[Solved] Can't select higher resolution

[alphaace]

Hi Everyone,

I just updated my fiance's desktop and now I can't get the monitor to her standard 1900x1200 resolution. For obvious reasons, this is a bit of a tense moment so any help is appreciated.

The computer has a GeForce FX 5200 video card (as shown under Module in PCC).

I checked xorg.conf and it shows the resolution mode as an option. However, when I go to configure your computer, it simply doesn't allow me to select anything higher than  1024x768.

Also, I don't know if this helps or not, the monitor is connected via vga cable.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Addendum: I tried deleting xorg.conf and then running XFdrake but same result. However, when it did the "test the configuration" the size of the font was correct at 1900x1200. I rebooted as asked, and back to the same old problem!

[AS]

Addendum: I tried deleting xorg.conf and then running XFdrake but same result. However, when it did the "test the configuration" the size of the font was correct at 1900x1200. I rebooted as asked, and back to the same old problem!

Hi,

it appear you are loosing the configuration upon reboot, reconfigure again your resolution using XFdrake then apply the fix suggested here:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,94417.msg794649.html#msg794649

AS

[alphaace]

Eek, sorry, but no luck. Still the same thing!

[AS]

Please try again, it has always worked for several user with the same issue:

first copy & paste the following command:

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chattr -i /etc/X11/xorg.conf

then configure the resolution using XFdrake,

then copy and paste the following:

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chattr +i /etc/X11/xorg.conf
finally reboot

[alphaace]

Hi,

Just tried it again. Still no luck :-(.

What's funny, is under resolution in the PCC, it shows me the correct one (it should be 1680x1050). Apologies for giving the wrong one earlier. But under configure your desktop it still only goes up to 1024x768. Not sure what I'm doing wrong... in XFdrake, I selected the appropriate Dell Monitor etc.. and the worst part is that it "tests" correctly!

[AS]

Please, post the content of the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[alphaace]

[     9.832]
X.Org X Server 1.10.4
Release Date: 2011-08-19
[     9.842] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[     9.842] Build Operating System: Linux_2.6.38.8-pclos3.pae.bfs PCLinuxOS
[     9.842] Current Operating System: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.38.8-pclos1.bfs #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 4 04:13:21 CDT 2011 i686
[     9.842] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=a06c0cc5-5da4-4ad5-9019-d3ab2b90da6c quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on resume=UUID=2dc3fd19-3d26-4176-914a-2ffee9b0ec14 splash=verbose vga=788
[     9.842] Build Date: 22 September 2011  10:12:37PM
[     9.842] 
[     9.842] Current version of pixman: 0.24.0
[     9.842]    Before reporting problems, check http://pclinuxos.com
   to make sure that you have the latest version.
[     9.842] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
   (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
   (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[     9.842] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Feb  7 22:56:07 2012
[     9.861] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[     9.861] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     9.874] (==) ServerLayout "layout1"
[     9.874] (**) |-->Screen "screen1" (0)
[     9.874] (**) |   |-->Monitor "monitor1"
[     9.874] (**) |   |-->Device "device1"
[     9.874] (**) Option "DontZap" "False"
[     9.874] (**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
[     9.874] (==) Automatically adding devices
[     9.874] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[     9.874] (==) FontPath set to:
   catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d
[     9.874] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[     9.874] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
   If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[     9.874] (II) Loader magic: 0x822cf40
[     9.874] (II) Module ABI versions:
[     9.874]    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[     9.874]    X.Org Video Driver: 10.0
[     9.874]    X.Org XInput driver : 12.2
[     9.874]    X.Org Server Extension : 5.0
[     9.876] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0322:0000:0000 rev 161, Mem @ 0xfc000000/16777216, 0xf0000000/134217728, BIOS @ 0x??/131072
[     9.876] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[     9.876] (II) "extmod" will be loaded by default.
[     9.876] (II) "dbe" will be loaded by default.
[     9.876] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[     9.876] (II) "record" will be loaded by default.
[     9.876] (II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
[     9.876] (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
[     9.876] (II) LoadModule: "v4l"
[     9.900] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/v4l_drv.so
[     9.905] (II) Module v4l: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     9.905]    compiled for 1.10.3, module version = 0.1.1
[     9.905]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 10.0
[     9.905] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[     9.906] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[     9.914] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     9.914]    compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.0.0
[     9.914]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[     9.914]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[     9.914] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[     9.914] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[     9.914] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[     9.914] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[     9.914] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[     9.914] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[     9.914] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[     9.914] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[     9.915] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[     9.924] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     9.924]    compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.0.0
[     9.924]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[     9.924]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[     9.924] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[     9.924] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[     9.924] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/libglx.so
[    11.526] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    11.526]    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    11.526]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    11.526] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  173.14.30  Thu Apr 14 09:20:02 PDT 2011
[    11.526] (II) Loading extension GLX
[    11.526] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[    11.527] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[    11.560] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    11.560]    compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.13.0
[    11.560]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    11.560]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[    11.560] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[    11.560] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[    11.561] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[    11.620] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    11.620]    compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    11.620]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[    11.620] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[    11.620] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    11.621] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[    11.682] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    11.682]    compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.2.0
[    11.682]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[    11.682] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[    11.682] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    11.682] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so
[    11.907] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    11.907]    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    11.907]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    11.915] (II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
[    11.919] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  173.14.30  Thu Apr 14 08:56:42 PDT 2011
[    11.920] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[    11.920] (++) using VT number 8

