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I just installed the new Nvidia driver and my screen is f*cked up... It looks like the displayed desktop is bigger than my monitor is, so when I move the mouse the screen mouves whit it... and I can see the rest of the desktop... I allready try to get the resolution down but it's the same, and I reinstalld the older driver too but the problem steel the same... any help or tips will be much appreciated...!!!
Thx!
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.
# **********************************************************************
# 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
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!
Last edited by pilatus666; 05-17-2006 at 04:32 AM.
I also tryed to change the monitor model but no matter what model did I used it still looked like displaying 19' instead of 17'! Anyway here is the xorg.conf with the old driver, thats what I'm using now:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Dec 14 16:39:22 PST 2005
# File generated by XFdrake.
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
# 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
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