Screen Resolution for XFree86?

[flipjargendy]

i've got generic 'nv' (nvidia) drivers installed and i've looked in the XFree86-4 file and found that the only screen resolutions available to me (800x600 - 300-240) are not even in there. These resolutions should not even be available. i want a higher resolution setting.. but am not sure what to do. i am not finding anything that works.

Thanks

Default XFree86-4:

# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86 # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands as root: # # cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom # md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 >/var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 Section "Files" FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" EndSection Section "Module" Load "GLcore" Load "bitmap" Load "dbe" Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "record" Load "speedo" Load "type1" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "nv" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "@BL:2d58" HorizSync 30-60 VertRefresh 50-75 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Generic Video Card" Monitor "@BL:2d58" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection

[flipjargendy]

Wow, things are screwy. i've restarted four times since installing yesterday and every time something changed. Each time i had not made changes to anything. It must just take a few boot ups to get things to fall into place.

My screen resolution is in good shape now. Runs how it should.

[oaul]

I had some pretty screwy problems with XF86 and nv. I would recommend upgrading Debian to etch, which has xorg. Worked MUCH better for me.

In case you are new to linux and don't know how to upgrade to etch just:
-get a recent kernel (this is the hard part if youre new)
-replace 'stable' with 'testing' in your /etc/apt/sources.lst
-kill x (ctrl alt f1)
-stop gdm:
$ /etc/init.d/gdm stop

-update package lists:
# apt-get update
-upgrade all installed pacakges:
# agt-get dist-upgrade