Re: redhat 9 and nvidia driver

From: Big Daddy (NoWay_at_NoWhere.com)
Date: 09/29/03 

Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:56:01 -0400

j jordan vomitted:

> I use redhat 9 with a nvidia gf3 card. The latest nvidia driver is
> installed and works fine. The problem is that I cannot change the
> resolution above 800/600. The option is available in settings, but when I
> select it, it says 'changes will take place when you log back in.' When I
> log back in, nothing is changed.
>
> In XF86config there are only choices for "800, 600" and "640, 440". I
> tried manually deleting those and adding "1026, 768" but then I got a ton
> of errors when I restarted.
>
> Has anyone else had the same problem and know the remedy?

Instead of deleting them, why don't you try just adding the higher
resolutions to the list? Put the first one as the resolution you want X to
use by default. I'm using SuSE, but shouldn't those entries by "800x600"
and "640x480"? I assume it's the same in all XF86Config files.

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