Display resolution reverts back to 800x600 after reboot

[spliffeh]

Whenever I turn on Fedora I have to run nvidia-settings to set my resolution to 1920x1080 ... then I hit the button "Save to X Config" (i do this as root).... but next reboot it all goes back to 800x600

Any ideas how I get my system to stay at 1920x1080? Below is my xorg.conf

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder63)  Thu Feb  5 00:19:09 PST 2009


Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "LG TV"
    HorizSync       31.0 - 100.0
    VertRefresh     48.0 - 88.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 7800 GTX"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "1920x1080_60 +0+0"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "1920x1080 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

[Oakems]

Have you tried selecting your monitor type? You used to be able to do this through hardware settings but I can't seem to find where exactly that is now. There was a menu and you could select your monitor from a list and that would give you resolution options, its what worked for me, but as I say I can't seem to find it any more.

[Oakems]

This is what my xorg.config looks like;
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# keyboard added by rhpxl
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak,gb"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "Hansol Electronics Mazellan900P"
HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh 47.0 - 150.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

It has my monitor type and seems to have a bit more than your config file

[Oakems]

Found it!
Its in display settings. Alt+F2 type display and it should be there. Like I've said it should let you choose your monitor's make and model it will then give you the screen resolution options for that particular model.

[spliffeh]

Thanks but when I hit Alt+F2 and type in display it tells me there no such file or directory. Same when I do it from the command line.

[spliffeh]

Originally Posted by Oakems

This is what my xorg.config looks like;
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Oooh... when I run "system-config-display" I see what you were talking about. Thanks!

[spliffeh]

Ok... I was hoping that was the answer but it didn't work..

xorg.conf is so bloody annoying, it's cost me so many hours this week... Why isn't there just one tool that fixes it properly...

When I ran the "system-config-display" tool my exact monitor/model wasn't list there so I set it to generic LCD Panel 1920x1080... it asked me to reboot.... When I come back and run "system-config-display" again it shows the maximum resolution I can pick as 1024x768 ... but it still shows that I've chosen a 1920x1080 generic LCD... sigh

When I run "nvidia-settings" I can crank it up to 1920x1080... looks great.. but doesnt stick upon reboot

Any other suggestions would be much appreciated.



EDIT: I just noticed this in my Xorg.0.log:

(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
(II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
(II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
(II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
(II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
(II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
(II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
(II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.

From what I understand ACPI is how the monitor reports back to the computer what resolutions it supports. This has to be related to my problems...

Anyone know how I go about fixing it?

[Oakems]

Okay what make and model is your monitor? Which version of Fedora are you running and are you using KDE or GNOME?