Re: [opensuse] Where to find nvidia-settings ?
On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 13:30 +0200, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Hi, I found the Nvidia settings as described above, but I also found that they wouldn't save from there. So every time I booted up I had to set them again. I finally found the settings in a file something like /etc/.nvidia. It is a hidden file, if you want to write them in the file itself. The laptop that I am using now doesn't have nvidia graphics, so I am trying to come up with the file name from memory. Sorry I can't be any more specific than that, but poke around in the files a bit and you will find it.
I cannot see a .nvidia file in /etc ??
I quess you didn't catch my drift, I can't remember the exact file. Check around a bit in /etc/X11/.nvidia or some such, I just can't remember the exact file. If you poke around in the likely places, you will find it. Good hunting. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Il 04/09/2010 15:48, Mark Misulich ha scritto:
On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 13:30 +0200, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Hi, I found the Nvidia settings as described above, but I also found that they wouldn't save from there. So every time I booted up I had to set them again. I finally found the settings in a file something like /etc/.nvidia. It is a hidden file, if you want to write them in the file itself. The laptop that I am using now doesn't have nvidia graphics, so I am trying to come up with the file name from memory. Sorry I can't be any more specific than that, but poke around in the files a bit and you will find it.
I cannot see a .nvidia file in /etc ??
I quess you didn't catch my drift, I can't remember the exact file. Check around a bit in /etc/X11/.nvidia or some such, I just can't remember the exact file. If you poke around in the likely places, you will find it. Good hunting.
which version of opensuse are you using? I'm using 11.3 that's similar to 11.2 Actually you only have to set the repository in yast2 as following: add FTP with: - server name: download.nvidia.com - directory on server: opensuse/11.3/ anonymous autenthication click ok and after launch the online update, it should find automatically all nedeed files for your nvidia GPU. click apply all changes and rebbot, it always works with me, I hope it will be the same for you!!! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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which version of opensuse are you using? I'm using 11.3 that's similar to 11.2 Actually you only have to set the repository in yast2 as following: add FTP with: - server name: download.nvidia.com - directory on server: opensuse/11.3/ anonymous autenthication click ok and after launch the online update, it should find automatically all nedeed files for your nvidia GPU. click apply all changes and rebbot, it always works with me, I hope it will be the same for you!!!
I use opensuse 11.3. Also I did set the repository like you do, and with anonymous authentication. After I did a zypper refresh, and it said all ok and updated. But nvidia-settings didn't worked. Then I could see information running nvidia-settings, that it was not installed, and how to geti rid of it. I should run the cnf nvidia-seetings. I did that, and then it installed, and also what obviously lacked from the nvidia install. But why didn't it get installed when I have made the repo is what I would like to know. Please ! :-) Having ran the nvidia-xconfig, an/etc/X11/xorg.conf was made. But I only have 640x480 resolution, and cannot get higher. I have my xorg.conf here: http://www.urbakken.dk/xorg.conf Hope I can get help here, many thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 04 September 2010 10:02:32 Erik Jakobsen wrote: ...
Having ran the nvidia-xconfig, an/etc/X11/xorg.conf was made.
But I only have 640x480 resolution, and cannot get higher.
I have my xorg.conf here:
Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "CRT-0" HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection HorizSync and VertRefresh are modest at best. Did you ran nvidia-xconfig as root? Did you let nvidia-xconfig to find your actual monitor? It tells it is CRT not LCD. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Il 04/09/2010 17:02, Erik Jakobsen ha scritto:
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which version of opensuse are you using? I'm using 11.3 that's similar to 11.2 Actually you only have to set the repository in yast2 as following: add FTP with: - server name: download.nvidia.com - directory on server: opensuse/11.3/ anonymous autenthication click ok and after launch the online update, it should find automatically all nedeed files for your nvidia GPU. click apply all changes and rebbot, it always works with me, I hope it will be the same for you!!!
I use opensuse 11.3. Also I did set the repository like you do, and with anonymous authentication. After I did a zypper refresh, and it said all ok and updated.
But nvidia-settings didn't worked.
Then I could see information running nvidia-settings, that it was not installed, and how to geti rid of it. I should run the cnf nvidia-seetings. I did that, and then it installed, and also what obviously lacked from the nvidia install.
