Xorg.conf 1400x900_75 HOW???? "Help me"

¿F M J¿ · 03-10-2008, 07:05 PM

Ok im using Ubuntu Hardy Heron and running the latest nvidia drivers

My card's are 8500GT's - pci-e

I've followed all methods thus far, but im so noob apparently..

The screen is a samsung syncmaster 931bw - native resolution is

1440x900_75 - works in windows, but under linux i cnt seem to get it to

work.. only @ 1440x900_60

Here's my xorg.conf , would love to resolve this problem...

Help help..!

Code:

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder26)  Thu Feb 14 18:14:18 PST 2008

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 640 0
    Screen      1  "Screen1" 0 0
    Screen      2  "Screen2" RightOf "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath         "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Configured Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "CorePointer"
    Option         "Name" "Logitech USB Gaming Mouse"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Samsung SyncMaster"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: xconfig, VertRefresh source: xconfig
    Identifier     "Monitor2"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "TV-0"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: xconfig, VertRefresh source: xconfig
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "CRT-1"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8500 GT"
    BusID          "PCI:3:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8500 GT"
    BusID          "PCI:3:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard2"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8500 GT"
    BusID          "PCI:2:0:0"
    Option         "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "DFP: 1440x900_75 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen2"
    Device         "Videocard1"
    Monitor        "Monitor2"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "TV: 640x480 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    Option         "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Videocard2"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "1"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: 640x480 +0+0, TV: 640x480 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

johnsfine · 03-10-2008, 07:43 PM

I'm confused by your use of twinview on the adapter that has just one monitor and your use of metamodes in the screens that don't enable twinview.

Without those confusing factors, I'd say the main thing you probably need is a modeline in your monitor section (for monitor0 of course)

Code:

Modeline "1440x900_75" 130.69 1440 1488 1584 1840 900 902 905 947  # 131 MHz, 71.0 kHz, 75.0 Hz

That still might be all you need, or maybe you need to replace that metamodes thing.

¿F M J¿ · 03-10-2008, 08:00 PM

Ok i'll explin my setup in a little more detail... card1 has 2 screens attached beleive it or not... a the LCD and a tv via svhs
card2 has 2 screens attached, CRT and a tv via svhs..

The LCD is the main primary screen, the crt twinview's off the LCD, then then card1 svhs clones the crt, while the other tv has its own xsession..

Hope that clears that part up, works perfect for my setup as i cant see the tv cloning the crt.. is in another room..

crt is left of the LCD - and tv2 is right of the lcd - tv1 is in bedroom..

-------------

Ok i tried adding that modeline where u mentioned, didnt work...

monitor still reports 1440x900_60

.... certianly a situation

¿F M J¿ · 03-12-2008, 06:43 AM

bump - need help, eyes going square and gettn headaches due to 60hertz

berbae · 03-12-2008, 08:05 AM

Just a suggestion : try to give a little higher value for the VertRefresh
from
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
to
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0

That's what I need to do for my screen to get the nominal refresh rate of 75Hz :

Code:

Section "Monitor"
    DisplaySize  375   300  # mm
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "EMPREX"
    ModelName    "1280x1024@75HZ"
    HorizSync    30-80
    VertRefresh  56-76
    Option       "DPMS"
EndSection

The command 'nvidia-settings --query RefreshRate' gives :

Code:

  Attribute 'RefreshRate' (arch:0.0; display device: CRT-0): 75,02 Hz.

As you see it's a little higher than 75Hz.

johnsfine · 03-12-2008, 08:33 AM

Nvidia has very good documentation for all the special things you can put in xorg.conf to manage its driver. You might spend some time reading that.

The nvidia driver isn't as good as others at puting an understandable message in /var/log/Xorg.0.log when it decides not to do what you requested. But it does put some useful info there. So you should read that and maybe post it.

¿F M J¿ · 03-13-2008, 11:48 PM

Yeah i've even emailed nvidia and basically got told to get-bent... charming..

anyhow, i've tried the above, nothing changed... so i reverted back to my original config...

