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I've been pulling my hair out the last 3 hours tryng to get X to run at a larger resolution. (800x600 or larger). Here's my XFConfig86 file. Can someone point out to me what I'm doing wrong?
you need to get the nvidia driver installation tool from the nvidia web-site.
top left tab should be drivers, then select linux IA32 and download the driver package. When thats done hop inot you command-line and go to where you downloaded the package to an run:
sh NVIDIA-whatever.run
it'll run an installation program, installing the drivers. then make sure you have that line where the nv is listed and make sure it says nvidia. I think that would do it.
BTW I don't know what the View Port 0 0 is, if you know leave it, otherwise I would uncomment it #
I installed the drivers, and changed the Driver line to "nvidia". (And removed the ViewPort line). I read the README that came with the install and it told me to remove the Load "dri" in the Module section, so I did. X starts up fine, and displays a nice nVidia splash screen, but my resolution is still way below 800x600. What am I still missing?
If you have the NVIDIA splash screen, the drivers are working. Well done.
You can change the resolution by <CTRL><ALT> and <+> or <-> on the numeric pad.
If your preferred resolution is then not centered properly, there is a handy little utility: xvidtune. Open a console in X, type xvidtune, a window opens for you to adjust the screen (carefully!). When it is OK, click SHOW. A line like this will be printed in the console window you started xvidtune from:
I am not sure if what others posted above solved your problem or not but here are a few of my thoughts. In your XF86Config file but I am suspicious of one line in Section "Monitor". In that section one line says "DisplaySize 800 600 # mm" I do not know what version of Linux you are using but that is entirely different than what I have in that file with Red Hat 9. Just for comparison is a portion of my XF86Config file. I am not yet an expert at reading and editing hte XF86Config file. Notice that I also use the "nv"driver for my slighly older nVidia video card. If you decide to manually edit that file in some way be sure to save a backup copy of the file under a different name first. Some people manually edit that file themselves and others run one of several programs that that help them meke the changes. The program you would run to do that would in some cases depend on what version of Linux you are using. It looks to me like the description of your monitor may be somewhat vague and/or generic. That might or might not be the problem. I do not know what every entry in the monitor section means, although it looks way different than what is in my file.
What I posted just above is a portion of my XF86Config file for comparison purposes. I was not sure if I had made that clear. It is just for comparison purposes and works fine. I wanted to show how different his "Monitor Section" was from my "Monitor Section."
I also use Red Hat 9, do you use Gnome or KDE? I have both installed but use Gnome by default. So anyway, I am using Gnome at the moment and I can click on the Red Hat Icon, then click on System Settings and then click on Display. It will then usually ask for the root users password and after giving it that two tabs appear that allow setting various features of the video card and monitor. Have you tried that? Do you have that installed and available to be used?
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XFConfig86 - Display Resolution