But why didn't it get installed when I have made the repo is what I would like to know. Please ! :-)
Having ran the nvidia-xconfig, an/etc/X11/xorg.conf was made.
But I only have 640x480 resolution, and cannot get higher.
I have my xorg.conf here:
http://www.urbakken.dk/xorg.conf
Hope I can get help here, many thanks
I'm sorry for my stupid question but in KDE MENU: SYSTEM/ CONFIGURATION - do you see "configure NVIDIAX Server Settings" ? Applying from here should work! I have a geforce 7300 LE but a friend of mine has a 6200 like yours and i can assure you that it works perfectly under opensuse 11.3. Do not surrender!!! did you try reading this? http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday, September 04, 2010 08:32:32 pm Erik Jakobsen wrote:
I use opensuse 11.3. Also I did set the repository like you do, and with anonymous authentication. After I did a zypper refresh, and it said all ok and updated.
wait: you added the repo, and next thing you did "zypper refresh" and "zypper up"?
you'll have to to ask zypper to install the packages you need:
"zypper in
But nvidia-settings didn't worked.
Then I could see information running nvidia-settings, that it was not installed, and how to geti rid of it. I should run the cnf nvidia-seetings. I did that, and then it installed, and also what obviously lacked from the nvidia install.
But why didn't it get installed when I have made the repo is what I would like to know. Please ! :-)
see above...
Having ran the nvidia-xconfig, an/etc/X11/xorg.conf was made.
But I only have 640x480 resolution, and cannot get higher.
I have my xorg.conf here:
did you run "nvidia-settings" as root _after_ running "nvidia-xconfig" ? to me your xorg.conf looks like some vanilla default that would run with any hardware, but at low resoluton, etc. when you run "nvidia-settings" (when it's actually present & working) your monitor gets configure, not before that. if you run it with root priviliges, you can save the configuration to your xorg.conf file (merge). [not sure if i understand what you're saying, and the other way around. slightly confusing discussion...] -- phani. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
I did a clean install -again :-)
On Saturday, September 04, 2010 08:32:32 pm Erik Jakobsen wrote:
I use opensuse 11.3. Also I did set the repository like you do, and with anonymous authentication. After I did a zypper refresh, and it said all ok and updated. wait: you added the repo, and next thing you did "zypper refresh" and "zypper up"? you'll have to to ask zypper to install the packages you need:
Now I did as your write above. BUT after the added repo I ran Yast2's online update, and after the nvidia-seetings was ok.
"zypper in
"
Yes ok, but to do it a bit fast, I did it from Yast2's online update :-)
then zypper will add other packages (dependencies) as needed and ask you for confirmation. i'm not sure if the nvidia driver depends on nvidia-settings; if not you'd have tell zypper explicitly to install it: "zypper in nvidia-settings"
Ok.
[or perhaps that is what you did, and i didn't get that from your email...]
But nvidia-settings didn't worked.
Then I could see information running nvidia-settings, that it was not installed, and how to geti rid of it. I should run the cnf nvidia-seetings. I did that, and then it installed, and also what obviously lacked from the nvidia install.
But why didn't it get installed when I have made the repo is what I would like to know. Please ! :-) see above... Ok
Having ran the nvidia-xconfig, an/etc/X11/xorg.conf was made.
But I only have 640x480 resolution, and cannot get higher.
I have my xorg.conf here:
http://www.urbakken.dk/xorg.conf did you run "nvidia-settings" as root _after_ running "nvidia-xconfig" ? to me your xorg.conf looks like some vanilla default that would run with any hardware, but at low resoluton, etc.
Now after the clean instal and online update, I have no xorg.conf anylonger.
when you run "nvidia-settings" (when it's actually present& working) your monitor gets configure, not before that. if you run it with root priviliges, you can save the configuration to your xorg.conf file (merge).
As I ran it, the Max resolution is only 1024x768. Why that ?.
[not sure if i understand what you're saying, and the other way around. slightly confusing discussion...]
Yes I'm the culprit. Sorry. Now I hope I can get it up to run with a higher resolution, but I don't know how ?
-- phani. /Erik -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Il 04/09/2010 17:02, Erik Jakobsen ha scritto:
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which version of opensuse are you using? I'm using 11.3 that's similar to 11.2 Actually you only have to set the repository in yast2 as following: add FTP with: - server name: download.nvidia.com - directory on server: opensuse/11.3/ anonymous autenthication click ok and after launch the online update, it should find automatically all nedeed files for your nvidia GPU. click apply all changes and rebbot, it always works with me, I hope it will be the same for you!!!
