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OK... So having used linux for a while and tried loads of distros, I thought I knew what I was doing and was happy fiddling with stuff. So I changed ...
  1. 09-08-2007 #1
    CantDoLinux
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    I broke my xorg.conf

    OK... So having used linux for a while and tried loads of distros, I thought I knew what I was doing and was happy fiddling with stuff. So I changed my xorg.conf to try and get resolutions higher than 1280x1024.

    Turns out I have no clue what I'm doing, and no matter what I try I cannot get either the KDE Control Centre or the nVidia X Server Settings Manager to give me the option of a resolution bigger than this! It's so annoying I want to cry then go an buy Vista (OK, so it's never going to be that bad, but y'know, it is kinda annoying).

    If anyone gets a chance, could you look at my xorg.conf and see where I am going wrong? Thanks in advance! CDL

    Code:
    Section "ServerLayout"
    #InputDevice "Synaptics1" "SendCoreEvents"
    #InputDevice "wacom1" "SendCoreEvents"
    #InputDevice "wacom2" "SendCoreEvents"
    #InputDevice "wacom3" "SendCoreEvents"
    Identifier     "Main Layout"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

    #FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/local/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "i2c"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "ddc"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "synaptics"
    Load           "vbe"
#   Load        "dri"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    #Option		"MaxSpeed"		"0.7"
    #Option		"MinSpeed"		"0.18"
    #Option		"AccelFactor"		"0.08"
    #Option		"TopEdge"		"120"
    #Option		"LeftEdge"		"120"
    #Option		"BottomEdge"		"830"
    #Option		"RightEdge"		"650"
    #Option		"FingerLow"		"25"
    #Option		"FingerHigh"		"30"
    # Do you keep moving the mouse while typing? Try this trick.
    #synclient TouchpadOff=1 disable your synaptics touchpad
    #synclient TouchpadOff=0 enable your synaptics touchpad
    Identifier     "Synaptics1"
    Driver         "synaptics"
    Option         "SendCoreEvents" "true"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option         "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
    Option         "SHMConfig" "on"
    # For ALPS TouchPads
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard1"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "AutoRepeat" "500 5"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "gb"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
    Identifier     "wacom1"
    Driver         "wacom"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/wacom"          # Change to 
    Option         "Type" "stylus"
    Option         "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
    Identifier     "wacom2"
    Driver         "wacom"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/wacom"          # Change to 
    Option         "Type" "eraser"
    Option         "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
    Identifier     "wacom3"
    Driver         "wacom"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/wacom"          # Change to 
    Option         "Type" "cursor"
    Option         "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver
    Identifier     "Mouse1"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse2"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "NUL"
    HorizSync       31.5 - 80.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 6200"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"

    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
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  2. 09-08-2007 #2
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    What distro are you using?
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  3. 09-08-2007 #3
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    Sabayon 3.4e (I think - might be 3.3 - can't remember!)
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  4. 09-08-2007 #4
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    Well xorg.conf for any distro is gona be the same.

    It looks alright, I don't see any major screw ups but even syntax errors can screw up config files. I'll show you mine if you show me yours (pun intended):

    Code:
    Section "Files"
	Fontpath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
	Fontpath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
	Fontpath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
	Fontpath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
	Fontpath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
	Fontpath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
	Fontpath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
	# path to defoma fonts
	Fontpath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    FontPath 	"/usr/local/share/fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load		"i2c"
	Load		"bitmap"
	Load		"ddc"
	Load		"dri"
	Load		"extmod"
	Load		"freetype"
	Load		"int10"
	Load		"vbe"
	Load		"glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"	"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"	"ImPS/2"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"	"4 5"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"ATI Technologies Inc RV350 NJ [Radeon 9800 XT]"
	Driver		"fglrx"
	Busid		"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"SAMSUNG"
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"ATI Technologies Inc RV350 NJ [Radeon 9800 XT]"
	Monitor		"SAMSUNG"
	Defaultdepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	1
		Modes		"1280x1024"	"1024x768"	"832x624"	"800x600"	"720x400"	"640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	4
		Modes		"1280x1024"	"1024x768"	"832x624"	"800x600"	"720x400"	"640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	8
		Modes		"1280x1024"	"1024x768"	"832x624"	"800x600"	"720x400"	"640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	15
		Modes		"1280x1024"	"1024x768"	"832x624"	"800x600"	"720x400"	"640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	16
		Modes		"1280x1024"	"1024x768"	"832x624"	"800x600"	"720x400"	"640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	24
		Modes		"1280x1024"	"1024x768"	"832x624"	"800x600"	"720x400"	"640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
  screen "Default Screen"
	Inputdevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	Inputdevice	"Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
	Option		"Composite"	"0"
EndSection
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    Appreciate the help! Can't see anything in there I might have missed, though. (Unless BusID or the DRI section would make a difference...)

    I did have a look at the ole Xorg.0.log, and it says "(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1600x1200"; removing."

    What's that mean? Google says add a ModeLine in Xorg.conf, so I stuck in a Modeline "1600x1200@75" 245.66 1600 1632 2560 2592 1200 1223 1238 1261 but still no luck!

    This is too frustrating...
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  6. 09-08-2007 #6
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    What video card are you running?

    Are you sure it's capable of rendering 1600x1200 resolution? Check your manual if you aren't sure.
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  7. 09-09-2007 #7
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    Yeah, manual says video card can run up to 2048x1536
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