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PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2007 1:11 am    Post subject: Nvidia and Xorg 7.2 woes [SOLVED] Reply with quote

I just upgraded to xorg 7.2 and am having a heck of a time.

My Graphics card is a GeForce3 Ti 200

If I use nvidia-legacy-drivers I get 8bit color and no opengl

If I use nvidia-drivers-1.0.9631 I get max resolution of 1024x768 and it says refresh rate of 50 (but it seems to be faster).

If I use the newer nvidia-drivers-1.0.9755-r1 as recommended I get "FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1/video/nvidia.ko): No such device" when doing a modprobe nvidia

Any Ideas. I know my card is getting old, but it had been fine.


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PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2007 2:03 am    Post subject: Re: Nvidia and Xorg 7.2 woes Reply with quote

heygus wrote:
it says refresh rate of 50

You want:
Code:
Option "DynamicTwinView" "False"

See thread.
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PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2007 2:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Option "DynamicTwinView" "False"


Thanks, that did fix my refresh rate issue.

Now only if I could up my resolution.

Any Ideas.
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PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2007 1:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

heygus wrote:
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Option "DynamicTwinView" "False"


Thanks, that did fix my refresh rate issue.

Now only if I could up my resolution.

Any Ideas.


Have you tried "Modes" in your "Screen" section?

Code:

Section "Screen"
        Identifier   "Screen0"
        Device       "Card0"
        Monitor      "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 24
                Modes "1440x900"
        EndSubSection
        Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection
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PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2007 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That would seem like an easy fix. It was not the fix though. I had mine set up like:

Code:
       
SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
EndSubSection


Replacing with yours changes nothing. Thanks Though.
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PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2007 5:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

heygus wrote:
That would seem like an easy fix. It was not the fix though. I had mine set up like:

Code:
       
SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
EndSubSection


Replacing with yours changes nothing. Thanks Though.


Well, 1440x900 is a widescreen resolution. You may not have a widescreen. This was just an example.

What resolution are you looking for? Replace the 1440x900 with "your" desired resolution and try it.
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PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 12:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, things are better, I put 1280x1024 as the mode.

I used to use 1152x768 at 85hz (i think)

Now I can use 1152x864 at 75hz the aspect seems fine( ie I can't really see the diff) but the refresh is lower
I guess 1152x864 is the better choice anyway with an aspect 1.33

If I try 1152x768 the max refresh I can get is 55hz

I guess 1152x864 is the better choice anyway with an aspect 1.33 and I guess I would just love to up my refresh.

What is slightly troublesome I guess is every thing was fine using Nvidia legacy drivers under 7.1.

I can call this solved but I am not sure it is perfect.

Thanks for all the help by the way

Dave
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PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can always try

Code:

$ gtf 1152 768 85

  # 1152x768 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 68.60 kHz; pclk: 106.46 MHz
  Modeline "1152x768_85.00"  106.46  1152 1224 1352 1552  768 769 772 807  -HSync +Vsync


and place the custom Modeline in the "Monitor" section of your xorg.conf.

I don't know if this will work nor if it's really what you want.
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PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did this, I hope I did it right.

Code:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "F74"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Monitor Model"
        Modeline     "1152x864_85.00"  119.65  1152 1224 1352 1552  864 865 868 907  -HSync +Vsync
        #HorizSync   30 - 70
        #VertRefresh 55 - 120
EndSection


It did not change a thing. But truth be known I am quite happy. I am going to call this solved.

Thanks for all the help
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