problem with nvida settings

[Gerhard Magnus]

On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 17:06 -0400, Jim wrote:
> On 10/07/2009 04:56 PM, Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> >    
> >>> How can I get the resolution setting for my nvidia card to stick?
> >>> Whenever I log on the resolution reverts to 1280 x 1024. I can reset
> >>> this to 1680 X 1050 using the nvidia-settings widget and I click the
> >>> "Save to X Configuration File" button but this setting only lasts
> >>> through my current session.
> >>>        
> >>      
> > 1- System>Administration>Livna Display configuration
> > Then untick "Allow livna-config-display to edit configuration files"
> > 2- Write your own xorg.conf file
> >
> > I've done this and it doesn't do any good. It also doesn't seem to
> > matter what I put in the xorg.conf file -- or even if I have no
> > xorg.conf file at all. When I logon the desktop has 1280x1024
> > resolution. I can change this to 1680x1050 using the nvidia-settings
> > widget but this change is always lost when I reboot.
> >
> > I'm running FC11 with a PAE kernel and kmod-nvidia. The videocard is a
> > GeForce 6200 (nvidia series 6) and the monitor is a ViewSonic VG2030wm.
> >
> > nvidia-settings... system-config-display... livna-config-display... or
> > even .nvidia-settings-rc (a file I found in my home directory) -- Who's
> > in charge? And what's livna doing here anyway, it's not one of my
> >    
> Copy and paste this into your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
> Put it just after the "Device Section"
> And change the "1024x768" to the settings you want, be sure you leave the
> "   " there when you change the setting you want.

> Section "Screen"
>      Identifier "Screen0"
>      Device     "Videocard0"
>      Monitor    "Monitor0"
>      DefaultDepth     24
>      SubSection "Display"
>          Viewport   0 0
>          Depth     24
>          Modes    "1024x768"
>      EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
It still doesn't work. Here's what my xorg.conf file looks like. (I've
taken out the "InputDevice" sections for clarity.)

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildmeister at builder63)  Fri Aug 14
17:55:55 PDT 2009

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister at builder63)  Fri Aug 14
17:54:58 PDT 2009
# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "AIGLX" "on"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "ViewSonic VG2030wm"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 82.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 6200"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
     Identifier "Screen0"
     Device     "Videocard0"
     Monitor    "Monitor0"
     DefaultDepth     24
     SubSection "Display"
         Viewport   0 0
         Depth     24
         Modes    "1680x1050"
     EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection