Hello all, I can't get higher than 1280x1024 resolution (60hz, 24 depth). I'm running Centos 5 x86 64bit on AMD Athlon64 x2 4600, Geforce 6200 PCI express. Even as root, that is the highest I can set the display. I am guessin the kernel does not support my combo? I've also tried Nvidia's driver from their site, this is what I get:
# more nvidia-installer.log nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' creation time: Mon Apr 30 22:11:36 2007
option status: license pre-accepted : false update : false force update : false expert : false uninstall : false driver info : false precompiled interfaces : true no ncurses color : false query latest version : false OpenGL header files : true no questions : false silent : false no recursion : false no backup : false kernel module only : false sanity : false add this kernel : false no runlevel check : false no network : false no ABI note : false no RPMs : false no kernel module : false force SELinux : default no X server check : false force tls : (not specified) force compat32 tls : (not specified) X install prefix : (not specified) X library install path : (not specified) X module install path : (not specified) OpenGL install prefix : (not specified) OpenGL install libdir : (not specified) compat32 install chroot : (not specified) compat32 install prefix : (not specified) compat32 install libdir : (not specified) utility install prefix : (not specified) utility install libdir : (not specified) doc install prefix : (not specified) kernel name : (not specified) kernel include path : (not specified) kernel source path : (not specified) kernel output path : (not specified) kernel install path : (not specified) proc mount point : /proc ui : (not specified) tmpdir : /tmp ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com RPM file list : (not specified)
Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface -> License accepted. -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: Yes) -> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site; this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for your kernel. -> Performing CC sanity check with CC="cc". -> Performing CC version check with CC="cc". ERROR: Unable to find the kernel source tree for the currently running kernel. Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your kernel and that they are properly configured; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source' or 'kernel-devel' RPM installed. If you know the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' command line option. ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.
On 4/30/07, Paul unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
Hello all, I can't get higher than 1280x1024 resolution (60hz, 24 depth). I'm running Centos 5 x86 64bit on AMD Athlon64 x2 4600, Geforce 6200 PCI express.
What monitor do you have?
I am guessin the kernel does not support my combo?
No, it should work just fine. you'll only get 2D support without the proprietary driver from nvidia though.
I've also tried Nvidia's driver from their site, this is what I get:
<snip boring junk>
You don't have the appropriate kernel-devel package installed (yum install kernel-devel) and you'll want to install gcc also if you don't have it already.
On Mon, April 30, 2007 11:04 pm, Jim Perrin wrote:
On 4/30/07, Paul unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
Hello all, I can't get higher than 1280x1024 resolution (60hz, 24 depth). I'm running Centos 5 x86 64bit on AMD Athlon64 x2 4600, Geforce 6200 PCI express.
What monitor do you have?
Samsung SyncMaster 204t (1600x1200 native) and Nvidia GeForce 6200 Turbo (Even higher)
I run a few boxes on KVM switch and they all run fine on 1600x1200. Centos 4 never had a problem
I am guessin the kernel does not support my combo?
No, it should work just fine. you'll only get 2D support without the proprietary driver from nvidia though.
I've also tried Nvidia's driver from their site, this is what I get:
<snip boring junk>
You don't have the appropriate kernel-devel package installed (yum install kernel-devel) and you'll want to install gcc also if you don't have it already.
I've just installed kernel-devel and still same thing. I've got gcc. ;(
On Tue, May 1, 2007 12:29 am, Paul wrote:
On Mon, April 30, 2007 11:04 pm, Jim Perrin wrote:
On 4/30/07, Paul unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
Hello all, I can't get higher than 1280x1024 resolution (60hz, 24 depth). I'm running Centos 5 x86 64bit on AMD Athlon64 x2 4600, Geforce 6200 PCI express.
What monitor do you have?
Samsung SyncMaster 204t (1600x1200 native) and Nvidia GeForce 6200 Turbo (Even higher)
I run a few boxes on KVM switch and they all run fine on 1600x1200. Centos 4 never had a problem
I am guessin the kernel does not support my combo?
No, it should work just fine. you'll only get 2D support without the proprietary driver from nvidia though.
I've also tried Nvidia's driver from their site, this is what I get:
<snip boring junk>
You don't have the appropriate kernel-devel package installed (yum install kernel-devel) and you'll want to install gcc also if you don't have it already.
I've just installed kernel-devel and still same thing. I've got gcc. ;(
I just loaded Centos 5 on my x86 32bit box and it goes fine right off the start at 1600x1200. That's running the analog though. I'm running the DVI on the 64bit box. I've tried to set the monitor at digital for the Samsung and same thing. I guess I'll just use the 32 bit version for now on my test box till I figure what's going on.
Paul wrote:
On Mon, April 30, 2007 11:04 pm, Jim Perrin wrote:
On 4/30/07, Paul unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
Hello all, I can't get higher than 1280x1024 resolution (60hz, 24 depth). I'm running Centos 5 x86 64bit on AMD Athlon64 x2 4600, Geforce 6200 PCI express.
What monitor do you have?
