nv driver vs lcd, nv 1, lcd 0

[Ben Skeggs]

Am Montag, den 28.01.2008, 19:24 -0500 schrieb Gene Heskett:
> On Monday 28 January 2008, Aaron Plattner wrote:
> >On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 12:07:11PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> Greetings;
> >>
> >> Does anyone have a clue how to get the nv driver to run a 1680x1050 wide
> >> screen lcd monitor?  All I can get is an absolutely butt fugly 800x600
> >> that looks like a 5% jpg.  Unusable.
> >
> >If you're using a G80 or newer GPU, please attach Xorg.0.log.  If you're
> >using an earlier GPU, please see
> >https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3654
> >
> >-- Aaron
> 
> I have NDI what the acronym you are using means, sorry.  The card is a 
> 3DFORCE-6200.
That would be a pre-G80 chip, which NVIDIA can't/won't fix for whatever
reason.  However, there's a chance nouveau may be able to drive your
panel at the correct resoultion with its randr1.2 support.  That is, if
you're willing to use an "unfinished" driver :)

To try it:
- Install nouveau (http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallNouveau)
- Change "nv" to "nouveau" in xorg.conf
- Add 'Option "Randr12" "true"' to driver section of xorg.conf

There's usually someone around on #nouveau on freenode to assist if you
run into bugs / installation issues.

Hopefully that helps you :)
Ben.
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