Alfred, You can use xvidtune or gtf to generate modelines. Both should be included with your distribution. It's been a while since I used them, so check the man pages for how to use them. nvidia-installer should be installed when you run NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-XXXX-pkg1.run. Do 'locate nvidia-installer' or 'which nvidia-installer'. It should be installed in /usr/bin -- Prentice -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Alfred von Campe Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:41 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Switch to Nvidia from ATI On Oct 18, 2006, at 14:42, Jay Leafey wrote: > Since you've already gone to the nVidia card it's a little late, I > know, but one of my Dell workstations has a similar display chip > (Intel 915G) and I was able to drive my Dell 2100fp at 1600x1200 at 60Hz > by making a couple of changes in the xorg.conf file. > Specifically, in the "Monitor" section I added a modeline for the that > resolution with some different timings: > > ModeLine "1600x1200" 160.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 > 1204 1250 > > Then in the "Screen" section I added 1600x1200 to the "Modes" line: > > Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" > "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" That's good to know for the future. But how did you come up with those numbers for the ModeLine entry? I played around with the HorizSync and VertRefresh entries to no avail. > It's not that hard, thankfully. You can specify the kernel version to > the installer script, as well as just installing a new kernel module > rather than a full reinstall: > > /usr/local/bin/nvidia-installer --kernel-module-only --kernel- > name=(kernel version) > > For example, when the new kernel (kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.plus.c4) came > out, I just ran this command before rebooting to the new kernel: > > /usr/local/bin/nvidia-installer --kernel-module-only --kernel- > name=2.6.9-42.0.3.plus.c4 I have not installed the nvidia-installer, but rather I run the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-XXXX-pkg1.run script with the -s option (silent) after rebuilding it with the --add-this-kernel option. > It does require that the kernel-devel{,-smp} package be installed for > the kernel for which you want to rebuild the driver, but that's not > really a problem for me. I've been trying to figure out how to make > this happen at boot-time before starting X, but haven't pursued it too > hard. I got this to work, but it was a bit of a hack. I'll contact you off list with the details. Alfred _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos The contents of this communication, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. They are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication. Please notify the sender immediately and delete the communication in its entirety.