rocket777
January 25th, 2009, 01:52 AM
UPDATE: Got it to work
see second post below
I can't get my screen resolution above 800x600. I've searched here, and I installed the nvidia legacy drivers, and nvidia x server settings, but couldn't find the nvidia-xconfig it said to run (says I'm not using the nvidia x driver)
I'm about out of ideas, here's a few things that some have asked for.
Note, I just hooked up a new flat screen AOC 22in, not a 17 in that it still thinks is there. When I try to use the screen resolution tool, it comes up with unknown inside a white box and detect displays does nothing. The monitor works ok on windows xp and detects all of its resolutions.
System information report, generated by Sysinfo: 1/24/2009 4:58:25 PM
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsysinfo
SYSTEM INFORMATION
Running Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) release.
GNOME: 2.22.3 (Ubuntu 2008-07-09)
Kernel version: 2.6.24-23-generic (#1 SMP Thu Nov 27 18:44:42 UTC 2008)
GCC: 4.2.4 (i486-linux-gnu)
Xorg: unknown (13 June 2008 01:08:21AM)
Hostname: uboo
Uptime: 0 days 2 h 16 min
CPU INFORMATION
AuthenticAMD, AMD Athlon(tm) XP rrsossor
Number of CPUs: 1
CPU clock currently at 1795.032 MHz with 256 KB cache
Numbering: family(6) model(10) stepping(0)
Bogomips: 3593.60
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts
MEMORY INFORMATION
Total memory: 503 MB
Total swap: 1474 MB
STORAGE INFORMATION
SCSI device - scsi0
Vendor: ATA
Model: IC35L060AVV207-0
SCSI device - scsi0
Vendor: SONY
Model: CD-RW CRX320EE
HARDWARE INFORMATION
MOTHERBOARD
Host bridge
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
PCI bridge(s)
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
USB controller(s)
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
ISA bridge
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems L7VTA v1.0 Motherboard (KT400-8235)
IDE interface
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems L7VTA v1.0 Motherboard (KT400-8235)
GRAPHIC CARD
VGA controller
nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0047
SOUND CARD
Multimedia controller
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems L7VTA v1.0 Motherboard (KT400-8235)
NETWORK
Ethernet controller
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine II] Embeded Ethernet Controller on VT8235
#lshw -C video
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 15
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=32 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5
# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
root@uboo:/usr/share/applications#
root@uboo:/etc/X11# cat xorg.conf
# /etc/X11/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(5) 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 "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
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"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "17 TFT-LCD"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
Monitor "17 TFT-LCD"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
root@uboo:/etc/X11#
see second post below
I can't get my screen resolution above 800x600. I've searched here, and I installed the nvidia legacy drivers, and nvidia x server settings, but couldn't find the nvidia-xconfig it said to run (says I'm not using the nvidia x driver)
I'm about out of ideas, here's a few things that some have asked for.
Note, I just hooked up a new flat screen AOC 22in, not a 17 in that it still thinks is there. When I try to use the screen resolution tool, it comes up with unknown inside a white box and detect displays does nothing. The monitor works ok on windows xp and detects all of its resolutions.
System information report, generated by Sysinfo: 1/24/2009 4:58:25 PM
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsysinfo
SYSTEM INFORMATION
Running Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) release.
GNOME: 2.22.3 (Ubuntu 2008-07-09)
Kernel version: 2.6.24-23-generic (#1 SMP Thu Nov 27 18:44:42 UTC 2008)
GCC: 4.2.4 (i486-linux-gnu)
Xorg: unknown (13 June 2008 01:08:21AM)
Hostname: uboo
Uptime: 0 days 2 h 16 min
CPU INFORMATION
AuthenticAMD, AMD Athlon(tm) XP rrsossor
Number of CPUs: 1
CPU clock currently at 1795.032 MHz with 256 KB cache
Numbering: family(6) model(10) stepping(0)
Bogomips: 3593.60
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts
MEMORY INFORMATION
Total memory: 503 MB
Total swap: 1474 MB
STORAGE INFORMATION
SCSI device - scsi0
Vendor: ATA
Model: IC35L060AVV207-0
SCSI device - scsi0
Vendor: SONY
Model: CD-RW CRX320EE
HARDWARE INFORMATION
MOTHERBOARD
Host bridge
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
PCI bridge(s)
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
USB controller(s)
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
ISA bridge
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems L7VTA v1.0 Motherboard (KT400-8235)
IDE interface
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems L7VTA v1.0 Motherboard (KT400-8235)
GRAPHIC CARD
VGA controller
nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0047
SOUND CARD
Multimedia controller
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems L7VTA v1.0 Motherboard (KT400-8235)
NETWORK
Ethernet controller
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine II] Embeded Ethernet Controller on VT8235
#lshw -C video
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 15
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=32 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5
# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
root@uboo:/usr/share/applications#
root@uboo:/etc/X11# cat xorg.conf
# /etc/X11/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(5) 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 "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
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"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "17 TFT-LCD"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
Monitor "17 TFT-LCD"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
root@uboo:/etc/X11#