Question regarding Nvidia driver and Gnome Screen resolution

BigVig · 11-28-2007, 10:28 PM

I am using an Nvidia G70 7600 GT card and the Nvidia drivers for etch (1.0.8776-4). I am using the 2.6.18-5 AMD64 kernel.

I have four screen resolutions available: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x1024.

When I attempt to change the screen resolution to something other than 1280x1024 (which has a refresh rate of 75Hz), the refresh rate jumps to 85Hz. And my monitor promptly displays an "out of range" message slowly dancing around a blank screen.

I first noticed this problem when I attempted to run RTCW: Enemy Territory this evening. Instead of grey thunder and lightning, I got an out of range message.

I am using a 19" Vison V1922DB LCD monitor (otherwise known as generic).

My xorg.conf is as follows:

Code:

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
	# path to defoma fonts
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc101"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT]"
	Driver		"nvidia"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Vison V1922DB"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	32-79
	VertRefresh	60-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT]"
	Monitor		"Vison V1922DB"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

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

restless · 11-29-2007, 05:59 AM

have a look at the below configuration file, mind that it's only a part of the config file, the part that I had to change

Important is to disable UseEdidFreqs

after that you can specify what refresh rate to use with a specific resolution rate:

Code:

 DefaultDepth	24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth		24
   Modes		"1440x900_60"
 EndSubSection

The below config is for a nvidia 7800gs on a samsung 940BW with a resolution of 1440*900 at 60Hz
Have a look and adapt your own xorg.conf file according to your needs

Code:

Section "Module"
 Load	 "bitmap"
 Load	 "dbe"
 Load	 "ddc"
#Load	 "dri"
 Load	 "extmod"
 Load	 "freetype"
 Load	 "glx"
 Load	 "int10"
 Load	 "vbe"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier	"Generic Video Card"
 Driver		"nvidia"
 BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
 Option		"UseEdidFreqs"		"False"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
 Option		"DPMS"
 HorizSync	30-81
 VertRefresh	56-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier	"Default Screen"
 Device		"Generic Video Card"
 Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
 DefaultDepth	24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth		24
   Modes		"1440x900_60"
 EndSubSection
EndSection
 
#Section "DRI"
#	Mode	0666
#EndSection

BigVig · 11-30-2007, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by restless

have a look at the below configuration file, mind that it's only a part of the config file, the part that I had to change

Important is to disable UseEdidFreqs

after that you can specify what refresh rate to use with a specific resolution rate:

Code:

 DefaultDepth	24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth		24
   Modes		"1440x900_60"
 EndSubSection

The below config is for a nvidia 7800gs on a samsung 940BW with a resolution of 1440*900 at 60Hz
Have a look and adapt your own xorg.conf file according to your needs...

Thanks for advice. I altered my xorg.conf as minimally as possible. I set UseEdidFreqs to false and included the following the following change:

Code:

 SubSection "Display"
  Depth		24
   Modes		"1280x1024_75" "1024x768_75" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection

And, now, it will display in 1024x768, but not 1280x1024. I'm going to continue messing around, since I only seem to learn by using trial and error. If I am successful in simply making it do what I what, which is 1280x1024 at 75Hz and 1024x768 at 75Hz, I will post here saying how.

Thank you again for the advice. It pointed me in a new direction.

knobby67 · 12-07-2007, 02:05 PM

Have you installed the Nvidia drivers/SDK off their site? Then try changing the resolution throught the Nvidia programme/SDK, you can try custom resolutions and frequencies. It will change xorg for you without you having to change by hand.