Problems with nVidia Resolution on Kubuntu 8.04 with KDE 4.0
Uzonwadinachi Mokwunye
ifeanyi22 at gmail.com
Fri May 23 21:37:41 UTC 2008
Thanks everyone for your helpful advice. It seems that running the
following command, sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, helped to fix the
issue with the resolution. Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!
- Ifeanyi
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Joel Oliver <joelol75 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Ifeanyi wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Ever since I upgraded from Kubuntu 7.10 to 8.04, I've been having problems
>> locking in my screen resolution. I've had to work around this problem by
>> opening the system settings once I login to KDE and clicking on the screen
>> resolution settings option. If I'm lucky, this will resize the screen to
>> the size I want (1280 X 1024). Sometimes, however, this results in a crash
>> of KWIN or some other display-related application.
>> Also, when I attempt to switch sessions, I run a greater risk of crashing
>> KWIN. And when I do have multiple sessions running, I don't see the login
>> screen when attempting to switch between the sessions. I happen to know
>> that one should be there and so I end up blindly typing my password and the
>> switch tends to execute successfully.
>> I'd appreciate any help in resolving this.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Ifeanyi
>>
>>
>>
> You can resetup the xorg.conf file by running:
>
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> Also sometimes a line in the xorg.conf file "Virtual 1024x768" or similar
> causes some screens to 'scroll' or not look proper, usually with the logon
> or kdm screens... Usually removing this line from the conf file fixes this.
> It seems that hardy really removes alot of sections from the conf file
> (uses defaults) so there's no template to go by... You can look though mine
> if it helps. Don't copy it as the bus id of the card and many other things
> are not right, but it gives a good template to go by. BTW i'm using a later
> Nvidia card and compiz-fusion.
>
>
>
>
> # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
> # nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister at builder26) Wed Sep 12
> 14:29:53 PDT 2007
>
> # xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
> #
> # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool,
> using
> # values from the debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
> # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
> #
> # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades
> *only*
> # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
> # package.
> #
> # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically
> updated
> # again, run the following command:
> # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>
> # Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
> # InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
> # InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
> # InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "Xinerama" "0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "stylus"
> Driver "wacom"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
> Option "Type" "stylus"
> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "eraser"
> Driver "wacom"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
> Option "Type" "eraser"
> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "cursor"
> Driver "wacom"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
> Option "Type" "cursor"
> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "LCM-22w3"
> HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0
> VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
> Option "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Unknown"
> ModelName "WDE LCM-22w3"
> HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0
> VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "nVidia Corporation C51PV [GeForce 6150]"
> Driver "nvidia"
> BusID "PCI:0:5:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
> BoardName "GeForce 6150"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "nVidia Corporation C51PV [GeForce 6150]"
> Monitor "LCM-22w3"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> Option "TwinView" "0"
> Option "metamodes" "1680x1050_60 +0+0; 1680x1050 +0+0; 1280x1024
> +0+0; 1280x960 +0+0; 1280x800 +0+0; 1152x864 +0+0; 1024x768 +0+0; 800x600
> +0+0; 640x480 +0+0"
> EndSection
>
>
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