Here's my /var/log/Xorg.0.log - i admitt im no programmer or guru by any means... BUt i've currently tried everything, even justhaving the 1 screen plugged in etc...

Hope this helps...

Code:

X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90
Release Date: 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu (xorg-server 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1ubuntu4)
Current Operating System: Linux physics 2.6.24-12-generic #1 SMP Wed Mar 12 22:31:43 UTC 2008 x86_64
Build Date: 20 February 2008  12:03:14PM

Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Mar 14 14:56:29 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Videocard0"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen1" (1)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor1"
(**) |   |-->Device "Videocard2"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen2" (2)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor2"
(**) |   |-->Device "Videocard1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(**) Option "Xinerama" "0"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType".
	Entry deleted from font path.
	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType").
(==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x7bd660
(II) Module ABI versions:
	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
	X.Org Video Driver: 2.0
	X.Org XInput driver : 2.0
	X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
	X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 10de,0369 card 1458,5001 rev a2 class 05,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 10de,0360 card 1458,0c11 rev a3 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:1: chip 10de,0368 card 1458,0c11 rev a3 class 0c,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 10de,036c card 1458,5004 rev a1 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 10de,036d card 1458,5004 rev a2 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:04:0: chip 10de,036e card 1458,5002 rev a1 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:05:0: chip 10de,037f card 1458,b002 rev a3 class 01,01,85 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:05:1: chip 10de,037f card 1458,b002 rev a3 class 01,01,85 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:05:2: chip 10de,037f card 1458,b002 rev a3 class 01,01,85 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:06:0: chip 10de,0370 card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 06,04,01 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:06:1: chip 10de,0371 card 1458,a002 rev a2 class 04,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip 10de,0373 card 1458,e000 rev a3 class 06,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 10de,0376 card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 10de,0377 card 0000,0000 rev a3 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:18:0: chip 1022,1100 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:1: chip 1022,1101 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:2: chip 1022,1102 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:3: chip 1022,1103 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:08:0: chip 1102,0002 card 1102,8064 rev 07 class 04,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:08:1: chip 1102,7002 card 1102,0020 rev 07 class 09,80,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:0a:0: chip 104c,8024 card 1458,1000 rev 00 class 0c,00,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:00:0: chip 10de,0421 card 1043,824e rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 03:00:0: chip 10de,0421 card 1043,824e rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:6:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0a00 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00007000 - 0x00007fff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xf0000000 - 0xf00fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:10:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0000 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00008000 - 0x00008fff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xec000000 - 0xefffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 3: bridge is at (0:15:0), (0,3,3), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 3 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00009000 - 0x00009fff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 3 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xe8000000 - 0xebffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 3 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:24:0), (0,0,3), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(--) PCI: (2:0:0) nVidia Corporation GeForce 8500 GT rev 161, Mem @ 0xee000000/24, 0xc0000000/28, 0xec000000/25, I/O @ 0x8000/7
(--) PCI:*(3:0:0) nVidia Corporation GeForce 8500 GT rev 161, Mem @ 0xea000000/24, 0xd0000000/28, 0xe8000000/25, I/O @ 0x9000/7