[    11.960] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for v4l
[    11.968] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[    11.968] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    11.976] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[    11.983] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    11.983]    compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    11.983]    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    11.983] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[    11.983] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[    11.986] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[    11.993] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    11.994]    compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    11.994]    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    11.994] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[    11.994] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[    11.994] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[    11.994] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so
[    11.994] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[    11.994] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[    11.995] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    11.995] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[    11.995] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    11.995] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[    11.995] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
[    11.995] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "DynamicTwinView" "false"
[    11.996] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
[    11.997] (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
[    11.997] (II) NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
[    14.001] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-0
[    14.002] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce FX 5200 (NV34) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
[    14.002] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes
[    14.002] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.23.00
[    14.002] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
[    14.002] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[    14.002] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce FX 5200 at PCI:1:0:0:
[    14.002] (--) NVIDIA(0):     CRT-0
[    14.002] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0: 350.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    14.008] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1680x1050"; removing.
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1600x1000"; removing.
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1440x900"; removing.
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1280x800"; removing.
[    14.008] Warning: Xrealloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0):
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the default mode
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select".
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0):
[    14.008] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
[    14.008] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select"
[    14.008] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
[    14.009] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device CRT-0's EDID; cannot compute DPI
[    14.009] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     from CRT-0's EDID.
[    14.009] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
[    14.009] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
[    14.010] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[    14.016] (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized AGP GART.
[    14.019] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[    14.254] (II) Loading extension NV-GLX
[    14.297] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
[    14.325] (II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
[    14.326] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
[    14.326] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[    14.332] (**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[    14.332] (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
[    14.333] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "PreferredMode" is not used
[    14.333] (==) RandR enabled
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[    14.333] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[    14.338] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[    15.463] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event3)
[    15.463] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    15.463] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[    15.464] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    15.495] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    15.495]    compiled for 1.10.3, module version = 2.6.0
[    15.495]    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    15.495]    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 12.2
[    15.495] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[    15.495] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    15.495] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    15.495] (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[    15.497] (--) Power Button: Found keys
[    15.497] (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[    15.497] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3/event3"
[    15.497] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
[    15.497] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    15.497] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    15.497] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    15.497] (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rwin"
[    15.600] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event2)
[    15.601] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    15.601] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[    15.601] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    15.601] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    15.601] (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[    15.604] (--) Power Button: Found keys
[    15.604] (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[    15.604] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input2/event2"
[    15.604] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
[    15.604] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    15.604] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    15.604] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    15.604] (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rwin"
[    15.613] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HID 1241:1166 (/dev/input/event1)
[    15.613] (**) HID 1241:1166: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[    15.613] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'HID 1241:1166'
[    15.613] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    15.613] (**) HID 1241:1166: always reports core events
[    15.613] (**) HID 1241:1166: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[    15.615] (--) HID 1241:1166: Found 9 mouse buttons
[    15.615] (--) HID 1241:1166: Found scroll wheel(s)
[    15.615] (--) HID 1241:1166: Found relative axes
[    15.615] (--) HID 1241:1166: Found x and y relative axes
[    15.615] (II) HID 1241:1166: Configuring as mouse
[    15.615] (II) HID 1241:1166: Adding scrollwheel support
[    15.615] (**) HID 1241:1166: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[    15.615] (**) HID 1241:1166: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[    15.615] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:01.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input1/event1"
[    15.615] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "HID 1241:1166" (type: MOUSE)
[    15.615] (II) HID 1241:1166: initialized for relative axes.
[    15.615] (**) HID 1241:1166: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[    15.615] (**) HID 1241:1166: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[    15.615] (**) HID 1241:1166: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    15.615] (**) HID 1241:1166: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    15.616] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HID 1241:1166 (/dev/input/mouse0)
[    15.616] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[    15.628] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[    15.628] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    15.628] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[    15.628] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    15.628] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[    15.628] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[    15.630] (--) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
[    15.630] (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[    15.630] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0"
[    15.630] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
[    15.630] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    15.630] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    15.630] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    15.630] (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rwin"
[    93.170] Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.

[AS]

[    14.002] (--) NVIDIA(0):     CRT-0
[    14.002] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0: 350.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    14.008] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1680x1050"; removing.
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1600x1000"; removing.
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1440x900"; removing.
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1280x800"; removing.
[    14.008] Warning: Xrealloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0):
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the default mode
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select".
[    14.008] (WW) NVIDIA(0):
[    14.008] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
[    14.008] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select"
[    14.008] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
[    14.009] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device CRT-0's EDID; cannot compute DPI
[    14.009] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     from CRT-0's EDID.
[    14.009] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default

Your issue is around the above ... not sure about the solutions ... post also the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf

trying to look here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-173.14.31-driver.html
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.31/README/index.html
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.31/README/chapter-08.html
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.31/README/chapter-09.html

[alphaace]

Thank you for all your help! I'll take a look through the links as well but they might be a bit over my head at the moment. Here's my xorg.conf:


# File generated by XFdrake (rev 262502)

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "DontZap" "False" # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
    AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
    #DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "monitor1"
    VendorName "Dell"
    ModelName "Dell SP2208WFP(Analog)"
    HorizSync 30.0-83.0
    VertRefresh 56.0-76.0
    Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
   
    # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
    # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630
   
    # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1680x1050_120"  313.20  1680 1816 2000 2320  1050 1051 1054 1125  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1680x1050_100"  256.20  1680 1808 1992 2304  1050 1051 1054 1112  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1680x1050_85"  214.51  1680 1800 1984 2288  1050 1051 1054 1103  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1680x1050_75"  188.07  1680 1800 1984 2288  1050 1051 1054 1096  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1680x1050_60"  147.14  1680 1784 1968 2256  1050 1051 1054 1087  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1680x1050_50"  120.21  1680 1776 1952 2224  1050 1051 1054 1081  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1600x1000_120"  284.04  1600 1728 1904 2208  1000 1001 1004 1072  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1600x1000_100"  232.13  1600 1720 1896 2192  1000 1001 1004 1059  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1600x1000_85"  194.21  1600 1712 1888 2176  1000 1001 1004 1050  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1600x1000_75"  169.13  1600 1704 1880 2160  1000 1001 1004 1044  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1600x1000_60"  133.14  1600 1704 1872 2144  1000 1001 1004 1035  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1600x1000_50"  108.66  1600 1688 1856 2112  1000 1001 1004 1029  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1440x900_120"  229.75  1440 1552 1712 1984  900 901 904 965  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1440x900_100"  187.55  1440 1544 1704 1968  900 901 904 953  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1440x900_85"  156.79  1440 1536 1696 1952  900 901 904 945  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1440x900_75"  136.49  1440 1536 1688 1936  900 901 904 940  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1440x900_60"  106.47  1440 1520 1672 1904  900 901 904 932  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1440x900_50"  87.41  1440 1512 1664 1888  900 901 904 926  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1280x800_120"  181.21  1280 1376 1520 1760  800 801 804 858  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1280x800_100"  147.89  1280 1376 1512 1744  800 801 804 848  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1280x800_85"  123.38  1280 1368 1504 1728  800 801 804 840  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1280x800_75"  107.21  1280 1360 1496 1712  800 801 804 835  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1280x800_60"  83.46  1280 1344 1480 1680  800 801 804 828  -HSync +Vsync
   
    # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
    ModeLine "1280x800_50"  68.56  1280 1336 1472 1664  800 801 804 824  -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX series"
    Driver "nvidia"
    Option "DPMS"
    Option "DynamicTwinView" "false"
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
    #Option "ModeValidation" "NoMaxPClkCheck"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen1"
    Device "device1"
    Monitor "monitor1"
    DefaultColorDepth 24
   
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 8
        Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1000" "1440x900" "1280x800"
    EndSubsection
   
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 15
        Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1000" "1440x900" "1280x800"
    EndSubsection
   
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 16
        Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1000" "1440x900" "1280x800"
    EndSubsection
   
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1000" "1440x900" "1280x800"
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout1"
    Screen "screen1"
EndSection

[alphaace]

Hi,

Ok, this is going to be really silly, but I concentrated on the following line here since I thought maybe I can try some xrendr thing:

(WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device CRT-0's EDID

Anyway, among the posts I found that sometimes longer vga cables can't send the EDID correctly. I swapped out to a different cable and it worked. Sorry for troubling you to what amounted to be a hardware issue! Thank you for your help though....

I keep meaning to update all the hardware, cables etc..but I always end up waiting until it's no longer rescuable at all...

[AS]

Hi,

Ok, this is going to be really silly, but I concentrated on the following line here since I thought maybe I can try some xrendr thing:

(WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device CRT-0's EDID

Anyway, among the posts I found that sometimes longer vga cables can't send the EDID correctly. I swapped out to a different cable and it worked. Sorry for troubling you to what amounted to be a hardware issue! Thank you for your help though....

I keep meaning to update all the hardware, cables etc..but I always end up waiting until it's no longer rescuable at all...

Interesting to know about!    Glad your issue is solved!