Oh dear,<br><br>It's getting worse! ;-)<br>I can still see the EDID etc options in there, can you remove them?<br>So:<br><br><br><span class="q">Section "Monitor"<br> Identifier "BenQ W100"<br>
</span><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="q"> #Option "ModeValidation" "AllowNon60HzDFPModes"<br> #Option "ModeValidation" "NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck"<br></span>
</div><div style="direction: ltr;"> #Option "DDC" "False"<br>EndSection<br></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="q"><br>Section "Device"<br> Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
<br> Driver "nvidia"<br></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"> Option "NoDDC"<br></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="q">EndSection<br><br>Section "Screen"
<br> Identifier "Default Screen"<br> Device "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"<br> Monitor "BenQ W100"<br> DefaultDepth 24<br> Subsection "Display"
<br> Depth 24<br></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"> Modes "1024x768_70" "1024x768_60" "1024x768" "800x600_70" "800x600_60" "800x600"
<br></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="q"> EndSubsection<br>EndSection</span></div><br><br>Oh and use startx -- -logverbose 255 (The 255 give's lots more useful info!).<br><br>Cheers
<br><br>Steve<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 18/06/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Damian Surr</b> <<a href="mailto:damian@gingermagic.co.uk">damian@gingermagic.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Alan Calvert wrote:<br>> Damian Surr wrote:<br>>> Steve Smith wrote:<br>>>> Damian,<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> I did a bit of reading. Maybe if you were to go right back to basics and
<br>>>> see what the NVIDIA can do on its own:<br>>>> 1) Get rid of the modelines.<br>>>> 2) Try specifying the resolution as "1024x768_60" in the "Modes" line.<br>>>> The EDID suggests the monitor will support this.
<br>>>> 3) Don't put any of those "NoEDID" options etc in there, let's just see<br>>>> if the NVIDIA can sort it out itself!<br>>>> 4) Don't specify the horizontal and vertical frequency limits either
<br>>>> just see what the EDID gives us...<br>>>><br>>>> Do the startx --logverbose 5 thing and see what happens....<br>>> Right Steve, I did that.<br>><br>> You still don't have a _valid_ 1024x768 mode line. Try going even one step
<br>> simpler ...<br>><br>> Section "Screen"<br>> Identifier "Default Screen"<br>> Device "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"<br>> Monitor "BenQ W100"
<br>> DefaultDepth 24<br>> Option "metamodes" "1024x768 +0+0"<br>> Subsection "Display"<br>> Depth 24<br>> Modes "1024x768" # Note, just "1024x768", no fancy frequency specification!
<br>> EndSubsection<br>> EndSection<br>><br>> And when you post your next log, please consider pruning it first (especially<br>> if you're going to post it multiple times!). All that's relevant for now is
<br>> from ...<br>> > (II) Setting vga for screen 0.<br>><br>> down to ...<br>> > (WW) NVIDIA(0): BenQ W100 (DFP-0)'s EDID does not contain a maximum image<br>> > (WW) NVIDIA(0): size; cannot compute DPI from BenQ W100 (DFP-0)'s EDID.
<br>> > (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default<br>> > (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp<br>> or thereabouts. Lose the rest.<br>><br>> cheers.<br>> _______________________________________________
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</a><br>><br><br>Thanks Alan,<br><br>Here's what I get with that ...<br><br>(II) Setting vga for screen 0.<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32<br>(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888<br>(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
<br>(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoDDC"<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEdidFreqs" "false"
<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "1024x768 +0+0"<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEdidDpi" "false"<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "ModeValidation" "AllowNon60HzDFPModes,
<br>NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck"<br>(==) NVIDIA(0): Using HW cursor<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration<br>(==) NVIDIA(0): Video key set to default value of 0x101fe<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID has been
<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): disabled on all display devices.<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0):<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): The IgnoreEDID and NoDDC options have been deprecated. The<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA X driver makes use of a display device's EDID
<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): during construction of its modePool. It is recommended<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): that you allow the X driver to make use of any available<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): EDID. If, however, you know what you are doing and have
<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): good reason to do so, you can disable the X driver's use<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): of EDIDs by setting the "UseEDID" X configuration option<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): to FALSE; e.g.,<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0):
<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0):<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): Note that, rather than globally disable all uses of the<br>EDID,<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): you can individually disable each particular use of the
<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): EDID; e.g.,<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0):<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "FALSE"<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEDIDDpi" "FALSE"<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "ModeValidation" "NoEdidModes"
<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0):<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): See Appendix D: X Config Options in the README for<br>details on<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): each of these options.<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0):<br>(**) NVIDIA(0): Ignoring EDIDs<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X
<br>extensions is<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.<br>(II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Not probing EDID on DFP-0.<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce FX 5200 at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): GPU Architecture: 0x30
