Can only get 600x480 screen resolution after fresh install

Tod Merley todbot88 at gmail.com
Sun Feb 5 12:32:19 UTC 2006


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Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 10:48:05 +0100
> From: Ralf Hartings <ralf at hartings.se>
> Subject: Can only get 600x480 screen resolution after fresh install
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <43E5C9D5.8090703 at hartings.se>
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>
> Hi,
>
> I installed Ubuntu 5.10 (including all updates and new kernel) and it
> worked fine on my i386 Nvidia Gforce2 box. I have one BIG problem: I can
> only get 600x480 @60HZ resolution on my 2 months old LCD Xerox screen,
> which normally (in windows...) runs at 1280x1024.
>
> I checked xorg.conf  and there I find the name of my Xerox screen and
> all resolutions, but they don't show up when I manually want to change
> the resolution via the scroll menu Desktop/preferences/Screen
> resolution: only 600x480 at 60Hz is available.
> I tried to delete all but the 1280x1024 option in xorg.conf , but no
> change.
>
> Any idea what could be wrong?
>
> FYI, I have copied some parts of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and the whole
> the /var/log/Xorg.0.org.log file below*.*
>
> Thanks, for a great and simple OS!
>
> Ralf Hartings
> Sweden.
>
>
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
>
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier    "Xerox XA7-19"
>     Option        "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier    "Default Screen"
>     Device        "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU]"
>     Monitor        "Xerox XA7-19"
>     DefaultDepth    16
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Depth        1
>         Modes        "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600"
> "720x400" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Depth        4
>         Modes        "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600"
> "720x400" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Depth        8
>         Modes        "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600"
> "720x400" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Depth        15
>         Modes        "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600"
> "720x400" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Depth        16
>         Modes        "1024x768"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Depth        24
>         Modes        "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600"
> "720x400" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
> -----
>
> Xorg.0.org.log:
>
>
> X Window System Version 6.8.2 (Ubuntu 6.8.2-77 20051010174523
>
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode
> clock/interlace/doublescan)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode
> clock/interlace/doublescan)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "832x624" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "416x312" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x384" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x800" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1152x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "576x384" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1440x900" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "720x450" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1024" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x512" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1680x1050" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "840x525" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1920x1200" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "960x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1920x1200" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "960x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (bad mode
> clock/interlace/doublescan)
> (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) NV(0): Not using mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name)
> *(--) NV(0): Virtual size is 640x480 (pitch 640)*
> (**) NV(0):  Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
> (II) NV(0): Modeline "640x480"   25.20  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525
> -hsync -vsync
> (**) NV(0):  Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
> (II) NV(0): Modeline "320x240"   12.60  320 328 376 400  240 245 246 262
> doublescan -hsync -vsync
> (==) NV(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
> (


Hi Ralf!

I edited your post to include only the pertenent info. Basically your
"Monitor"
section:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Xerox XA7-19"
    Option        "DPMS"
EndSection

Is missing the horizontal and vertical scan rate info (see mine):

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
        Option          "DPMS"
        HorizSync       28-80
        VertRefresh     43-60
EndSection

So you get a lot of "out of range" errors (examples from above):

(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)

You need a lot of "display" sections to cover the depths (from mine):

     SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1600x1200"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1600x1200"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1600x1200"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1600x1200"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1600x1200"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1600x1200"
        EndSubSection

The settings in this xorg.conf were chosen by Ubuntu and they work fine.

Hope this is helpful!

Tod
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