I use opensuse 11.3. Also I did set the repository like you do, and with anonymous authentication. After I did a zypper refresh, and it said all ok and updated.
But nvidia-settings didn't worked.
Then I could see information running nvidia-settings, that it was not installed, and how to geti rid of it. I should run the cnf nvidia-seetings. I did that, and then it installed, and also what obviously lacked from the nvidia install.
But why didn't it get installed when I have made the repo is what I would like to know. Please ! :-)
Having ran the nvidia-xconfig, an/etc/X11/xorg.conf was made.
But I only have 640x480 resolution, and cannot get higher.
I have my xorg.conf here:
http://www.urbakken.dk/xorg.conf
Hope I can get help here, many thanks
I'm sorry for my stupid question but in KDE MENU: SYSTEM/ CONFIGURATION - do you see "configure NVIDIAX Server Settings" ? Applying from here should work! No reason for saying stupid. I have made a new clean install. After having ran Yast2's online update, I can see what you ask for above
On 04-09-2010 17:25, Marcello Ros - Linux wrote: this.
I have a geforce 7300 LE but a friend of mine has a 6200 like yours and i can assure you that it works perfectly under opensuse 11.3. Do not surrender!!! Ok, and I will not surrender :-) did you try reading this? http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html
Yes, and I did ran what is on the commander section. BUT I only have max 1024x768 resolution now :-( And no xorg.conf /Erik -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 04-09-2010 17:22, Rajko M. wrote:
On Saturday 04 September 2010 10:02:32 Erik Jakobsen wrote: ...
Having ran the nvidia-xconfig, an/etc/X11/xorg.conf was made.
But I only have 640x480 resolution, and cannot get higher.
I have my xorg.conf here:
http://www.urbakken.dk/xorg.conf Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "CRT-0" HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection
HorizSync and VertRefresh are modest at best.
Did you ran nvidia-xconfig as root? Did you let nvidia-xconfig to find your actual monitor? It tells it is CRT not LCD.
Thanks a lot. Yes I ran it as root, bue due to probs. with zypper, and made a clean install. Now I have no xorg.conf, and the resolution is only 1024x768 :-( /Erik -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 04 September 2010 19:18:48 Erik Jakobsen wrote:
On 04-09-2010 17:25, Marcello Ros - Linux wrote:
Il 04/09/2010 17:02, Erik Jakobsen ha scritto:
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which version of opensuse are you using? I'm using 11.3 that's similar to 11.2 Actually you only have to set the repository in yast2 as following: add FTP with: - server name: download.nvidia.com - directory on server: opensuse/11.3/ anonymous autenthication click ok and after launch the online update, it should find automatically all nedeed files for your nvidia GPU. click apply all changes and rebbot, it always works with me, I hope it will be the same for you!!!
I use opensuse 11.3. Also I did set the repository like you do, and with anonymous authentication. After I did a zypper refresh, and it said all ok and updated.
But nvidia-settings didn't worked.
Then I could see information running nvidia-settings, that it was not installed, and how to geti rid of it. I should run the cnf nvidia-seetings. I did that, and then it installed, and also what obviously lacked from the nvidia install.
But why didn't it get installed when I have made the repo is what I would like to know. Please ! :-)
Having ran the nvidia-xconfig, an/etc/X11/xorg.conf was made.
But I only have 640x480 resolution, and cannot get higher.
I have my xorg.conf here:
http://www.urbakken.dk/xorg.conf
Hope I can get help here, many thanks
I'm sorry for my stupid question but in KDE MENU: SYSTEM/ CONFIGURATION - do you see "configure NVIDIAX Server Settings" ? Applying from here should work!
No reason for saying stupid. I have made a new clean install. After having ran Yast2's online update, I can see what you ask for above this.
I have a geforce 7300 LE but a friend of mine has a 6200 like yours and i can assure you that it works perfectly under opensuse 11.3. Do not surrender!!!
Ok, and I will not surrender :-)
did you try reading this? http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html
Yes, and I did ran what is on the commander section.
