT-0
(--) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): CRT-0: 350.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(II) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
(II) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select+0+0"
(II) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480
(WW) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device CRT-0's EDID; cannot compute DPI
(WW) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): from CRT-0's EDID.
(==) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
(**) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select+0+0"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): Initialized OpenGL Acceleration
(==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
(II) Jun 29 18:33:54 NVIDIA(0): Initialized X Rendering Acceleration
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(II) Loading extension XINERAMA
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /tmp/server-B20D7FC79C7F597315E3E501AEF10E0D866E8E92.xkm
(II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
(**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
(II) LoadModule: "evdev"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 2.3.2
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 7.0
(**) Power Button: always reports core events
(**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event0)
(**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
(**) Power Button: always reports core events
(**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Digital PCBeep (/dev/input/event5)
(II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
(II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event3)
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
(II) config/udev: Adding input device ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse (/dev/input/event4)
(**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
(**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: always reports core events
(**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
(II) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
(II) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Found relative axes
(II) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
(II) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Configuring as mouse
(**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
(II) config/udev: Adding input device ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse (/dev/input/mouse1)
(II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
(II) config/udev: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation (/dev/input/event2)
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation" (type: MOUSE)
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: initialized for relative axes.
(II) config/udev: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation (/dev/input/mouse0)
(II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
I hope that is it. I renamed DRIVER to "NVIDIA" and restarted X then quoted file /var/log/Xorg.0.log. My monitor is an HPw17e

leinad11 06-29-2010 08:19 PM
BAM solved my own problem! I can't believe it. After evo2 told me to check out my Xorg.0.log, I noticed there was an error. I googled it and found on an Ubuntu forum this guy that had the similar problem. I edited my Hsync and Vsync in xorg.conf to the manufacturers specifications (thank you internet) and BAM! got my sweet sweet resolution back. Thanks everyone for the help!


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