(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "freetype" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "record" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module type1
(II) UnloadModule: "type1"
(EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
	compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 2.1.0
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module  169.12  Thu Feb 14 18:34:02 PST 2008
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.13.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.4.0, module version = 1.2.2
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.4.0, module version = 1.2.3
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  169.12  Thu Feb 14 17:53:48 PST 2008
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 03:00:0
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "wfb"
(II) LoadModule: "wfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libwfb.so
(II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Setting vga for screen 1.
(II) Setting vga for screen 2.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinView" "0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "DFP: 1440x900_75 +0+0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8500 GT (G86) at PCI:3:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 60.86.39.00.00
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 8500 GT at PCI:3:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0):     NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0):     Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): TV encoder: NVIDIA
(II) NVIDIA(0): Display Device found referenced in MetaMode: DFP-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "DFP:1440x900_75+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1440 x 900
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (89, 87); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) NVIDIA(0):     option
(==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(**) NVIDIA(1): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(1): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(1): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(1): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(1): Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
(**) NVIDIA(1): Option "TwinView" "1"
(**) NVIDIA(1): Option "MetaModes" "CRT: 640x480 +0+0, TV: 640x480 +0+0"
(**) NVIDIA(1): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(**) NVIDIA(1): TV Standard string: "PAL-B"
(**) NVIDIA(1): TwinView enabled
(WW) NVIDIA(GPU-1): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-1
(II) NVIDIA(1): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8500 GT (G86) at PCI:2:0:0 (GPU-1)
(--) NVIDIA(1): Memory: 524288 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(1): VideoBIOS: 60.86.39.00.00
(II) NVIDIA(1): Detected PCI Express Link width: 8X
(--) NVIDIA(1): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(1): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 8500 GT at PCI:2:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(1):     CRT-1
(--) NVIDIA(1):     NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0)
(--) NVIDIA(1): CRT-1: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(1): NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(1): TV encoder: NVIDIA
(II) NVIDIA(1): Display Devices found referenced in MetaMode: CRT-1, TV-0
(II) NVIDIA(1): Assigned Display Devices: CRT-1, TV-0
(II) NVIDIA(1): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(1):     "CRT:640x480+0+0,TV:640x480+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(1): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480
(WW) NVIDIA(1): Unable to get display device CRT-1's EDID; cannot compute DPI
(WW) NVIDIA(1):     from CRT-1's EDID.
(==) NVIDIA(1): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
(==) NVIDIA(1): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(**) NVIDIA(2): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(2): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(2): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(2): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(2): Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
(**) NVIDIA(2): Option "TwinView" "0"
(**) NVIDIA(2): Option "MetaModes" "TV: 640x480 +0+0"
(**) NVIDIA(2): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(**) NVIDIA(2): TV Standard string: "PAL-B"
(II) NVIDIA(2): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8500 GT (G86) at PCI:3:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(2): Memory: 524288 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(2): VideoBIOS: 60.86.39.00.00
(II) NVIDIA(2): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
(--) NVIDIA(2): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(2): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 8500 GT at PCI:3:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(2):     NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0)
(--) NVIDIA(2):     Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(2): NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(2): TV encoder: NVIDIA
(II) NVIDIA(2): Display Device found referenced in MetaMode: TV-0
(II) NVIDIA(2): Assigned Display Device: TV-0
(II) NVIDIA(2): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(2):     "TV:640x480+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(2): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480
(==) NVIDIA(2): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
(==) NVIDIA(2): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC?  Yes, I do.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0xf0000000 - 0xf0003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0xf0004000 - 0xf00047ff (0x800) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0xf0107000 - 0xf010700f (0x10) MX[B]
	[7] -1	0	0xf0106000 - 0xf01060ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[8] -1	0	0xf0105000 - 0xf0105fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[9] -1	0	0xf0100000 - 0xf0103fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0xf010a000 - 0xf010afff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[11] -1	0	0xf0109000 - 0xf0109fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[12] -1	0	0xf0108000 - 0xf0108fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[13] -1	0	0xf0104000 - 0xf01040ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0xf010b000 - 0xf010bfff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0xe8000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
	[16] -1	0	0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[17] -1	0	0xea000000 - 0xeaffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[18] -1	0	0xec000000 - 0xedffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
	[19] -1	0	0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[20] -1	0	0xee000000 - 0xeeffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
	[21] 0	0	0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
	[22] 0	0	0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
	[23] 0	0	0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
	[24] 1	0	0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
	[25] 1	0	0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
	[26] 1	0	0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
	[27] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[28] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[29] -1	0	0x00007400 - 0x00007407 (0x8) IX[B]
	[30] -1	0	0x00007000 - 0x0000701f (0x20) IX[B]
	[31] -1	0	0x0000e000 - 0x0000e007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[32] -1	0	0x0000d800 - 0x0000d80f (0x10) IX[B]
	[33] -1	0	0x0000d400 - 0x0000d403 (0x4) IX[B]
	[34] -1	0	0x0000d000 - 0x0000d007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[35] -1	0	0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc03 (0x4) IX[B]
	[36] -1	0	0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
	[37] -1	0	0x0000c400 - 0x0000c40f (0x10) IX[B]
	[38] -1	0	0x0000c000 - 0x0000c003 (0x4) IX[B]
	[39] -1	0	0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bc07 (0x8) IX[B]
	[40] -1	0	0x0000b800 - 0x0000b803 (0x4) IX[B]
	[41] -1	0	0x0000b400 - 0x0000b407 (0x8) IX[B]
	[42] -1	0	0x0000b000 - 0x0000b00f (0x10) IX[B]
	[43] -1	0	0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac03 (0x4) IX[B]
	[44] -1	0	0x0000a800 - 0x0000a807 (0x8) IX[B]
	[45] -1	0	0x0000a400 - 0x0000a403 (0x4) IX[B]
	[46] -1	0	0x0000a000 - 0x0000a007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[47] -1	0	0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
	[48] -1	0	0x00001c80 - 0x00001cbf (0x40) IX[B]
	[49] -1	0	0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
	[50] -1	0	0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc3f (0x40) IX[B]
	[51] -1	0	0x00009000 - 0x0000907f (0x80) IX[B](B)
	[52] -1	0	0x00008000 - 0x0000807f (0x80) IX[B](B)
	[53] 0	0	0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
	[54] 0	0	0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
	[55] 1	0	0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
	[56] 1	0	0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DFP:1440x900_75+0+0"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) NVIDIA(1): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(1): Setting mode "CRT:640x480+0+0,TV:640x480+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(1): Built-in logo is bigger than the screen.
(II) NVIDIA(1): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(1): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(1): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(1): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(1): DPMS enabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) NVIDIA(2): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(2): Setting mode "TV:640x480+0+0"
(II) NVIDIA(2): Built-in logo is bigger than the screen.
(II) NVIDIA(2): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(2): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(2): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(2): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(2): DPMS enabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Setting vga for screen 1.
(II) Setting vga for screen 2.
Screen 0 is using RAC for mem
Screen 0 is using RAC for io
Screen 1 is using RAC for mem
Screen 1 is using RAC for io
Screen 2 is using RAC for mem
Screen 2 is using RAC for io
(II) Screen 0 shares mem & io resources
(II) Screen 1 shares mem & io resources
(II) Screen 2 shares mem & io resources
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension XAccessControlExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Keyboard0: always reports core events
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Keyboard0: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbModel: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Keyboard0: CustomKeycodes disabled
(WW) Configured Mouse: No Device specified, looking for one...
(II) Configured Mouse: Setting Device option to "/dev/input/mice"
(--) Configured Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(==) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "Auto"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Configured Mouse: always reports core events
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
(**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4, 5, 6 and 7
(**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 11
(**) Configured Mouse: Sensitivity: 1
(II) evaluating device (Configured Mouse)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) evaluating device (Keyboard0)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD)
(--) Configured Mouse: PnP-detected protocol: "ExplorerPS/2"
(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
(II) Screen 0 shares mem & io resources
(II) Screen 1 shares mem & io resources
(II) Screen 2 shares mem & io resources
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1440x900_60"
(II) Screen 0 shares mem & io resources
(II) Screen 1 shares mem & io resources
(II) Screen 2 shares mem & io resources
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johnsfine · 03-15-2008, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ¿F M J¿

Yeah i've even emailed nvidia and basically got told to get-bent.

You emailed me too and I'll try to be slightly more polite.

I saw your post above before you emailed me. If anything in it had changed my earlier advice that you need to reread the nvidia documentation I would have replied right away.

I read a detailed description of metamodes in some nvidia documentation a while ago but I don't recall exactly where and I don't have time to search nor to reread it carefully.

My best guess is you have misused metamodes and that is why your log says

Code:

(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "DFP: 1440x900_75 +0+0"

but later says

Code:

(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1440x900_60"

It is also possible that the advice you got from berbae is correct (that after adding the modeline the remaining problem is caused by some rounding error in the value of 75Khz) that could be sidestepped by telling the driver that the monitor can handle 76.

¿F M J¿ · 03-15-2008, 04:52 PM

I give up.. i'll stick to windows... Such a simple thing shouldnt be so hard..