latest NVIDIA driver problem
Jeff Vian
jvian10 at charter.net
Sun Jan 8 08:22:25 UTC 2006
On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 01:14 -0800, Tim Fenn wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 08:06:10PM -0600, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 13:53 -0500, David Cary Hart wrote:
> > > On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 18:40:48 -0600
> > > Jeff Vian <jvian10 at charter.net> opined:
> > > > I have a fully updated system with an nvidia FX 5500 video card.
> > > > It was working well with the Nvidia 1.0-7676 driver on every kernel I
> > > > have used.
> > > >
> > > > I recently updated to the latest driver (1.0-8174) and have a problem I
> > >
> > > The latest driver is 8178!
> > I just tried that one and it is the same as 8174 for me.
> > The driver refuses to use the specified VertRefresh for my monitor.
> >
>
> I had a similar problem, for some reason only after updating to 8174
> and/or 8178 on a viewsonic VP191b. It appeared that the EDID
> information reported by the monitor wasn't valid for the resolution
> I wanted, so I ended up setting "UseEdidFreqs" to false and setting
> the refresh rates by hand. Alternatively, just switch to a different
> resolution (ctrl-alt-shift-numky+).
>
Where did you find the "UseEdidFreqs" part? I don't find any reference
to it in 'man xorg.conf'.
Switching to a different resolution does work, but it seems the 8XXX
drivers have some problem with being manually restricted to a given
VertRefresh frequency. Going back to the 7676 driver works for all
resolutions with the same xorg.conf file. This is really irritating with
a monitor that is default resolution of 1600x1200x60 but X cant seem to
use it at that resolution with the latest releases of the video card
manufacturer's drivers.
BTW, I have the same problem on my MX400 adapter as I do on this FX 5500
adapter.
I have posted to the Nvidia site on this.
> HTH,
> Tim
>
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