Nvidia wrong resolution after installing proprietary driver
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Nvidia wrong resolution after installing proprietary driver
Hi..
i'm new to linux, and i have installed linux slackware 64bit..
after a complete setup i downloaded the latest Nvidia proprietary drivers, the binary package from nvidia.com..
i have a geforce gts250..it's the first time i encounter this issue..
i have already installed the driver with my old monitor (an lg flatron with max 1680x1050)and it always worked fine..
with this new monitor (lg w2243s with a res of 1920x1080) it seems that every bin package from nvidia don't recognize the monitor...after installing i find a res of 640x480 and i get stucked, i tried to force it by editing the xorg.conf file..but nothing changes..
how can i get the max res with nvidia bin package?it's driving me nuts (=/)
thank you for your help
I have a similar monitor LG W2361V and the nvidia driver automatically recognizes the correct resolution. I am using NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.06.run on the latest Slackware64-current.
Are you using an hdmi, dvi or D-Sub cable?
Have you tried changing the settings in Settings/NVIDIA X Server Settings ?
thank you for your answer
yes i've tried to change almost everything..and i still have 640x480...
i have 3 ports, VGA - DVI - HDMI, the first time i tried with the normal VGA, since the monitor has been shipped with it's own vga-cable, then i've tried the DVI with an adapter from nvidia, but still no solution to both..
i've also heard that could be related to the impossibility of recognizing the EDID..but i don't know how to get the EDID and to edit the files to make it good.. (sorry for my writing i'm not english lol)
This may seem like thread necro but this is one of the few posts I can respond to related to this monitor.
This can be fixed by doing:
Code:
modprobe i2c-dev
Background:
As my LG W2243S monitor was not being detected properly (unknown monitor / undetected EDID), I located a tool that gave out more diagnostic information in read-edid. As that further confirmed the lack of detection, I emailed my results to the author (he says to do so on the web page).
His response was:
Quote:
Yeah, the old VBE interface was great back in the early days of
plug-n-play monitors (back when those were a thing and your system
BIOS and video BIOS were integrally connected), but support for it has
gotten REAL sketchy over the years - after all, it requires a
real-mode interface, and nobody's had a real one of those since DOS.
Your best bet is to get the i2c interface working - I'm not sure about
your software or hardware configuration, but there are modules
available in the kernel for it (it's possible all you have to do is
modprobe i2c-dev).
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