Samsung SyncMaster 204t (1600x1200 native) and Nvidia GeForce 6200 Turbo (Even higher)
I run a few boxes on KVM switch and they all run fine on 1600x1200. Centos 4 never had a problem
I am guessin the kernel does not support my combo?
No, it should work just fine. you'll only get 2D support without the proprietary driver from nvidia though.
I've also tried Nvidia's driver from their site, this is what I get:
<snip boring junk>
You don't have the appropriate kernel-devel package installed (yum install kernel-devel) and you'll want to install gcc also if you don't have it already.
I've just installed kernel-devel and still same thing. I've got gcc. ;(
Paul,
You might try forcing the horizontal and vertical refresh rates in xorg.conf, in the monitor section, ala: HorizSync 30-81 VertRefresh 56-75
This might require DPMS to be set to off. See man xorg.conf.
Bob...
On 5/1/07, Paul unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
Samsung SyncMaster 204t (1600x1200 native) and Nvidia GeForce 6200 Turbo (Even higher)
Yeah.. uh.. I uh might have to ask you to send me this hardware for testing. Yeah, that's it... testing... you know.. to make sure it works :-P
I run a few boxes on KVM switch and they all run fine on 1600x1200. Centos 4 never had a problem
Right, and it should continue to work fine, but sometimes KVM's mess with the real hardware detection, so the system will get confused and put you at a lower resolution.
I've just installed kernel-devel and still same thing. I've got gcc. ;(
Does the kernel-devel version match the kernel you're currently running? Look at the output from 'rpm -q kernel-devel', and match the version and release numbers against the output of 'uname -r'. If the two are different, that's why the nvidia installer is bitching. Usually this is caused by not rebooting after a kernel update.
Someone around here suggested ATrpms, which has been known to cause some problems with people's systems. RPMForge has the nvidia packages as well, and I'd recommend them over ATrpms for stability and generall packaging sanity. That and Dag (and Dries too) have been known to frequent our mailing lists and developer channels. I've never once seen Axel (from ATrpms) offer assistance on the list or stop by irc to see if everything's kosher.
You might also want to try a 'system-config-display --reconfigure' from a console and see if you can't tell it just exactly what you've got and what settings you want to use.
On 5/1/07, Jim Perrin jperrin@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/1/07, Paul unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
Samsung SyncMaster 204t (1600x1200 native) and Nvidia GeForce 6200 Turbo (Even higher)
Yeah.. uh.. I uh might have to ask you to send me this hardware for testing. Yeah, that's it... testing... you know.. to make sure it works :-P
I'm sorry to say that I am geographically closer to the OP. :-)
I run a few boxes on KVM switch and they all run fine on 1600x1200. Centos 4 never had a problem
I have the same monitor 204T and I use a KVM switch and I am getting 1600x1200 on CentOS 5 x86_64. But in my case it is analog because my switch does not have the DVI. :( Do you see the same problem even if you connect directly? Or is this a KVM switch issue?
Akemi
On Tue, May 1, 2007 10:26 am, Akemi Yagi wrote:
On 5/1/07, Jim Perrin jperrin@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/1/07, Paul unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
Samsung SyncMaster 204t (1600x1200 native) and Nvidia GeForce 6200 Turbo (Even higher)
Yeah.. uh.. I uh might have to ask you to send me this hardware for testing. Yeah, that's it... testing... you know.. to make sure it works :-P
I'm sorry to say that I am geographically closer to the OP. :-)
I run a few boxes on KVM switch and they all run fine on 1600x1200. Centos 4 never had a problem
I have the same monitor 204T and I use a KVM switch and I am getting 1600x1200 on CentOS 5 x86_64. But in my case it is analog because my switch does not have the DVI. :( Do you see the same problem even if you connect directly? Or is this a KVM switch issue?
It's directly to the DVI, the rest are anolog, through the KVM. So it looks to be a DVI issue. Hum.
On 5/1/07, Paul unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
On Tue, May 1, 2007 10:26 am, Akemi Yagi wrote:
I have the same monitor 204T and I use a KVM switch and I am getting 1600x1200 on CentOS 5 x86_64. But in my case it is analog because my switch does not have the DVI. :( Do you see the same problem even if you connect directly? Or is this a KVM switch issue?
It's directly to the DVI, the rest are anolog, through the KVM. So it looks to be a DVI issue. Hum.
Paul, I could reproduce your problem. I installed C5 x86_64 with the SyncMater 204T directly connected through the DVI. The monitor was not identified. And even when I selected a generic LCD with 1600x1200, this resolution never appeared as an option.
The same C5 did not have this behavior when the monitor was connected through a KVM switch (analog).
Hope we can find a fix for this issue.
Akemi
P.S. Maybe one of us would have to send our hardware to Jim for testing... ;-)
On 5/1/07, Akemi Yagi amyagi@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/1/07, Paul unix@bikesn4x4s.com wrote:
Paul, I could reproduce your problem. I installed C5 x86_64 with the SyncMater 204T directly connected through the DVI. The monitor was not identified. And even when I selected a generic LCD with 1600x1200, this resolution never appeared as an option.
