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. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." ----------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 (niv) -----------------------------