Out of sync

[Dark Ares]

Hello. I installed nexuiz a couple of weeks ago but when i started it the monitor went black telling me that the horizontal and vertical sync was 81.3 out of 65 hrz, not allowing me to see anithing. I though that it was a problem with the game and forgot about it for a while. I then installed steam through wine and downloaded hl2. When i loaded it i got the same problem. I dont think it is a problem with my drivers because i can play openarena perfectly with maximum quality enabled. How can i fix thoose problems?

System Specs
GeForce FX 5500, drivers installed through the .run from the nvidia website.
Kernel Linux 2.6.22-14-generic
Ubuntu 7.10
512 RAM
Intel Pentium 4 2.40 Ghz

Any help is higly appreciated

[ahaslam]

Find the documentation for your display & edit the monitor section of your xorg.conf to include its full range of capable frequencies, eg:
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
You may as well do the HorizSync while you're there as well...

PS. the following option may also be of use:
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
;)

[Dark Ares]

This below is my xorg.conf. I am really new to linux so please exuse my noobness. I looked up my monitor and found this (http://www.twenga.co.uk/specs-L1952S-LG-LCD-monitor-152931), telling me that my max sync is 75 Hz x 83 kHz.

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu Dec 13 19:09:35 PST 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 "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
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 "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
EndSubSection
EndSection


Could you please tell me where to set thoose values?

[ahaslam]

Change:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
To:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 43.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 75.0
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
There was no sign of minimum freq's, but they're sane. You'll need to use sudo (gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf) to edit that file, then restart Xorg (ctrl, alt & backspace) for the changes to take effect.

If it doesn't work, amend the "UseEdidFreqs" value to 0, that should force your specified range.
I can't guarantee that'll solve your problem but If nothing else, you'll have the refresh & sync freq's set correctly...

;)

[Dark Ares]

i set it to what you said and got the same error. Then i set UseEditFreqs to 0 and got the same error but instead of telling me that i was 81.3 out of 60 hrz offside, it told me i was 74.9 out of 60. So i think the problem is either raising that 60, but it seems hard. I will try to put 60 instead of 75 and then tell you.Thaknks for all the support anyway. Hope we can fix this


EDIT: i set the vertrefresh to 60 and useeditfreqs to 0, but still got 74.9, set it to 1 and got 81.3. Now, if the monitor says that it can go up to 75 and xorg is giving 74.9, what could the problem be?

[ahaslam]

Keep it set @ 75 & EdidFreqs to 0. At least that's the proper setting for you.

Are you trying to run it at your native resolution & is the the same as your desktop?
Have you tried a different Nvidia release, or the one in the repo? The same goes for Wine, regressions are rife, though usually outnumbered by improvements.

[Dark Ares]

i dont know about the resolution. In fact i noticed that in the xorg file there are no resolutions set....it should be 1280x1024, thats what the nvidia control panel says