nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667

[W. Guy Thomas]

alright! lemme try this...hold on!!!!!!!!

G

On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 10:34 -0700, Steve Fink wrote:
> Guy,
> 
> My C840 does 1600x1200 with no problem.  I noticed that you are still
> loading DRI in your xorg.conf.  Unless the Nvidia driver has changed
> recently this is supposed to be off, FWIW.
> 
> This is a stippit from my xorg.conf on Monitor.
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>         ModelName    "Dell 1600x1200 Laptop Display Panel"
>         HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
>         VertRefresh  59.0 - 85.0
>         Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> 
> Note the VertRefresh, it has to be higher than 60hz to allow 1600x1200,
> or X will not validate that configuration.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 00:40 -0600, W. Guy Thomas wrote:
> > On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 02:04 -0400, Ricardo Veguilla wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 23:38 -0600, W. Guy Thomas wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 01:17 -0400, Ricardo Veguilla wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 01:13 -0400, Ricardo Veguilla wrote:
> > > > > > On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 23:01 -0600, W. Guy Thomas wrote:
> > > > > > > now if I could only get to 1600x1200!
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > xorg.conf follows:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Section "Monitor"
> > > > > > > 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> > > > > > > 	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
> > > > > > > 	ModelName    "LCD Panel 1600x1200"
> > > > > > > 	HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
> > > > > > > 	VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
> > > > > > > 	Option	    "dpms"
> > > > > > > EndSection
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > If you know your monitors supports that resolution, add 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Option      "IgnoreEDID" "true"
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > to the "Device" section, and it should work. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Ok... I don't know why I quoted the "Monitor" section instead of the
> > > > > "Device" section.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Anyway, the instructions are correct, assuming a) the monitors supports
> > > > > the resolution, b) your are using the nvidia driver, c) the "Display"
> > > > > section is set up correctly.
> > > > > 
> > > > >   
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > Ricardo Veguilla <veguilla at hpcf.upr.edu>
> > > > 
> > > > last question, I *know* this box is supposed to do that 1600 res, but I
> > > > have never seen it...if I add this line am I liable to do any damage?
> > > > 
> > > I guess it could damage your monitor/display (assuming it doesn't really
> > > support that resolution) but, I really don't know. In my case, I know my
> > > monitor accepts that resolution because a) it works with the xorg
> > > drivers, b) it works in Windows with the Nvidia drivers.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > -- 
> > > Ricardo Veguilla <veguilla at hpcf.upr.edu>
> > > 
> > 
> > thanks, it didn't work, I got a double split screen so I'm guessing that
> > even though this model laptop will do 1600, the nvidia drivers just
> > aren't there yet.
> > 
> > thank you so much for all the input tonite.
> > 
> > -- 
> > =Guy
> > 00:39:42 up 12 min, 2 users, load average: 0.47, 1.74, 1.30
> 
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=Guy
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