I managed to get my desktop back with the old driver (81.76) here is the xorg.conf before reinstalling the old driver: this is the xorg.conf (backup)
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Mar 29 14:43:26 PST 2006
# File generated by XFdrake.
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
EndSection
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 "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
# allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
Option "allowmouseopenfail"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us(alt-intl)"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "Samsung SyncMaster 750(M)s(T)"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
ModeLine "768x576" 50.0 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
ModeLine "768x576" 63.1 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
ModeLine "1152x864_120" 176.0 1152 1240 1368 1584 864 865 868 926 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864_100" 143.5 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864_85" 119.7 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864_75" 105.0 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 902 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864_60" 81.6 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864_50" 66.8 1152 1208 1328 1504 864 865 868 889 -hsync +vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corp."
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "DPMS"
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1152 864
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1152 864
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1152 864
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1152 864
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
When I wanted to change the resolution with the newer driver (87.56) I had only 2 choices!!!! 1024x768 and 1152x864 of resolution and only one refresh rate (85HZ) (my monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 753s 17') and it looked like the displayed desktop would be 19' instead of 17'
The old driver only supports a 75 Hz refreshrate with 1152x864 (this is my favourite resolution) and it looked better with 85 Hz so I still want the new driver If I can solve thiz "zoomed" issue!
