Re: openSUSE 11.1, nvidia 9600 KO - resolution problems....again!

Thomas Tootle wrote:

John Kloosterman wrote:
Thomas Tootle wrote:
Greetings,

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Option "NoEDID"

or

Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "False"

or

Option "UseEDIDDpi" "FALSE"

or

Option "ModeValidation" "NoEdidModes"

(or a combination of them)
to the "monitor" section of the xorg.conf file?

Tried NoEDID with no success, then ModeValidation, and finally
UseEDIDFreqs False and UseEDIDDpi False and no joy. In addition, using
the command gtf 1680 1050 60 I got a mode line that I also put in the
monitor section. Bringing me back to what the /var/log states as the
validated modes of modes of "1400 x 1050" but will only display
"1280x1024"

Sometimes the monitor reports the wrong values when it does the
handshake with the videocard, resulting in lock on a wrong resolution or
refresh value.


Must be my problem. Just wonder why this wasn't an issue with 11.0, Mint
or Ubuntu?

You also, as a last resort, can feed the "raw" values of this monitor by
using the next discription:

Option "CustomEDID" "string"

This option forces the X driver to use the EDID specified in a file
rather than the display's EDID. You may specify a semicolon separated
list of display names and filename pairs. The display name is any of
"CRT-0", "CRT-1", "DFP-0", "DFP-1", "TV-0", "TV-1". The file contains a
raw EDID (e.g., a file generated by nvidia-settings).

For example:

Option "CustomEDID" "CRT-0:/tmp/edid1.bin; DFP-0:/tmp/edid2.bin"

will assign the EDID from the file /tmp/edid1.bin to the display
device CRT-0, and the EDID from the file /tmp/edid2.bin to the display
device DFP-0.

Don't know how to generate this customEDID. Frankly scares me a little!

I cannot be helpfull with this last setting, because I never used it.

Hope this is of any help to you...

John.

Thanks for the help, John. I'll keep plugging away at it.

T

Back with 11.0 I had problems with an on board video (VIA K8M800) ` card.
Install looked great but after final boot up it had strange problems
(goasting, show through). I resorted to using adding a boot option in
grub 'x11failsafe'. That fixed it. I submitted a bug which they finally
resolved midway through 11.1 betas.

I haven't yet installed 11.1 on the machine with the problem. I have
installed 11.1 64 bit on a machine with AMD's 690 chipset (ATI on board
video) [ASUS M2A-VM chip set and dual core) with no problems at all. I'm
assuming they used the driver from ATI. I have seen a lot fewer problems
reported for ATI then NVidia.

It's also Kde 3.5.x with no 4.x present (deliberatly!!!). 4.x is still not
ready for kindergarden, let alone prime time.

John
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