BUT I only have max 1024x768 resolution now :-( And no xorg.conf /Erik
In . /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc I have: xrandr --output default --mode 1440x900 --preferred to set the resolution. I don't think you use xorg.conf anymore. L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 04-09-2010 19:32, lynn wrote:
In .
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
I have:
xrandr --output default --mode 1440x900 --preferred
to set the resolution.
I don't think you use xorg.conf anymore.
L x
Hi Lynn. I have inserted the line here too, but still only 1024x768 resolution /Erik -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 04 September 2010 19:43:32 Erik Jakobsen wrote:
On 04-09-2010 19:32, lynn wrote:
In .
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
I have:
xrandr --output default --mode 1440x900 --preferred
to set the resolution.
I don't think you use xorg.conf anymore.
L x
Hi Lynn.
I have inserted the line here too, but still only 1024x768 resolution /Erik
Not that then either. Did you uninstall xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau then reinstall just the 256.53.16.1 drivers (2 files to re install, one to remove)? Just guessing. If you are losing time and money as you've spent most of today on it, the only other way is to backup /home and install ubuntu. I really hope that by 11.4 openSUSE will have made this simpler for us. Cheers, y un saludo L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
k
Not that then either.
Did you uninstall
xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau
then reinstall just the 256.53.16.1 drivers (2 files to re install, one to remove)? Just guessing.
If you are losing time and money as you've spent most of today on it, the only other way is to backup /home and install ubuntu.
I really hope that by 11.4 openSUSE will have made this simpler for us.
Cheers, y un saludo L x
I did uninstall noveau now, but had no luck. Fortunately I only have used the time for it :-) Yes, lets hope, that the set up will be a bit more human without the need for a degree :-) /Erik -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday, September 04, 2010 10:46:14 pm Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Now after the clean instal and online update, I have no xorg.conf anylonger.
that's exactly what nvidia-xconfig is for. that creates a new xorg.conf for you. you don't have to run from init 3, but as root, otherwise you won't get access to the conf file. once you have created xorg.conf this way, you should restart the X-server, i.e., log out of your session & in again. then your nvidia driver should be running, and nvidia-settings should be able to configure it properly. [difficult w/o seeing what's actually going on on your machine...] -- phani. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
that's exactly what nvidia-xconfig is for. that creates a new xorg.conf for you. you don't have to run from init 3, but as root, otherwise you won't get access to the conf file.
once you have created xorg.conf this way, you should restart the X-server, i.e., log out of your session& in again. then your nvidia driver should be running, and nvidia-settings should be able to configure it properly.
[difficult w/o seeing what's actually going on on your machine...]
-- phani.
I ran the nvidia-xconfig, restarted the X-server, and the ran nvidia-settings. Now the max resolution is only 640x480 :-( Erik -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday, September 05, 2010 12:39:11 am Erik Jakobsen wrote:
I ran the nvidia-xconfig, restarted the X-server, and the ran nvidia-settings. Now the max resolution is only 640x480 :-(
sorry for that. means i don't understand at all what's going on with your machine and be quiet now. sorry. -- phani. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 04 September 2010 12:20:13 Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Yes I ran it as root, bue due to probs. with zypper, and made a clean install. Now I have no xorg.conf, and the resolution is only 1024x768 :-(
When you boot please go to the var/log/ and post Xorg.0.log . If you have /etc/X11/xorg.conf please post that too. If you have access to IRC that would speed up process quite a bit. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 05-09-2010 01:29, Rajko M. wrote:
On Saturday 04 September 2010 12:20:13 Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Yes I ran it as root, bue due to probs. with zypper, and made a clean install. Now I have no xorg.conf, and the resolution is only 1024x768 :-( When you boot please go to the var/log/ and post Xorg.0.log . If you have /etc/X11/xorg.conf please post that too.
If you have access to IRC that would speed up process quite a bit.
They are to be found here: http://www.urbakken.dk/Xorg.0.log and http://www.urbakken.dk/xorg.conf The xorg.conf is very virgin like, as it is just made using nvidia-xconfig I'm on IRC now as erikja Are you there, and what nick do you use?. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 05 September 2010 02:21:58 Erik Jakobsen wrote:
On 05-09-2010 01:29, Rajko M. wrote:
On Saturday 04 September 2010 12:20:13 Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Yes I ran it as root, bue due to probs. with zypper, and made a clean install. Now I have no xorg.conf, and the resolution is only 1024x768 :-(
When you boot please go to the var/log/ and post Xorg.0.log . If you have /etc/X11/xorg.conf please post that too.
