[CentOS] CentOS 5.2 nVidia GeForce 7300GS resolution problem

[Dick Holland]

On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 14:36 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 19:26 +0100, Dick Holland wrote:
> > I have a Gigabyte nVidia GeForce 7300GS on an Intel DG965WHMKR mobo
> > attached to an LG Flatron LG204WT widescreen monitor. I'm driving the
> > monitor at 1680*1050, and the picture is compressed into the right-hand
> > two-thirds of the screen. 
> > 
> > The monitor is OK as it's attached via a KVM switch to another machine -
> > also with an nVidia card - and it displays perfectly on that.
> > 
> > It looks like some sort of scan rate problem - anyone experienced this?
> > If so, anyone know the solution?
> 
> What steps did you take to set it up on the CentOS system?
> 
> Does your /etc/X11/xorg.conf look correct?
> 
> If you ran system-config-display it should have inserted information
> from the DDC from the monitor. Also, a kudzu whould have contributed
> some information.
> 
> On the other system, can you get the timings and compare to the CentOS
> system?
> 
> Did you google yet? Lots of times answers are found there.
> 
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> 
> HTH

The xorg.conf looks OK to me (but I'm a bit of a noob really). I'll
check it against the other system (which is Fedora 9).

I have Googled quite extensively and found no help - but thanks for your
very prompt suggestions, Bill.

-- 
Dick Holland