Hi All,
I was trying to set widescreen resolution on my laptop using nvidia-settings and I found out that as KDE is not detecting my monitor as widescreen, nvidia driver is also not getting that information. I think that is why when I try to set the resolution to WXGA in Sax2, it falls back to XGA on re-login.
I searched online and all I could find is how to fix this in Gnome (Ubuntu forums) but couldn’t find anything about KDE. Please help.
post
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
also in a su terminal do:
hwinfo
near the top should be info on your video card/chip
Hi,
Here is the xorg.conf:
# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2009-01-03T10:10:04+0300.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
Option "ZapWarning" "on"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "freetype"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "kbd"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
DisplaySize 341 192
HorizSync 30-94
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "YC475 154WU1 LCD MONITOR"
Option "DPMS"
Option "PreferredMode" "1280x800"
VendorName "LPL"
VertRefresh 50-60
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection
Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1920x1200" "1900x1200" "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1920x1200" "1900x1200" "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1200" "1900x1200" "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1920x1200" "1900x1200" "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection
Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce Go 7300"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "NVIDIA"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse[5]" "SendCoreEvents"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "on"
EndSection
Here is the hwinfo:
121: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_1d7'
pci.device_class = 3 (0x3)
info.subsystem = 'pci'
pci.device_subclass = 0 (0x0)
info.product = 'G72M [Quadro NVS 110M/GeForce Go 7300]'
pci.device_protocol = 0 (0x0)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_1d7'
pci.vendor = 'nVidia Corporation'
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0'
info.vendor = 'nVidia Corporation'
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27a1'
pci.product = 'G72M [Quadro NVS 110M/GeForce Go 7300]'
pci.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0'
pci.subsys_vendor = 'Dell'
pci.product_id = 471 (0x1d7)
linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2)
pci.vendor_id = 4318 (0x10de)
linux.subsystem = 'pci'
info.linux.driver = 'nvidia'
pci.subsys_product_id = 460 (0x1cc)
pci.subsys_vendor_id = 4136 (0x1028)
Also I noticed one more thing. If I change the screen aspect ratio in Sax2 from 16/10 to 16/9, it doesn’t take effect and on next sax2 login, its again 16/10.
Have a look here
HCL/Nvidia Video Cards - openSUSE
Also check the boot argument in /boot/grub/menu.lst
vga=???
you might try failsafe boot
which may land you at a CLI login then do
startx
see what happens
In menu.lst, the vga parameter is 0x317. Also I tried rebooting in failsafe and in init level 3 and changed sax2 configuration from there. If I change from one non-widescreen to another non-widescreen resolution, the change stays. Otherwise it falls back to XGA. Same is the case when I change aspect ratio from 16/10 to 16/9; the change is ignored as if the hardware is telling it otherwise.
0x317 is not widescreen, I think it is 1024x768
There is a way to know the right setting, but I forget. maybe google it, but I have to logout now sorry.
I googled for the vga modes and it looks like the grub vga mode only determines which resolution is used during boot-up screen. Is this right? If it is then this parameter should not be a problem.
The vga modes are just for booting so you can leave it as 0x317.
To get your resolution working try this: Open a console type su then root pass then
nvidia-xconfig then nvidia-settings set you resolution and save to xconfig.
In kde you can also set the resolution open kicker > configure desktop > computer administration > display.
However should be enough to use the nvidia settings above
/Geoff
Actually I tried that and found out that widescreen resolutions are not appearing in nvidia-settings tool. This first tip me off that KDE or X itself is not recognizing the LCD as widescreen.
bump bump
What is the results of
xrandr -q
There you go:
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1920 x 1200, maximum 1920 x 1200
default connected 1920x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1920x1200 60.0*
1600x1200 60.0
1400x1050 60.0
1280x1024 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.0 56.0
640x480 60.0
As you can see, no widescreen resolutions! Except for the 1920x1200, on which I have to read text using microscope on my 15" screen;)
In your xorg.conf below you have "Option “PreferredMode” “1280x800"” which is widescreen.
The only thing i can think of that could help is reinstalling the drivers the “hard way” as describedhere answer yes to all the questions
/Geoff
Put your correct resolution in “PreferredMode” under Monitor section.
Then put the same resolution as first item in all “Modes” under Screen section.
Hi,
I had much the same problem with my Viewsonic widescreen monitor, to cut a long story short, by using the VGA cable (dvi-vga on monitor) it cured it 100%.
ie I was able to use the Nvidia driver or the NV driver at the 1680X1050 res
Something for you to try perhaps.
I have already tried that actually. I even deleted all modes other than my desired one (1280x800) but restarting X didn’t help at all.
Hi All,
I have been following this up on Nvidia forums and the guy sover there think that Nvidia driver is not the source of the problem and it has something to do with Sax2 or X configuration itself. To go further, I removed the Nvidia driver and shifted back to NV and the resolution problem is still there.
Here is the link for my Xorg.0.log. I hope someone will find why is my desired resolution being ignored and why do i keep falling back to 1024x768 if I choose WXGA.
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I did some digging up and found that this seems to be the problem:
(II) NV(0): Not using mode “1280x800” (no mode of this name)
People with Intel cards have been using commands like:
855resolution 3c 1280 800
and that fixes it for them. I dont know how Nvidia or NV would do it. Help please.
Hi all,
go to > application launcher > application tab > system > configuration > configure X11 system. U will be in Sax2 (/usr/bin/sax2) First u have to setup monitor (my is max.res. 1920x1080, Full HD laptop display) so my monitor is: 1920x1080@60Hz, then change resolution in properties (same window) , my is 1920x1080 (1080p) , after restart X11 (logout and login again, because CTRL+ALT+BKPSPACE didn’t work properly) or restart openSuSe (11.1 version) working perfect in wide screen! Good luck. Rasty