grayeul
1st May 2004, 09:11 PM
OK, after looking around and messing around for a bit, I'm now posting for some help. I have new Dell Inspiron 5150:
Specs:
3.2Ghz P4
1 gig ram
60 gig HD
Nvidia GeForce FX Go5200 rev 161
w/64 mb
Broadcom 4400 10/100 Ethernet
I blew away the Windows XP and loaded up the fresh Fedora Core 2 Test 3 isos....
Pluses: No problem with network or sound right out of the box!
During original setup the monitor type was not detected, so I set it to Generic LCD size 1600x1200. I then saw something similar to what has been reported elsewhere, i.e. when I rebooted after install I only got 640x480 as an option for the screen setup. This often seems to be due to not specifying (or leaving commented) the HorizSync and VertRefresh settings.
I saw the following error:
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) NV(0): I2C bus "DDC" initialized.
(II) NV(0): Probing for analog device on output A...
(--) NV(0): ...can't find one
(II) NV(0): Probing for analog device on output B...
(--) NV(0): ...can't find one
(II) NV(0): Probing for EDID on I2C bus A...
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) NV(0): ... none found
(II) NV(0): Probing for EDID on I2C bus B...
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) NV(0): ... none found
(--) NV(0): CRTC 0 is currently programmed for DFP
(II) NV(0): Using DFP on CRTC 0
(--) NV(0): Panel size is 1024 x 768
I put in the following lines since DDC did not seem to work:
HorizSync 30.0 - 100.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 100.0
(I think I saw these on another site for the 5150)
Even though it said Panel was 1024x768, I was still stuck at 640x480, and looking at the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file I saw that most modes were being rejected because: width too large for Virtual Size. I then added the following to the Display SubSection.
Virtual 1600 1200
This seemed to give me the larger virtual screen, and the log showed that there were many modes not being rejected any longer. However, the xorg.conf file still only had 640x480 in the mode list. I added back in the following:
Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "640x480"
Now I can get either 640x480 or 1024x768. The other modes seem to have been accepted, but when I toggle through them (Ctrl-Alt-+) I get either blank or blue screens for all other modes.
Note -- this is basically the same thing that happens if you run system-config-display and select 1600x1200.
I think there is a problem with the 'nv' X.org driver. I've run out of ideas to try to get something closer to the native panel resolution.... I haven't yet tried the actual nvidia driver (instead of nv) but my impression is that would primarily help with hardware acceleration. I'll attach my xorg.conf and full log file for reference. [well I only figured out how to attach a single file..]
Any suggestions?
Specs:
3.2Ghz P4
1 gig ram
60 gig HD
Nvidia GeForce FX Go5200 rev 161
w/64 mb
Broadcom 4400 10/100 Ethernet
I blew away the Windows XP and loaded up the fresh Fedora Core 2 Test 3 isos....
Pluses: No problem with network or sound right out of the box!
During original setup the monitor type was not detected, so I set it to Generic LCD size 1600x1200. I then saw something similar to what has been reported elsewhere, i.e. when I rebooted after install I only got 640x480 as an option for the screen setup. This often seems to be due to not specifying (or leaving commented) the HorizSync and VertRefresh settings.
I saw the following error:
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) NV(0): I2C bus "DDC" initialized.
(II) NV(0): Probing for analog device on output A...
(--) NV(0): ...can't find one
(II) NV(0): Probing for analog device on output B...
(--) NV(0): ...can't find one
(II) NV(0): Probing for EDID on I2C bus A...
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) NV(0): ... none found
(II) NV(0): Probing for EDID on I2C bus B...
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) NV(0): ... none found
(--) NV(0): CRTC 0 is currently programmed for DFP
(II) NV(0): Using DFP on CRTC 0
(--) NV(0): Panel size is 1024 x 768
I put in the following lines since DDC did not seem to work:
HorizSync 30.0 - 100.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 100.0
(I think I saw these on another site for the 5150)
Even though it said Panel was 1024x768, I was still stuck at 640x480, and looking at the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file I saw that most modes were being rejected because: width too large for Virtual Size. I then added the following to the Display SubSection.
Virtual 1600 1200
This seemed to give me the larger virtual screen, and the log showed that there were many modes not being rejected any longer. However, the xorg.conf file still only had 640x480 in the mode list. I added back in the following:
Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "640x480"
Now I can get either 640x480 or 1024x768. The other modes seem to have been accepted, but when I toggle through them (Ctrl-Alt-+) I get either blank or blue screens for all other modes.
Note -- this is basically the same thing that happens if you run system-config-display and select 1600x1200.
I think there is a problem with the 'nv' X.org driver. I've run out of ideas to try to get something closer to the native panel resolution.... I haven't yet tried the actual nvidia driver (instead of nv) but my impression is that would primarily help with hardware acceleration. I'll attach my xorg.conf and full log file for reference. [well I only figured out how to attach a single file..]
Any suggestions?