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): GPU Implementation: 0x34<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): GPU Revision: 0xb1<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.65.00<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): Found 2 CRTCs on board<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Supported display device(s): CRT-0, CRT-1, DFP-0, TV-0
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Bus detected as AGP<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU<br>(II) NVIDIA(0):<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Mode timing constraints for : GeForce FX 5200
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Maximum mode timing values :<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Visible Width : 8192<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Blank Start : 8192<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Blank Width : 4096<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Sync Start : 8184
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Sync Width : 504<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Total Width : 8224<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Vertical Visible Height : 8192<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Vertical Blank Start : 8192<br>
(II) NVIDIA(0): Vertical Blank Width : 256<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Veritcal Sync Start : 8191<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Vertical Sync Width : 15<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Vertical Total Height : 8193<br>(II) NVIDIA(0):
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Minimum mode timing values :<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Total Width : 40<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Vertical Total Height : 2<br>(II) NVIDIA(0):<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Mode timing alignment :
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Visible Width : multiples of 8<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Blank Start : multiples of 8<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Blank Width : multiples of 8<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Sync Start : multiples of 8
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Sync Width : multiples of 8<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Horizontal Total Width : multiples of 8<br>(II) NVIDIA(0):<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce FX 5200 at PCI:1:0:0:
<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: 135.0 MHz maximum pixel clock<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal Single Link TMDS<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Native FlatPanel Scaling is not supported<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: DFP modes are limited to 60 Hz refresh rate
<br>(--) NVIDIA(0):<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): --- EDID for DFP-0 ---<br>(--) NVIDIA(0):<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): No EDID Available.<br>(--) NVIDIA(0):<br>(--) NVIDIA(0): --- End of EDID for DFP-0 ---<br>(--) NVIDIA(0):<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Mode Validation Overrides for DFP-0:
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): AllowNon60HzDFPModes<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Frequency information for DFP-0:<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): HorizSync : 28.000-33.000 kHz<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): VertRefresh :
43.000-72.000 Hz<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): (HorizSync from Conservative Defaults)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): (VertRefresh from Conservative Defaults)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0):<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Native backend timings for DFP-0:<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): 640 x 480 @ 60 Hz
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Pixel Clock : 25.18 MHz<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): HRes, HSyncStart : 640, 656<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): HSyncEnd, HTotal : 752, 800<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): VRes, VSyncStart : 480, 490<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): VSyncEnd, VTotal : 492, 525
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): H/V Polarity : +/+<br>(II) NVIDIA(0):<br>(II) NVIDIA(0):<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): --- Modes in ModePool for DFP-0 ---<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select" : 640 x 480 @ 60.0 Hz (from: VESA)
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): "640x480" : 640 x 480 @ 60.0 Hz (from: VESA)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): "640x480_60" : 640 x 480 @ 60.0 Hz (from: VESA)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): "320x240" : 320 x 240 @
60.0 Hz DoubleScan<br> (from: X Server)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): "320x240d60" : 320 x 240 @ 60.0 Hz DoubleScan<br> (from: X Server)<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): --- End of ModePool for DFP-0: ---<br>(II) NVIDIA(0):
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Using MetaMode string: "1024x768 +0+0"<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Requested modes:<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): "1024x768+0+0"<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1024x768+0+0"; removing.
<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0):<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the<br>default mode<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select".<br>(WW) NVIDIA(0):<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): MetaMode "nvidia-auto-select":
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Bounding Box: [0, 0, 640, 480]<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: "nvidia-auto-select"<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Size : 640 x 480<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Offset : +0 +0<br>
(II) NVIDIA(0): Panning Domain: @ 640 x 480<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Position : [0, 0, 640, 480]<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480<br>(II) NVIDIA(0):<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): Implicitly adding the following modes to X Screen 0 (these
<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): will be available via XRandR and XF86VidMode):<br>(II) NVIDIA(0):<br>(II) NVIDIA(0): "320x240" : 320 x 240 @ 60.0 Hz DoubleScan<br>(II) NVIDIA(0):<br>(==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
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