[breazy] nvidia problems with getting higher dekstop resolution

[Steve]

On 11/25/05, Jakub Kamecki <rezydent at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> My system specs:
> athlon 3000+
> asus a8n-sli
> gf 6600gt
> belinea lcd monitor (max res 1600x1200)
>
> OOTB ubuntu runs great, the desktop resolution is 1280x1024, but since
> my monitor supports a higher one I would like to have my desktop use
> it.
> I've done everything as stated here:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia?highlight=%28nvidia%29
> but when the xserver starts I get a blank screen. It's not really a
> problem of the higher resolution set, because the xserver doesn't work
> even in lower resolutions with the nvidia-glx package.
> How could I possibly troubleshoot this issue? The higher resolution
> isn't such a big problem, but nonetheless it would be nice to see the
> gnome desktop in a higher res. Thanks for any help.
> If I should supply any logfiles and such please tell me.
>
> --
> Jakub Kamecki

Hi,

I went to http://www.sh.nu/nvidia/gtf.php and entered the resolution
and refresh rate that I KNOW works for my monitor, and then used the
result in my xorg.conf as follows:

I entered "1280" x "960" x "85" (Hz) refresh rate...

...The result was:

  # 1280x960 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 85.68 kHz; pclk: 149.43 MHz
  Modeline "1280x960_85.00"  149.43  1280 1376 1512 1744  960 961 964
1008  -HSync +Vsync

...Then in my xorg.conf, I added this line under the Section "Monitor"
as follows:

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"SyncMaster"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	30.0 - 85.0

#	1280x960 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 85.68 kHz; pclk: 149.43 MHz
	Modeline "1280x960_85.00"  149.43  1280 1376 1512 1744  960 961 964
1008  -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

...You'll notice it now has a custom entry "1280x960_85.00", so add
that to all of your listed colour depths in Section "Screen" as I did:

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
	Monitor		"SyncMaster"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1280x960_85.00" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1280x960_85.00" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1280x960_85.00" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1280x960_85.00" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1280x960_85.00" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1280x960_85.00" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

...Now it is available in your Screen Resolution Preference Panel.

** Make sure you use a res and refresh that you are sure works with
your monitor. As a disclaimer, I can be held responsible... yada yada.
But it worked for me. :-)

I hope that helps! I was in the same predicament as you until someone
pointed me in this direction! I am not sure if this only works for
NVidia cards, so others be careful as well.

-Steve.
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