upchucky
July 21st, 2008, 03:28 AM
This laptop is working great with Nvidia card, it was set up doing the manual install after all other attempts failed including envy.
I can set about 20 different resolutions but the pc defaults to 1920x1200 on every boot up and i have to manually set it to 1024x768 or other preferred setting.
I had read to do the following to adjust the settings but it failed.
electric@XPS-Laptop:~$ sudo nvidia-settings
[sudo] password for electric:
ERROR: Cannot open display 'XPS-Laptop:0.0'.
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute DigitalVibrance specified on line 21 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute ImageSharpening specified on line 22 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute SyncToVBlank specified on line 23 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute AllowFlipping specified on line 24 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute LogAniso specified on line 25 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAA specified on line 26 of configuration
file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute TextureSharpen specified on line 27 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GammaCorrectedAALines specified on line 28 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadow specified on line 29 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowXOffset specified on line 30 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowYOffset specified on line 31 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowAlpha specified on line 32 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowRed specified on line 33 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowGreen specified on line 34 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowBlue specified on line 35 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAAAppControlled specified on line 36 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute LogAnisoAppControlled specified on line 37 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GPUScaling specified on line 38 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedBrightness specified on line 39 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenBrightness specified on line 40 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueBrightness specified on line 41 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedContrast specified on line 42 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenContrast specified on line 43 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueContrast specified on line 44 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedGamma specified on line 45 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenGamma specified on line 46 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueGamma specified on line 47 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute OpenGLImageSettings specified on line 48 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureSyncToVBlank specified on line
49 of configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no
Display connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoBlitterSyncToVBlank specified on line
50 of configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no
Display connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoSyncToDisplay specified on line 51 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
electric@XPS-Laptop:~$
this is my xorg, and like I said the driver works very well, but i want to be able to tell it which default resolution to use on start up.
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63) Thu Jun 5 00:10:21 PDT 2008
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
I can set about 20 different resolutions but the pc defaults to 1920x1200 on every boot up and i have to manually set it to 1024x768 or other preferred setting.
I had read to do the following to adjust the settings but it failed.
electric@XPS-Laptop:~$ sudo nvidia-settings
[sudo] password for electric:
ERROR: Cannot open display 'XPS-Laptop:0.0'.
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute DigitalVibrance specified on line 21 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute ImageSharpening specified on line 22 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute SyncToVBlank specified on line 23 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute AllowFlipping specified on line 24 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute LogAniso specified on line 25 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAA specified on line 26 of configuration
file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute TextureSharpen specified on line 27 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GammaCorrectedAALines specified on line 28 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadow specified on line 29 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowXOffset specified on line 30 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowYOffset specified on line 31 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowAlpha specified on line 32 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowRed specified on line 33 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowGreen specified on line 34 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowBlue specified on line 35 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAAAppControlled specified on line 36 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute LogAnisoAppControlled specified on line 37 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GPUScaling specified on line 38 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedBrightness specified on line 39 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenBrightness specified on line 40 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueBrightness specified on line 41 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedContrast specified on line 42 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenContrast specified on line 43 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueContrast specified on line 44 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedGamma specified on line 45 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenGamma specified on line 46 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueGamma specified on line 47 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute OpenGLImageSettings specified on line 48 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureSyncToVBlank specified on line
49 of configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no
Display connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoBlitterSyncToVBlank specified on line
50 of configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no
Display connection).
ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoSyncToDisplay specified on line 51 of
configuration file '/home/electric/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
connection).
electric@XPS-Laptop:~$
this is my xorg, and like I said the driver works very well, but i want to be able to tell it which default resolution to use on start up.
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63) Thu Jun 5 00:10:21 PDT 2008
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection