[ale] Nvidia Geforce 2 on Dell Inspirion 8100

[Mike Murphy]

Disclaimer: usually all of my attempts at editing XF86config end with me 
beating my head on my desk until I bleed, but....

SubSection "Display"
	Depth     24
	Modes    "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
"800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection

Looks like to me the biggest resolution that's defined in your config 
file is 1400x1050

Also:

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	ModelName    "Dell 1400x1050 Laptop Display Panel"
	HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
	VertRefresh  59.0 - 75.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Did it detect the right monitor. Some of what you describe may be 
because the HorizSync and VertRefresh values might be wrong. Don't 
tinker with those though (although, on an LCD I doubt you can actually 
damage anything that way). They should be listed in the technical 
specifications for your laptop somewhere.

Kudzu or whatever made that config seems to think that your display is 
1500x1050 "native". Is it? Does it run ok at that? Also, generally when 
I update or install a new release, I try to make sure I save a copy of 
this file, just in case (but see the first paragraph above). I don't 
suppose you still have your old one, do you?

Mike



John Allgood wrote:
> When the laptop was running Redhat 7.3 I could achive anything up to 
> 1600x1200 running at 24bit color. Now I am running at 1280x1024 @ 8bit. 
> Eventhough my XFree86 Config says otherwise. If I use the default "nv" 
> driver I get the full resolution but not a full screen. I also did a 
> quick install of Suse and downloaded the nvidia driver from their site 
> still the same issue. I think the video card is too old for the newer 
> versions of XFree86 and Linux. This notebook is nearly three years old. 
> And in computer terms thats a lifetime. Here is a copy of my XFree86 file.
> 
> Dow Hurst wrote:
> 
>> What did the card achieve with the older drivers?  It is probably a 
>> XF86Config syntax problem.  You want to post your file?
>>
>> John Allgood wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Ale
>>>
>>>     I have been working all day trying to get the NVIDIA drivers to 
>>> work correctly on Fedora Core I. I have downloaded from the NVIDIA 
>>> site and installed the drivers not a single problem. I then 
>>> configured my XF86Config file to use the nvidia module. The problem 
>>> is that I can't get any color depth or resolution greater than 
>>> 1280x1024. I have tried to install older versions of the driver same 
>>> result. This driver worked great under Redhat 7.3. I even tried to go 
>>> back and install the drivers before NVIDIA came out with the unified 
>>> driver. I may drop back to Redhat 9.0 and see if I get the same 
>>> results. Anyone got any ideas.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> John Allgood - ESC
>>> Systems Administrator
>>>
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>>
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> # XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier     "Default Layout"
> 	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> 	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> 	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> 	InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
> 
> # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the 
> # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
> # no need to change the default.
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
> # the X server to render fonts.
> 	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> 	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
> 	Load  "dbe"
> 	Load  "extmod"
> 	Load  "fbdevhw"
> 	Load  "glx"
> 	Load  "record"
> 	Load  "freetype"
> 	Load  "type1"
> #	Load  "dri"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 
> # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
> #	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
> # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
> #	Option	"XkbDisable"
> # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
> # lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
> # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
> #	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
> # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
> #	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
> #
> # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
> # For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
> #	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
> # or:
> #	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
> #	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
> #
> # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
> # control keys, use:
> #	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
> # Or if you just want both to be control, use:
> #	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
> #
> 	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> 	Driver      "keyboard"
> 	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> 	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
> 	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "Mouse0"
> 	Driver      "mouse"
> 	Option	    "Protocol" "PS/2"
> 	Option	    "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> 	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> 	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 
> # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
> # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
> # also use USB mice at the same time.
> 	Identifier  "DevInputMice"
> 	Driver      "mouse"
> 	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> 	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> 	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> 	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> 	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
> 	ModelName    "Dell 1400x1050 Laptop Display Panel"
> 	HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
> 	VertRefresh  59.0 - 75.0
> 	Option	    "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier  "Videocard0"
> 	Driver      "nvidia"
> 	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
> 	BoardName   "nVidia GeForce 2 Go"
> 	VideoRam    32768
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "Videocard0"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
> 	DefaultDepth     24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     24
> 		Modes    "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
> 	Group        0
> 	Mode         0666
> EndSection
> 
> 
> 
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