Can any good soul help me set up X with 1280x1024 displayy resolution ? I tried
xtimings.pl to no result. I am using NVidia closed source drivers. Is it limited
to 1024x768 ?

Thanks in advance,

An OutSider

* An OutSider <nosp@m.com> writes:

> Can any good soul help me set up X with 1280x1024 displayy resolution
> ? I tried xtimings.pl to no result. I am using NVidia closed source
> drivers. Is it limited to 1024x768 ?

Nope. Providing your hardware can do it.

All you need is something like this...

(don't just copy/paste this, you'll have to use your own settings for
your own hardware)

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "My Monitor"
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 50-120

EndSection

Section "Device"
Option "NvAGP" "3"
Option "IgnoreEDID"
Identifier "card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVidia"
BoardName "GeForce FX-5200"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "card0"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection


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On Mon, 10 May 2004 22:19:37 +1000, Steve Youngs wrote:

> Nope. Providing your hardware can do it.
>
> All you need is something like this...
>


Note - usually you can just get it working the way you want with your
favourite automated method (KDE control center, XFree86 -configure, etc)
and just switch the driver (and if it doesn't work, nothing will be
damaged, just make sure you back up your old config before trying it -
always good practice, whenever you're editing a config)

> > Can any good soul help me set up X with 1280x1024 displayy resolution
> > ? I tried xtimings.pl to no result. I am using NVidia closed source
> > drivers. Is it limited to 1024x768 ?
>
> Nope. Providing your hardware can do it.
>

Actually I've found using proper drivers does limit the resolution on my
RIVA TNT2. With the vesa driver I can run 1280x1024, but nvidia driver only
lets me use 1168xsomething. Any ideas?

Thanks, but this is exactly how my XFConfig is. KDE 3.2 limits the configuration
to 1024x768, so I guess it is a problem with the vendor's driver. I will take
MikeyD's advice and try to use the VESA driver instead, just to play with.

Thanks for your help !

An OutSider

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| Actually I've found using proper drivers does limit the resolution on my
| RIVA TNT2. With the vesa driver I can run 1280x1024, but nvidia driver
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| lets me use 1168xsomething. Any ideas?

Not had any problems here running at 1280x1024 on my FX5600XT with
Belinea 19" monitor.

My XFree86Config is very similar to Steve Youngs except I only put
1280x1024 in the mode lines

Billy
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go here
http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl
enter the speces for you monitor and edit your XFConfig file

* darklight <nglennglen@netscape.net> writes:

> go here
> http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl
> enter the speces for you monitor and edit your XFConfig file

The thing about that is that you _*DON'T*_ need it! XFree86 4.x
_doesn't need_ `ModeLine' lines.

,----[ XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO ]
| This HOWTO is effectively obsolete. Current (4.0.1 and up) versions of
| XFree86 compute optimal modelines from the resolution you specify in the
| Modes section of your X configuration file.
`----

$ grep -i modeline /etc/X11/XF86Config | wc -l
0


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Steve Youngs wrote:

> * An OutSider <nosp@m.com> writes:
>
> > Can any good soul help me set up X with 1280x1024 displayy resolution
> > ? I tried xtimings.pl to no result. I am using NVidia closed source
> > drivers. Is it limited to 1024x768 ?
>
> Nope. Providing your hardware can do it.
>
> All you need is something like this...

<SNIPED>

even that is excesive for XFree 4.3

try this on for size

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "My Video Card"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "My Video Card"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection

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Love your enemies: they'll go crazy trying to figure out what you're up
to.

MikeyD <m_donaghy50@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> Actually I've found using proper drivers does limit the resolution on my
> RIVA TNT2. With the vesa driver I can run 1280x1024, but nvidia driver only
> lets me use 1168xsomething. Any ideas?


FWIW, my LCD is 1600x1200. If I neglect to include the
Option "IgnoreEDID" "True"
line, I am restricted to some strange resolution like 1450x1100 (can't
remember exact numbers).

Below is the XF86Config file used by my Toshiba Laptop, I originally got
this config file off the Net. My Nvidia driver is
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run

================================================== =================
### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the
# Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make changes
# before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the
# "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below.
#
# To change things within the debconf section, run the command:
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
# as root. Also see "How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated
# XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?" in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz.

Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
FontPath "/usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.0/share/fonts/truetype"

# FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
# FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"

EndSection

Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
# Load "pex5"
Load "record"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
# Load "xie"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
# Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
# Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "XkbDisable"
Option "blank time""0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
# Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
# Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# Option "Buttons" "5"
# Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go"
# Driver "nv"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:01:00:0"
# Option "NvAGP" "3"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "DigitalVibrance" "2"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Linux Frame Buffer"
Driver "fbdev"
BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection


#Section "Device"
# Identifier "intel 810"
# Driver "i810"
# Option "ColorKey" "100"
# Option "SWCursor" "true"
# Option "CacheLines" "512"
#EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Laptop Display Panel 1600x1200"
HorizSync 31.5-90
VertRefresh 55-65
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "external monitor"
VendorName "Iiyama"
ModelName "VisionMaster Pro 410"
HorizSync 27-96
VertRefresh 50-160
# Option "DPMS"

# This is a set of extended mode timings typically used for laptop,
# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# These are available along with standard mode timings.

# 640x400 @ 85 Hz, 37.86 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x400" 31.5 640 672 736 832 400 401 404 445 -HSync +VSync
# 640x480 @ 72 Hz, 36.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x480" 31.5 640 680 720 864 480 488 491 521
# 640x480 @ 75 Hz, 37.50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "640x480" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -HSync -VSync
# 800x600 @ 85 Hz, 55.84 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600" 60.75 800 864 928 1088 600 616 621 657 -HSync -VSync

#############################
# 1280x1024 @ 70 Hz, 74.59 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 126.5 1280 1312 1472 1696 1024 1032 1040 1068 -HSync -VSync
# 1600x1200 @ 60Hz, 75.00 kHz hsync
Modeline "1600x1200" 162 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync
# 1152x864 @ 84 Hz, 76.0 kHz hsync
Modeline "1152x864" 135 1152 1464 1592 1776 864 864 876 908

# 1280x1024 @ 74 Hz, 78.85 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1312 1456 1712 1024 1027 1030 1064

# 1024x768 @ 70 Hz, 56.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
# 1024x768 @ 100Hz, 80.21 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 115.5 1024 1056 1248 1440 768 771 781 802 -HSync -VSync
# 1280x1024 @ 76 Hz, 81.13 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1312 1416 1664 1024 1027 1030 1064

# 1600x1200 @ 70 Hz, 87.50 kHz hsync
Modeline "1600x1200" 189 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 -HSync -VSync
# 1152x864 @ 100 Hz, 89.62 kHz hsync
#Modeline "1152x864" 137.65 1152 1184 1312 1536 864 866 885 902 -HSync -VSync
# 1280x1024 @ 85 Hz, 91.15 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +HSync +VSync
# 1600x1200 @ 75 Hz, 93.75 kHz hsync
Modeline "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync
# 1600x1200 @ 85 Hz, 105.77 kHz hsync
Modeline "1600x1200" 220 1600 1616 1808 2080 1200 1204 1207 1244 +HSync +VSync
# 1280x1024 @ 100 Hz, 107.16 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 181.75 1280 1312 1440 1696 1024 1031 1046 1072 -HSync -VSync

# 1152x864 @ 95 Hz
Modeline "1152x864" 135.00 1152 1464 1592 1612 864 864 876 880 -Hsync -Vsync

# 1152x864 @ 100 Hz, 89.62 kHz
Modeline "1152x864" 137.65 1152 1184 1312 1536 864 864 876 902 -Hsync -Vsync

EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go"
Monitor "Generic Laptop Display Panel 1600x1200"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection

Option "TwinView"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "True"
# Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone/RightOf/LeftOf/Above/Below"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
# Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
# Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "MetaModes" "800x600,800x600; NULL,1600x1200"


# Option "ConnectedMonitor" "LCD,TV,CRT"
# Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
# Option "SecondConnectedMonitor" "TV"
# Option "MetaModes" "1600x1200,800x600"
# Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768"; NULL,1600x1200"
# Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1600x1200"
# Option "MetaModes" "1600x1200,NULL;800x600,800x600"
# Option "MetaModes" "800x600,1600x1200"

EndSection



Section "Screen"
Identifier "CRTlcd"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go"
Monitor "Generic Laptop Display Panel 1600x1200"
# Monitor "external monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection

Option "TwinView"
# Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone/RightOf/LeftOf/Above/Below"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "27-96"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-160"
Option "MetaModes" "800x600,800x600; 1024x768,1024x768; 1600x1200,1600x1200"

# Option "MetaModes" "800x600,800x600; NULL,1600x1200"


# Option "ConnectedMonitor" "LCD,TV,CRT"
# Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
# Option "SecondConnectedMonitor" "TV"
# Option "MetaModes" "1600x1200,800x600"
# Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768"; NULL,1600x1200"
# Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1600x1200"
# Option "MetaModes" "1600x1200,NULL;800x600,800x600"
# Option "MetaModes" "800x600,1600x1200"

EndSection

# default is first unless 'startx -- -layout CRT'

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "CRT"
Screen "CRTlcd" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
EndSection

#need some alternate layout choices here for external monitor...

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

### END DEBCONF SECTION
================================================== ========================

HTH

Jack
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Then they ignore you. Then you lose.