KDE can not get my resolution to work.

Ekemet · 08-22-2006, 01:43 AM

I've just finished installing Slackware 10.2 and the first thing I did when everything was done was run xorgsetup. After which I ran startx. Now for some reason, it started KDE with 1600x1200 set as the resolution. The problem is that it's suppose to use 1024x786. When I set it to 1024x786 there are a lot of problems.

On the top of my screen there is colored static about 1/4th an inch tall going all the way across. Also, about 1/4th an inch is cut off of the very bottom (the task bar). My mouse pointer also seems to be messed up, I can put it on an icon and double click, but nothing happens, but when I put the mouse (about 1/4th an inch) above the icon and double click, it works.

If I switch back to 1600x1200 everything works fine, exept for the fact that everything is tiny and it hurts my eyes to try and read tiny font.

Here is what is in my xorg.conf file:

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "xtrap"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	#DisplaySize	  320   240	# mm
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "CPQ"
	ModelName    "COMPAQ 7550"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 86.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 140.0
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor1"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ColorKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "CacheLines"         	# <i>
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DRI"                	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoDDC"              	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"       	# <i>
        #Option     "PageFlip"           	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "i810"
	VendorName  "Intel Corp."
	BoardName   "82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Integrated Graphics Device"
	BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "HWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"             	# [<str>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "FlatPanel"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPDither"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CrtcNumber"         	# <i>
        #Option     "FPScale"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPTweak"            	# <i>
	Identifier  "Card1"
	Driver      "nv"
	VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
	BoardName   "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
	BusID       "PCI:1:9:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen1"
	Device     "Card1"
	Monitor    "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

nykey · 08-22-2006, 03:01 AM

Did you installed the NVidia driver ? If you did then it should had set the correct resolution for your video card/monitor or maybe you choosed not to let the nvidia driver set it up ? If you didn't install it, then I suggest you do it and let it configure your xorg config.

*EDIT*
Oh, my bad, didn't see that you have

Code:

Driver      "nv"

which means you didn't installed the driver. So, go to www.nvidia.com and download the Linux Driver, install it, and let it configure your settings, afterwards startx and most probably it will all be ok.

simcox1 · 08-22-2006, 06:58 AM

If you're using nvidia I don't think you should load "dri".

nykey · 08-22-2006, 08:02 AM

No he shouldn't load "dri" but he's not using nvidia, when the driver will be installed the installer will automatically edit his xorg.conf file and remove the Load "dri" line too. So my advice, again, is you should install the latest NVidia drivers from their website, it's VERY VERY simple just download the driver and use the command: sh Drivers-Name-*-*.sh and follow the installer. GL.