As mentioned in my previous thread, I can't get my Video card: NVIDIA C73 [GeForce: 7100/ nForce 630i] to display 1440x900 on my CentOS 5.4 on my HP Pavilion with monitor Dell E198WFPV.
Googing around, I see that others have had this problem with the NVIDIA card. In one case, it was solved by gaining access to card parameters and setting them directly. I can't find a way to do this on my box.
One solution might be to just insert another video card in the bus, and ignore the NVIDIA. Would this work? I have a card that I know works.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Thanks, Mike.
On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 09:31:20PM +0000, MIKE - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
As mentioned in my previous thread, I can't get my Video card: NVIDIA C73 [GeForce: 7100/ nForce 630i] to display 1440x900 on my CentOS 5.4 on my HP Pavilion with monitor Dell E198WFPV.
Googing around, I see that others have had this problem with the NVIDIA card. In one case, it was solved by gaining access to card parameters and setting them directly. I can't find a way to do this on my box.
One solution might be to just insert another video card in the bus, and ignore the NVIDIA. Would this work? I have a card that I know works.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Mike:
I have no experience with that card, but here are a couple of ideas that may help: --are you using a digital (DVI) video cable, or the analog cable from video card to monitor? If DVI, try the analog (VGA) cable and see if it allows you to select the resolution you need. (my new DVI monitor came with a note that said that some cards cannot select the right resolution when using the DVI cable, but will work fine with a VGA cable--though it worked fine for me with my nvidia card (9800GT)) --have you tried using xrandr to force it to the desired resolution? 'man xrandr' is your friend.
Fred
On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:42:11 -0500, fred smith wrote:
On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 09:31:20PM +0000, MIKE - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
As mentioned in my previous thread, I can't get my Video card: NVIDIA C73 [GeForce: 7100/ nForce 630i] to display 1440x900 on my CentOS 5.4 on my HP Pavilion with monitor Dell E198WFPV.
Googing around, I see that others have had this problem with the NVIDIA card. In one case, it was solved by gaining access to card parameters and setting them directly. I can't find a way to do this on my box.
One solution might be to just insert another video card in the bus, and ignore the NVIDIA. Would this work? I have a card that I know works.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Mike:
I have no experience with that card, but here are a couple of ideas that may help: --are you using a digital (DVI) video cable, or the analog cable from video card to monitor? If DVI, try the analog (VGA) cable and see if it allows you to select the resolution you need. (my new DVI monitor came with a note that said that some cards cannot select the right resolution when using the DVI cable, but will work fine with a VGA cable--though it worked fine for me with my nvidia card (9800GT)) --have you tried using xrandr to force it to the desired resolution? 'man xrandr' is your friend.
Fred
The screen is connected through an Iogear switch so the screen works with two Linux boxes. I assume that this is a digital connection, although I don't really know. Everything is fine with the other box as well as the old box I am replacing.
I tried: xrandx --verbose -s 1440x900
I get: "Size 1440x900 is not found in available modes"
I am considering taking the video card from the old box and putting it in the new one, and ignoring the original card in the new box. Might this work?
Mike.
On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 04:09:05AM +0000, MIKE - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:42:11 -0500, fred smith wrote:
On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 09:31:20PM +0000, MIKE - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
As mentioned in my previous thread, I can't get my Video card: NVIDIA C73 [GeForce: 7100/ nForce 630i] to display 1440x900 on my CentOS 5.4 on my HP Pavilion with monitor Dell E198WFPV.
Googing around, I see that others have had this problem with the NVIDIA card. In one case, it was solved by gaining access to card parameters and setting them directly. I can't find a way to do this on my box.
One solution might be to just insert another video card in the bus, and ignore the NVIDIA. Would this work? I have a card that I know works.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Mike:
I have no experience with that card, but here are a couple of ideas that may help: --are you using a digital (DVI) video cable, or the analog cable from video card to monitor? If DVI, try the analog (VGA) cable and see if it allows you to select the resolution you need. (my new DVI monitor came with a note that said that some cards cannot select the right resolution when using the DVI cable, but will work fine with a VGA cable--though it worked fine for me with my nvidia card (9800GT)) --have you tried using xrandr to force it to the desired resolution? 'man xrandr' is your friend.
Fred
The screen is connected through an Iogear switch so the screen works with two Linux boxes. I assume that this is a digital connection, although I don't really know. Everything is fine with the other box
is it a "normal" 15-pin D-sub connector (looks like a 9-pin serial cable, but with 15 pins instead) or is it a somewhat larger connector with possibly several groupings of pins, including one wide/flat one? the former is analog, the latter is digital.
as well as the old box I am replacing.
I tried: xrandx --verbose -s 1440x900
I get: "Size 1440x900 is not found in available modes"
I am considering taking the video card from the old box and putting it in the new one, and ignoring the original card in the new box. Might this work?
No clue. I suppose it's worth a try.
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MIKE - EMAIL IGNORED