On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 19:17 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Tuesday 19 February 2008 13:02:31 Johnny Hughes wrote:
Anne Wilson wrote:
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### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: Identifier "Monitor0" ModelName "Monitor 1280x1024" ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: HorizSync 60.0 - 72.0 VertRefresh 60.0 - 72.0 Option "dpms" EndSection
Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nv" EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection EndSection
try this: # ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: Identifier "Monitor0" ModelName "Monitor 1280x1024" ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 Option "dpms" EndSection
Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nv" EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection #
(the "modes" lines will wrap ... but all the resolutions should be all on one line, separated by spaces and inside quotes)
Also, if "DefaultDepth 16" does not work, try "DefaultDepth 24"
You say that you bought a digital lead ... meaning I guess that you are using a different PORT on your video card and monitor. It is possible that he standard "nv" driver does not support that port on your video card and that you will need to instead download the proprietary drivers from nvidia's website to get that port to function. Regardless of which driver and cable you use, the resolution/freq of the screen is going to be the same ... why not just use the old cable :D
Johnny, this afternoon I got around to putting the old cable back in, only to find that I can't get X correctly configured again. I have no X. I managed to get to a text screen and vi xorg.conf, putting in exactly what you recommended above (maybe that was for digital, not analogue?). I still can't startx. I see
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (EE) NV(0): No valid initial configuration found (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error: no screens found XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
Can you recommend a really basic xorg.conf to get me started? Thanks
---- init 3 system-config-display --reconfig
Craig