nvidia issues

[Lonni J Friedman]

If you're not getting what you believe to be the maximum resolution of
your display, then you need to look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see why.

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Paolo Galtieri <pgaltieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> I had a similar problem.  After I installed the nvidia-kmod module the best
> resolution I could get is 1280x1024 yet my laptop supports up to 1440x1050.
> I ended up removing the package and going back to the default install.  I
> have never been able to get the nvidia-kmod package to provide the max
> resolution of the card
>
> Paolo
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Kevin Kempter <kevin at kevinkempterllc.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All;
>>
>> I've recently installed the nvidia-kmod package and I do get all the nifty
>> glx screensavers and the KDE 4 desktop effects
>>
>> However the max screen resolution I get is about 1680x1050 even though the
>> nvidia-settings reports 1920x1200
>>
>> Below is my xorg.conf
>>
>> Thanks in advance..
>>
>> # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
>>
>> # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister at builder58) Tue Nov 4 17:18:57
>> PST 2008
>>
>> # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
>>
>> # nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister at builder58) Tue Nov 4 17:19:39
>> PST 2008
>>
>> Section "ServerLayout"
>>
>> Identifier "Layout0"
>>
>> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
>>
>> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>>
>> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Files"
>>
>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Module"
>>
>> Load "dbe"
>>
>> Load "extmod"
>>
>> Load "type1"
>>
>> Load "freetype"
>>
>> Load "glx"
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "ServerFlags"
>>
>> Option "Xinerama" "0"
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>
>> # generated from default
>>
>> Identifier "Mouse0"
>>
>> Driver "mouse"
>>
>> Option "Protocol" "auto"
>>
>> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>>
>> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>>
>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>
>> # generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"
>>
>> Identifier "Keyboard0"
>>
>> Driver "kbd"
>>
>> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
>>
>> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>>
>> # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
>>
>> Identifier "Monitor0"
>>
>> VendorName "Unknown"
>>
>> ModelName "Seiko"
>>
>> HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0
>>
>> VertRefresh 60.0
>>
>> Option "DPMS"
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Device"
>>
>> Identifier "Device0"
>>
>> Driver "nvidia"
>>
>> VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
>>
>> BoardName "Quadro FX 3700M"
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>>
>> Identifier "Screen0"
>>
>> Device "Device0"
>>
>> Monitor "Monitor0"
>>
>> DefaultDepth 24
>>
>> Option "TwinView" "0"
>>
>> Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
>>
>> SubSection "Display"
>>
>> Depth 24
>>
>> EndSubSection
>>
>> EndSection


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