If you have access to IRC that would speed up process quite a bit.
They are to be found here:
Driver can't read EDID information from monitor: [ 33.825] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-1 [ 33.826] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6200 (NV44) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0) [ 33.826] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes [ 33.826] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.44.a2.09.00 [ 33.826] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X [ 33.826] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU [ 33.827] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 6200 at PCI:1:0:0: [ 33.827] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1 [ 33.827] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock [ 33.827] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-1 [ 33.827] (==) NVIDIA(0): [ 33.827] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select" [ 33.827] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode. [ 33.827] (==) NVIDIA(0): [ 33.827] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes: [ 33.827] (II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select" [ 33.827] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480 [ 33.827] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device CRT-1's EDID; cannot compute DPI [ 33.827] (WW) NVIDIA(0): from CRT-1's EDID. [ 33.827] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
Above means that you have to set manually monitor type in xorg.conf. This is original section monitor: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection "Identifier" is mandatory, and current "Monitor0" is fine. It is just arbitrary string used by the xorg to identify monitor. "VendorName" and "ModelName" are for your convenience, they are not used by xorg to determine graphic configuration. More can be found in xorg.conf manual. (Someone put wiki page about using manuals in SDB? Now it is corrected) http://en.opensuse.org/Manual_pages also I recommend to learn basic usage of: http://en.opensuse.org/Midnight_Commander http://http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Midnight_Commander_tips#Lynx_like_motion It is Swiss Army knife for console operations and once learned you will ask yourself how you did it without. It will save you learning a lot of commands and its switches. (my words in the article :) You have to add DisplaySize of your monitor and probably correct HorizSync and VertRefresh using Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" DisplaySize width height HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection DisplaySize is in millimeters and you can literally put what you can measure on the screen, although it would be better to put vendor's data from monitor manual. HorizSync is in kHz. (vendor's data from monitor manual) VertRefresh is in Hz. (vendor's data from monitor manual)
The xorg.conf is very virgin like, as it is just made using nvidia-xconfig
I'm on IRC now as erikja Are you there, and what nick do you use?.
You found it, but yes, I was not there. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
---snip.
Driver can't read EDID information from monitor:
Ok, I see it.
[ 33.825] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-1 [ 33.826] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6200 (NV44) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0) [ 33.826] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes [ 33.826] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.44.a2.09.00 [ 33.826] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X [ 33.826] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU [ 33.827] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 6200 at PCI:1:0:0: [ 33.827] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1 [ 33.827] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock [ 33.827] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-1 [ 33.827] (==) NVIDIA(0): [ 33.827] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select" [ 33.827] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode. [ 33.827] (==) NVIDIA(0): [ 33.827] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes: [ 33.827] (II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select" [ 33.827] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480 [ 33.827] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device CRT-1's EDID; cannot compute DPI [ 33.827] (WW) NVIDIA(0): from CRT-1's EDID. [ 33.827] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
Above means that you have to set manually monitor type in xorg.conf.
Ok.
This is original section monitor: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection
"Identifier" is mandatory, and current "Monitor0" is fine. It is just arbitrary string used by the xorg to identify monitor. "VendorName" and "ModelName" are for your convenience, they are not used by xorg to determine graphic configuration.
Ok.
More can be found in xorg.conf manual. (Someone put wiki page about using manuals in SDB? Now it is corrected) http://en.opensuse.org/Manual_pages
I will study about xorg.conf.
also I recommend to learn basic usage of: http://en.opensuse.org/Midnight_Commander http://http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Midnight_Commander_tips#Lynx_like_motion It is Swiss Army knife for console operations and once learned you will ask yourself how you did it without. It will save you learning a lot of commands and its switches. (my words in the article :)
I know it and have used it since many years. Starting from the DOS days, I have used Norton Commander, and it's a real Swiss Army knife as you write :-)
You have to add DisplaySize of your monitor and probably correct HorizSync and VertRefresh using
Yes ok.
Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" DisplaySize width height HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection
DisplaySize is in millimeters and you can literally put what you can measure on the screen, although it would be better to put vendor's data from monitor manual.
I will look at the site for it at Acer. It a X233H monitor.
