Fedora 10 Display resolution issues

[kkempter]

Hi All;

I've installed Fedora 10 on a new Dell M6400 laptop with an nvidia card and a 1920x1200 17" screen

I'm running KDE

I installed the rpmfusion repos, then I installed kmod-nvidia

Next I ran nvidia-xconfig

If I run system-config-display under the "Hardware" tab I can set the monitor to "LCD Panel 1920x1200"
However under the "settings" tab the max I can choose is 1600x1200

Below is my xorg.conf.

Thanks in advance


# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder5 Tue Nov 4 17:18:57 PST 2008

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
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"

# keyboard added by rhpxl
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105+inet"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1920x1200"
HorizSync 31.5 - 74.5
VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

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

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

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

[jayd512]

Under the Monitor section, subsection Display, you may need to add something along the lines of

SubSection "Display"
         Depth         24
         Modes        "1920x1200"
EndSubSection

[kkempter]

Still no luck. I did "test" the video card by installing CentOS and I got 1920x1200 straight away - even without installing the nvidia driver.

Thoughts?

[jayd512]

It's been a little while since I booted up to Fedora. Let me get back to you after looking into it a bit.

[devils casper]

Still no luck. I did "test" the video card by installing CentOS and I got 1920x1200 straight away - even without installing the nvidia driver.

Compare the contents of xorg.conf files of CentOS and Fedora. Post both files here, if possible.

[kkempter]

I've made great progress, but still have one remaining issue.

I installed the driver from the nvidia site that matches my card (sort of). My box has the Quadro FX 3700 M (mobile) card, I found a driver for the FX 3700 (not the M) and it helped significantly.

I ran through the nvidia setup (at run level 3) and it compiled a new driver into my system. The nvidia install also wrote a new xorg.conf file for me.


So here's where it leaves me:

The new xorg.conf file finally gives me true 1920x1200 resolution, however running the new xorg.conf file I get no glx (no glx screen savers and no Fedora 10 KDE desktop effects)

and the resolution reverts back to the old resolution where the system reports
it as 1920x1200 but it's clearly something more like 1280x800

at this point I'd rather have true 1920x1200 than glx effects if I can't have
both. However if anyone has any thoughts I'd appreciate any input on how to
get both.


I found that the new xorg.conf file does not reference 'nvidia' as the driver (wierd since the nvidia installer created it)

I initially tried this:

I replaced this section :
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection


with this:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro FX 3700M"
EndSection


However once I restarted the X server the system reverted back to the old resolution where the system (xrandr) reports that it's running at 1920x1200 but its really more like 1280x800


So I have one config file that gives me true 1920x1200 resolution and another that gives me desktop effects & openGL screen savers but at a resolution more like 1280x800.

Below are the 2 config files:


This one (my current xorg.conf) gives me "true" 1920x1200

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
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"

# keyboard added by rhpxl
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105+inet"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1920x1200"
HorizSync 31.5 - 74.5
VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

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










This one gives me the glx screensavers and desktop effects but I only get about
1280x800 screen resolution even though the system (xrand) reports that it's
running at 1920x1200

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder5 Tue Nov 4 17:19:39
PST 2008

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder5 Tue Nov 4 17:18:57
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"
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


Thanks...