[CentOS] 1680x1050 Monitor
Johnny Hughes
johnny at centos.org
Mon Dec 31 07:10:47 UTC 2007
centos at 911networks.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just got a new Samsung 226bw 22" wide monitor to replace my
> previous one. I also have a nvidia 8600gts video card.
>
> I can set interactively [through the nvidia-settings utility] the
> 1680 by 1050 resolution. I have saved the settings in the
> xorg.conf, but I can't keep it after a restart of X or a reboot.
> When I restart X, the login is at: 1680 by 1050, then it switches
> to 1280 by 1024.
>
> Here are the video sections from my xorg.conf
>
> Any suggestion with what's wrong?
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "glx"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
> BoardName "GeForce 8600 GTS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> Option "TwinView" "0"
> Option "metamodes" "1680x1050 +0+0"
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
Do you have a monitor section ... or is it set to autoconfig.
Use system-config-display to see the settings.
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