FC5 and Dell 2405FPW display
Malcolm Northcott
mal42north at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 15 06:32:20 UTC 2006
> >
> Does anyone have an xorg.conf for a Dell 2405FPW (24" flat panel) which
> is running as the first of two monitors connected to an Nvidia GeForce
> 6800 Ultra card? The other monitor happens to be a low quality NEC 17"
> flat panel, too.
>
> I jsut got the Dell monitor (it is sensationally nice!) and would like
> to get it working in FC4. I made the mistake of not saving the original
> xorg.conf file before turning on the FC4 "Dual head" configuration, and
> now X won't even start for me.
>
> Bob Cochran
>
I struggled with this for a while. It seems to work fine (but slow) out
of the box with the nv driver, but as soon as soon as I installed the
nvidia driver (FX5700) I was stuck with 1680x1200. I finally got it
working at 1920x1200 by doing the following:
1) install kmod-nvidia from livna
2) run the nvidia-xconfig utility
3) add the following line to the Screen section of xorg.conf
Option "ModeValidation" "NoMaxPClkCheck"
Do a "man nvidia-xconfig" to find out about the command.
Step 3 is the critical mojo for getting the full resolution.
I have attached the xconfig file, but you shouldn't need it.
Now if only I could figure out how to get dual screens working on
my x86-64/ATI7500 at work....
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister at builder3) Wed Mar 29
14:43:26 PST 2006
# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, a font server independent of the X server is
# used to render fonts.
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "glx"
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 "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1920x1200"
HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700LE]"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
# Option "NoBandWidthTest" "True"
# Option "UseEdidFreqs" "False"
# Option "IgnoreEDID" "True"
# Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "False"
Option "ModeValidation" "NoMaxPClkCheck"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1920x1200" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1200" "1920x1200" "1680x1050" "1280x800"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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