Screen Resolution configuration question

brookdel · #1 19th February 2006, 04:13 PM

Hi-
I'm trying to set up my screen resolution on Fedora 4 properly. Right now settings in "system-config-display" correctly identify my monitor (20" NEC AccuSync LCD 200VX) and my video card (nVidia G-Force FX 5500.) The screen resolution in system-config-display is set at 1600x1200, which is the same as recommended by the monitor.

However, using Gnome, I am only able to get 1280x1024, and about 3/4 of an inch on both sides of the screen are black (see image-which is gimped, I wasn't able to actually screenshot the borders.)

I've copied my xorg.conf file below.

Can anyone offer any suggestions?
(patient help appreciated; I am pretty new to Linux)
thanks
brook

Code:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "single head configuration"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
        FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "fbdevhw"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "freetype"
        Load  "type1"
        Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#       Option  "Xleds"         "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#       Option  "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#       Option  "XkbModel"      "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#       Option  "XkbModel"      "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"# or:
#       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
#       Option  "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:nocaps"
#
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "NEC AccuSync LCD200VX"
        DisplaySize  410        310
        HorizSync    31.0 - 92.0
        VertRefresh  56.0 - 85.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nv"
        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
        BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500"
        Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     16
                Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Group        0
        Mode         0666
EndSection

nlkrio · #2 19th February 2006, 04:22 PM

desktop/system settings/display

matt88 · #3 19th February 2006, 04:24 PM

try to install the Nvidia driver for linux http://easylinux.info/wiki/Fedora#Ho...r_.28NVIDIA.29

w5set · #4 19th February 2006, 04:28 PM

use the controls on the monitor itself to widen or make shorter/taller as needed for the screen display.
inside the system-config-display make sure the monitor is set to use the highest res and you could use a 20" generic lcd even if it offered that res--and make sure the video card is set to use that higher res--save and then logoff and back in.

brookdel · #5 19th February 2006, 04:42 PM

w5set-
thanks- the button on the monitor fixed the 'border'- i love it when the solution is that easy.

I was able to set the system-config-display to use the generic 1600x1200 monitor, but I'm unclear on where the settings are for the video card. ( so the screen in Gnome is still 1280x1024)

matt88- thanks for the link to the nvidea driver. that will be my next attempt. (a few months ago i spent numerous hours trying to install a video driver from the nvidea site with no luck, so i'm hoping there is a simpler solution first with just improper settings)

thanks for quick responses.