Digital display with NVidia card?

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 3/4/07, Matthew Saltzman <mjs at ces.clemson.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Mar 2007, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>
> > On 3/4/07, Matthew Saltzman <mjs at ces.clemson.edu> wrote:
> >> > However, it may be helpful to post your Xorg.0.log.
> >>
> >> Good point.  See attached log for the nv driver.
> >
> > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (exceeds panel dimensions)
> >
> > I'll guess that the EDID in your display has bogus information about
> > its dimensions.
>
> So now what do I do?
>
> Changing the monitor def to "generic lcd 1280x1024" in
> system-config-display doesn't help.

I wouldn't expect it to.  That's just a an arbitrary naming field, it
has no impact at all on anything.

>
> Is there a workaround?  Is there a way to directly query the EDID?  Is
> there a permanent fix?

The driver already is querying the EDID, which is why its determining
that the mode is bigger than the display.

>
> And is there a way to view virtual consoles on digital out?

Do you see them before the OS starts booting (like during POST)?


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