Paul,
Looks like we were hit buy a bug in the DVI implementation of the monitor. Too bad, if we cannot run the 64-bit version just because of the (misbehaving) monitor. I will continue to find a workaround, but so far no such luck.
Akemi
I have a similar problem as the OP. I'm trying to configure a Dell 2407WFPb LCD monitor at its native resolution of 1920x1200 on CentOS 4.4 system. But I could only get to 1600x1200 in system-config- display. If I manually edit the xorg.conf file to include 1920x1200 and restart the X server, that resolution disappears from the xorg.conf file.
CentOS doesn't know about the 2407WFPb; the closest is the 2405FPW, so I manually set it to use this. Looking at the specs for these two monitors, they seem to have the exact same horizontal and vertical frequencies for 1920x1200 (74.0 kHz and 60.0 MHz), which are in the range specified in xorg.conf.
I've also tried to set the monitor to "Generic 1920x1200 LCD), but I still don't get that mode as an option. I am offered 1920x1440, but I don't think the monitor can support that. BTW, I am using the DVI output of an NVIDIA GeForce 6200 card, and I am running the closed source NVIDIA driver.
Any thoughts on what I can try next to support the native 1920x1200 resolution?
Thanks, Alfred
On Wed, May 2, 2007 2:00 pm, Alfred von Campe wrote:
I have a similar problem as the OP. I'm trying to configure a Dell 2407WFPb LCD monitor at its native resolution of 1920x1200 on CentOS 4.4 system. But I could only get to 1600x1200 in system-config- display. If I manually edit the xorg.conf file to include 1920x1200 and restart the X server, that resolution disappears from the xorg.conf file.
CentOS doesn't know about the 2407WFPb; the closest is the 2405FPW, so I manually set it to use this. Looking at the specs for these two monitors, they seem to have the exact same horizontal and vertical frequencies for 1920x1200 (74.0 kHz and 60.0 MHz), which are in the range specified in xorg.conf.
I've also tried to set the monitor to "Generic 1920x1200 LCD), but I still don't get that mode as an option. I am offered 1920x1440, but I don't think the monitor can support that. BTW, I am using the DVI output of an NVIDIA GeForce 6200 card, and I am running the closed source NVIDIA driver.
Any thoughts on what I can try next to support the native 1920x1200 resolution?
I'm not a big fan of gui's cause the limitation is placed on the gui and not the program/application. Whenever I get time, I'm gonna start jumpin in and hack'n till its fixed. ;-> I use linux and solaris for server comand line mode usually. Once in a while I try various Linux flavors for my main home desktop use, but I usually go back to you know what cause my patience is lost. But it does seem to be getting better. Some day.
Alfred von Campe wrote:
I have a similar problem as the OP. I'm trying to configure a Dell 2407WFPb LCD monitor at its native resolution of 1920x1200 on CentOS 4.4 system. But I could only get to 1600x1200 in system-config-display. If I manually edit the xorg.conf file to include 1920x1200 and restart the X server, that resolution disappears from the xorg.conf file.
CentOS doesn't know about the 2407WFPb; the closest is the 2405FPW, so I manually set it to use this. Looking at the specs for these two monitors, they seem to have the exact same horizontal and vertical frequencies for 1920x1200 (74.0 kHz and 60.0 MHz), which are in the range specified in xorg.conf.
I've also tried to set the monitor to "Generic 1920x1200 LCD), but I still don't get that mode as an option. I am offered 1920x1440, but I don't think the monitor can support that. BTW, I am using the DVI output of an NVIDIA GeForce 6200 card, and I am running the closed source NVIDIA driver.
Any thoughts on what I can try next to support the native 1920x1200 resolution?
Thanks, Alfred
Alfred and Paul,
There seems to be some problem with the EDID info, that may have been pointed out earlier. If you are using the NVIDIA (closed source) driver, try adding Option "IgnoreEDID" "true" in the Device Section of xorg.conf for the graphics card and add the monitor's specific sync frequencies in the Monitor Section. For the SyncMaster 204t they are:
HorizSync 30 - 81 VertRefresh 56 - 75
Bob...
There seems to be some problem with the EDID info, that may have been pointed out earlier. If you are using the NVIDIA (closed source) driver, try adding Option "IgnoreEDID" "true" in the Device Section of xorg.conf for the graphics card and add the monitor's specific sync frequencies in the Monitor Section. For the SyncMaster 204t they are:
If I remember correctly, "IgnoreEDID" "true" has been replaced by "UseEDID" "False".
Akemi
Akemi Yagi wrote:
There seems to be some problem with the EDID info, that may have been pointed out earlier. If you are using the NVIDIA (closed source) driver, try adding Option "IgnoreEDID" "true" in the Device Section of xorg.conf for the graphics card and add the monitor's specific sync frequencies in the Monitor Section. For the SyncMaster 204t they are:
If I remember correctly, "IgnoreEDID" "true" has been replaced by "UseEDID" "False".
Akemi
That make sense :-)
Bob...
-
Akemi Yagi -
Alfred von Campe -
Bob Chiodini -
Ioannis Vranos -
Jim Perrin -
Paul