| ben_gazzara |
05-15-2004 12:41 PM |
NVidia Geforce2 Go and external LCD monitor
Hello everyone,
I have Linux Mandrake 10 (kernel 2.6.3-9mdk) installed on my laptop (Acer Travelmate 630) with a NVIDIA Graphics card (GeForce 2Go). I have the latest NVIDIA driver installed and it has worked great for a while (laptop LCD resolution 1400x1050).
A couple of days ago I bought an external LCD monitor (Acer AL1711 - 17inches) to connect it to my laptop. Supported resolution on this LCD is 1280x1024.
I have tried to make this LCD work with my laptop for 2 days but without any luck.
I have changed my XF86Config-4 file looooads of times, adding new ad-hoc modelines, changing all the relvant sections but nada (blank screen- crashes).
I also tried uninstalling the NVidia driver and use some of the distribution default drivers instead. I managed to get some 800x600 using the generic NVidia driver ("nv") - but it gets totally messy for higher resolutions - and using the generic "vesa" driver I get a good 1280x1024 but it's a total waste of the graphics card (and playback of movies is crap).
Any suggestion greatly appreciated.
I attach my XF86Config-4 file. (You may notice that I have two sections for "Monitor", "Screen", etc. which get selected in the "ServerLayout" accordingly.)
Thanks,
albe
p.s. my hotkey (Fn+F5) switches perfectly between monitors.
Code:
# File generated by XFdrake.
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
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/"
FontPath "unix/:-1"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
Load "type1"
# Load "GLcore"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection
# Here the sections relative to my laptop display (id 0) - they work fine
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "Flat Panel 1400x1050"
HorizSync 31.5-90
VertRefresh 59-75
# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync
# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "on"
Option "NoDDC" "on"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "nvidia0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1400 1050
EndSubsection
EndSection
# Here the sections relative to my external LCD - doesnt work
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "Flat Panel 1280x1024"
HorizSync 30-83
VertRefresh 55-75
Option "MonitorLayout" "TDMS"
Option "DDCMode" "on"
Option "dpms"
# HorizSync 31.5-48.5
# VertRefresh 50-120
# ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync
# ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
# ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia1"
# Driver "nv"
Driver "nvidia"
# Driver "vesa"
Option "NoLogo"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "on"
Option "NoDDC" "on"
Option "DPMS"
Option "SWCursor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "nvidia1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout1"
Screen "Screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
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