HorizSync is in kHz. (vendor's data from monitor manual) VertRefresh is in Hz. (vendor's data from monitor manual)
The xorg.conf is very virgin like, as it is just made using nvidia-xconfig
I'm on IRC now as erikja Are you there, and what nick do you use?.
You found it, but yes, I was not there.
I can see, that you aren't here now. Being back from a nice walk along the coast of the North Sea, wonderfull it was.
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On Sunday 05 September 2010 02:21:58 Erik Jakobsen wrote: <long snip>
Appears this has all been a bit of a struggle. Perhaps this can help . . . Run cvt in a terminal thus: cvt <horiz> <vert> <refresh> So for example, for my TV/monitor: cvt 1920 1200 60 You will get a modeline, in this example: Modeline "1920x1200_60.00" 193.25 1920 2056 2256 2592 1200 1203 1209 1245 -hsync +vsync Then in xorg.conf you need a section thus: Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" Modeline "1920x1200" 154 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 -hsync +vsync EndSection Note: The X server workflow is (a) do its own detection and configuration, then (b) look for xorg.conf and use any sections there instead - note, the file need not include all sections; for those omitted the server's own initial detection will be used, and then (c) does the same as (b) except using the files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d (most of which are commented out; these are for user mods in lieu of xorg.conf). If everything appears to be working except for the resolution, it may suffice to just add the above Modeline to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf. Going back to the traditional xorg.conf approach, the Monitor section needs to reference the Modes section (or have a modes line in itself), for example: Section "Monitor" Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool" DisplaySize 550 344 HorizSync 30-81 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER" Option "DPMS" Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1200" VendorName "SAM" VertRefresh 50-75 UseModes "Modes[0]" You'll note that the DisplaySize provides the horiz/vert resolution as well (in mm). The Option "PreferredMode" makes that the default and the Modes section provides the correct timings, which sometimes is needed. If the monitor is not providing a correct EDID, then X has to guess at all these values. The above sections eliminates that. Then a screen section which provides the resolutions available for each color-bit level, something like: Section "Screen" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection Device "Device[0]" Identifier "Screen[0]" Monitor "Monitor[0]" EndSection The Device section specifies the driver and the Identifier ref'd in the Screen section: Section "Device" BoardName "GeForce 9800 GTX+" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" VendorName "NVIDIA" EndSection This section enables compositing: Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "on" EndSection And if your card support DRI (in the Module section), then this is probably needed: Section "DRI" Group "video" Mode 0660 EndSection A few other tips (due to this long thread, I may have missed these earlier): * Running "Xorg -configure" as root will give you an xorg.conf skeleton into which you can graft sections such as above (the file will be /root/xorg.conf.new, it needs to be modified and copied to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. * Running as root "nvidia-settings" go to the "Display Configuration" screen; there is a pull-down resolution list. If your display is not listed, the driver cannot read the EDID correctly. There you can also preview an xorg.conf that this pgm will write, and choose to write the file. There will be a modes line in both the Monitor and Screen sections, rather than a seperate Modes section; the result is the same. * Remember to blacklist the nouveau driver, as root: touch /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf * Sometimes it is not sufficient to disable KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) in the kernel boot command. Best to do it in the initrd. In Yast sysconfi editor under kernel, set to "yes" the variable NO_KMS_IN_INITRD. When you close the editor, the initrd will automatically be rebuilt. Hope something above helps. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Many thanks for the reply. I will carefully look at what you have written, and will keep you informed on what happens here. /Erik
On Sunday 05 September 2010 02:21:58 Erik Jakobsen wrote: <long snip>
Appears this has all been a bit of a struggle. Perhaps this can help . . .
Run cvt in a terminal thus:
cvt<horiz> <vert> <refresh>
So for example, for my TV/monitor:
cvt 1920 1200 60
You will get a modeline, in this example:
Modeline "1920x1200_60.00" 193.25 1920 2056 2256 2592 1200 1203 1209 1245 -hsync +vsync
Then in xorg.conf you need a section thus:
Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" Modeline "1920x1200" 154 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 -hsync +vsync EndSection
Note: The X server workflow is (a) do its own detection and configuration, then (b) look for xorg.conf and use any sections there instead - note, the file need not include all sections; for those omitted the server's own initial detection will be used, and then (c) does the same as (b) except using the files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d (most of which are commented out; these are for user mods in lieu of xorg.conf). If everything appears to be working except for the resolution, it may suffice to just add the above Modeline to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf.
