Incorect screen size after installing Nvidia Driver

[brisketking]

Im having a problem I can not seen to fix here.
I have Suse 9.1 Pro installed on a HP5260US Laptop, which has a Gforce 440 go 64meg video card. I have included the XF86config file here in hope that maybe someone here can help me figure this odd one out.

The steps I took are this, I made back ups of my XF86Config file all along the way...but here is what I did.

First I modfied my XF86Config file to be able to generate the 1280x800 my WXGA 15.4" LCD monitor needs. After that I logged out and started X everything went fine. Desktop was then correctly sized. (backed up the XF86 Config file at this point also. Then, I downloaded and installed the newest Nvidia Driver...and rebooted, everything was fine then too. Except I know I had to make one last change tot he XF86Config file to enable it to use the new "nvidia" driver instead of the old "nv" driver.

When I changed to file entry from "nv" to "nvidia" and rebooted...my screen now SHRUNK to be about 3/4ths the size (left to right) and now the top most portion of the screen is now duplicated at the bottom of the screen, as if the whole screen image is tiled, like a desktop background can be. Im not sure what to do now.

Could this be a by product of the driver not being fully compatable with my system? I had this system fully working on an Nvidia driver, screen looked beautiful about 3 months ago...now its garbage.

Here is my current XF86config file as it stands now with the "tiling mess up"

linux:~ # cd /etc/X11/
linux:/etc/X11 # ls
. XF86Config.improved icewm twm
.. XF86Config.install kstylerc xdm
.kstylerc.lock XF86Config.nvidiaenabled lbxproxy xfce
.qt_plugins_3.3rc.lock XF86Config.saxsave mlterm xim
.qtrc.lock Xmodmap proxymngr xinit
WindowMaker Xmodmap.remote qt_gtk_fnt2fntrc xkb
XF86Config Xresources qt_plugins_3.3rc xserver
XF86Config.22 fs qtrc xsm
XF86Config.YaST2save fvwm2 rstart
linux:/etc/X11 # cat XF86Config
# /.../
# SaX generated XFree86 config file
# Created on: 2005-01-09T09:01:42+0100.
#
# Version: 4.8
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2002
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (4.
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS0"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS1"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS2"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS3"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS4"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS5"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS6"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS7"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS8"
InputDevices "/dev/psaux"
InputDevices "/dev/logibm"
InputDevices "/dev/sunmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atibm"
InputDevices "/dev/amigamouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atarimouse"
InputDevices "/dev/inportbm"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/mouse"
InputDevices "/dev/usbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/adbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
InputDevices "/dev/input/event0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer1"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer2"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer3"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "v4l"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "dbe"
Load "speedo"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "Keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Name" "Autodetection"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[3]"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Name" "Autodetection"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
DisplaySize 320 240
HorizSync 28-82
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "1280X1024@60HZ"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "--> LCD"
VertRefresh 40-60
UseModes "16:10"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "16:10"
Modeline "1280x800" 83.5 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828
Modeline "1024x768" 61.89 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 794
Modeline "1280x960" 97.68 1280 1352 1488 1696 960 961 964 993
Modeline "1152x864" 78.82 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 894
Modeline "800x600" 36.88 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 621
Modeline "640x480" 23.06 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 497
Modeline "1280x1024" 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
EndSection

Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce4 440 Go 64M"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Screen 0
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection

[UgoDeschamps]

SuSE Linux 9.1-IA32

It is recommended to use YOU (YaST Online Update) for (re)installation
of the nvidia driver. There are several reasons for this. First, it's
simple. Second, and this is the most important one, you won't need to
recompile the nvidia kernel module after a kernel update.

Inside YOU enable "Installable and Installed Patches" for "Show Patch
Category" and select "Download NVIDIA(r) Graphics Driver" from the
patches list (usually at the bottom of the list). Note, that you need
to mark it as "Update" (right mouse click) if you already installed it
before and the driver was uninstalled - for any reason. Proceed as
usual now. After YOU has finished restart your Xserver (i.e. logout
from your Xsession) and you're fine.

People who aren't afraid of recompiling the nvidia kernel module or
even reinstalling the nvidia driver each time the kernel has been
updated and want or need to use the latest and greatest nvidia driver
can use the following steps 1-3. The others should use the
instructions above using YOU and skip the steps below.

1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source', 'make' and 'gcc' packages with YaST2.
Update it - if not already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU).

2) Use the nvidia installer for 1.0-6629.

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run -q

3) Configure XFree86 with

sax2 -m 0=nvidia (0 is a digit, not a letter!)

NOTE: There is no need to try to enable 3D support. It's already
enabled, when the nvidia driver is running.

Did you follow this, were there any error you've encountered.

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen0"
Device "videocard0"
Monitor "monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
ViewPort 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubsection
EndSection

this is my screen section put your 1200x800 instead, and comment your Modes section
also comment the line USERMODE under the section monitor,...

try that out, I must advise you, that I never tryed this and it is posted as is since I never testing nor tryed this.. (never ran Suse) but I have a fair understanding of the config file.