no screen resolution

[Alex Deucher]

On 10/9/07, Pantor <pantor at painter-decorator.eu> wrote:
> Here we go - xorg.conf

You can use any editor, but you'll need to edit it as root.  See below
for the relevant changes.

Alex

>
> Alex Deucher wrote:
> > On 10/9/07, Pantor <pantor at painter-decorator.eu> wrote:
> >> Exactly yes, this is nvidia chip. Forget to add, that my knowledge in
> >> linux zero. Just third day with new OS.
> >
> > Well, as I said, you can either install the nvidia binary driver
> > (debian may provide a packaged version, otherwise I guess you can
> > download it from nvidia), or edit your xorg.conf (/etc/X11/xorg.conf)
> > as I described below.  If you hae trouble editing it, let me know and
> > attach your config and I can walk you through it.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >> Alex Deucher wrote:
> >>> On 10/9/07, Pantor <pantor at painter-decorator.eu> wrote:
> >>>> NO idea about driver, but card is inno3d 6200 AGP 256MB. Would you be
> >>>> able to advice how to use cvt and gtf please.
> >>> Sounds like an nvidia chip.  if you are using DVI, you may not be able
> >>> to change the mode since due to a limitation in the nv driver.  In
> >>> that case you may want to try the binary nvidia driver.  If not, you
> >>> can use cvt to generate a mode line, e.g.,
> >>>
> >>> cvt 1280 720 60
> >>> or
> >>> cvt -r 1280 720 60
> >>> for a reduced blanking mode (useful on LCDs).  stick the mode line cvt
> >>> generates into the monitor section of your xorg config and add the
> >>> mode name to the modes line in the display subsection of the screen
> >>> section of your config.
> >>>
> >>> Alex
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
>
> # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
> #
> # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
> # values from the debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
> # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
> #
> # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
> # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
> # package.
> #
> # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
> # again, run the following command:
> #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>
> Section "Files"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
>         FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
>         # path to defoma fonts
>         FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>         Load    "i2c"
>         Load    "bitmap"
>         Load    "ddc"
>         Load    "dri"
>         Load    "extmod"
>         Load    "freetype"
>         Load    "glx"
>         Load    "int10"
>         Load    "vbe"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
>         Driver          "kbd"
>         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>         Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
>         Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
>         Option          "XkbLayout"     "gb"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
>         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200]"
>         Driver          "nv"
>         BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
>         Option          "DPMS"

# 1280x720 59.86 Hz (CVT 0.92M9) hsync: 44.77 kHz; pclk: 74.50 MHz
Modeline "1280x720"   74.50  1280 1344 1472 1664  720 723 728 748 -hsync +vsync

>         HorizSync       28-64
>         VertRefresh     43-60
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Default Screen"
>         Device          "nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200]"
>         Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
>         DefaultDepth    24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           1
>                 Modes           "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           4
>                 Modes           "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           8
>                 Modes           "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           15
>                 Modes           "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           16
>                 Modes           "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           24

                    Modes           "1280x720" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier      "Default Layout"
>         Screen          "Default Screen"
>         InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
>         InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
>         Mode    0666
> EndSection
>
>