Going back to the traditional xorg.conf approach, the Monitor section needs to reference the Modes section (or have a modes line in itself), for example:
Section "Monitor" Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool" DisplaySize 550 344 HorizSync 30-81 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER" Option "DPMS" Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1200" VendorName "SAM" VertRefresh 50-75 UseModes "Modes[0]"
You'll note that the DisplaySize provides the horiz/vert resolution as well (in mm). The Option "PreferredMode" makes that the default and the Modes section provides the correct timings, which sometimes is needed. If the monitor is not providing a correct EDID, then X has to guess at all these values. The above sections eliminates that.
Then a screen section which provides the resolutions available for each color-bit level, something like:
Section "Screen" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection Device "Device[0]" Identifier "Screen[0]" Monitor "Monitor[0]" EndSection
The Device section specifies the driver and the Identifier ref'd in the Screen section:
Section "Device" BoardName "GeForce 9800 GTX+" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" VendorName "NVIDIA" EndSection
This section enables compositing:
Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "on" EndSection
And if your card support DRI (in the Module section), then this is probably needed:
Section "DRI" Group "video" Mode 0660 EndSection
A few other tips (due to this long thread, I may have missed these earlier):
* Running "Xorg -configure" as root will give you an xorg.conf skeleton into which you can graft sections such as above (the file will be /root/xorg.conf.new, it needs to be modified and copied to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
* Running as root "nvidia-settings" go to the "Display Configuration" screen; there is a pull-down resolution list. If your display is not listed, the driver cannot read the EDID correctly. There you can also preview an xorg.conf that this pgm will write, and choose to write the file. There will be a modes line in both the Monitor and Screen sections, rather than a seperate Modes section; the result is the same.
* Remember to blacklist the nouveau driver, as root:
touch /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf echo "blacklist nouveau">> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
* Sometimes it is not sufficient to disable KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) in the kernel boot command. Best to do it in the initrd. In Yast sysconfi editor under kernel, set to "yes" the variable NO_KMS_IN_INITRD. When you close the editor, the initrd will automatically be rebuilt.
Hope something above helps.
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Hi again. I found out, what I think is the main reason for the issue(s). The monitor is not detected. I have done clean installs with and without DVI connected, and also with VGA connected. The monitor in focus is an Acer X233H. I also tested it with an Acer AL1715 -also for VGA and DVI-. None of the monitors were detected. The not detected is as far as I can see, the reason for my troubles. Then I presume, that it's necessary to use xorg.conf, even it's ugly, that none of the monitors got detected. What say folks ?. /Erik -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
You found it, but yes, I was not there.
Hi again.
I found out, what I think is the main reason for the issue(s).
The monitor is not detected.
I have done clean installs with and without DVI connected, and also with VGA connected. The monitor in focus is an Acer X233H.
I also tested it with an Acer AL1715 -also for VGA and DVI-.
None of the monitors were detected.
The not detected is as far as I can see, the reason for my troubles.
Then I presume, that it's necessary to use xorg.conf, even it's ugly, that none of the monitors got detected.
What say folks ?.
/Erik
Long answer: The method of monitor connection should not matter. The dependencies are that the monitor supports the DDC protocol for reading the EDID, the EDID needs to be in a valid readable structure (this standard has changed several times), and the graphics device driver must be able to read that structure. There have been problems in particular with getting these dependencies to work together with wide screen and LCD displays. Often the issue is not that the monitor's EDID is not being detected, but that the driver cannot resolve the native resolution or proper timings. To see what your driver is retrieving from the monitor, try this: Boot into runlevel 3, login, and at the prompt do (note the precise syntax): startx -- - verbose 6 The server may start a session, but more likely with the new X you will just get a solid color screen of some sort. Kill the server (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace twice). Switch to root and read the X log. You should see an EDID section showing what the driver is reading and interpreting from the monitor. Short answer: Yes. If the monitor and/or graphics driver cannot resolve the resolutions, you will need to instruct X what to use. Usually a modeline (cvt will provide that) will take care of that. While you can construct an entire xorg.conf, you may get by with just adding the modeline to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-monitor.conf. Good luck. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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