Re: PLEASE HELP - Video Resolution keeps changing

2008-11-05 Thread Tod Merley 
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FC 8 KDE
> Using the nv or nividia driver,the Video resolution keeps changing after I
> set it in system-config-display to 1024x768.
> It always changes to higher resolution after rebooting box.
> I have four other new Linux users that are having the same problem, and they
> very unhappy with Linux because of this.
> What is causing this problem ??
> I use KDE and so does the other four new LInux users, and I can't update to
> FC 9 or 10 because KDE is so unstable.
>
> Below is xorg.conf
>
> # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
>

>
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Hi Jim!

Well, first lets find out what is going on - execute:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log$ cp Xorg.0.log /home/tod/Desktop/Xorg.0.log.txt

Of course you need to move to /var/log before you do this and use the
actual name of your home directory to land the file on your desktop.
I like to do it this way because it is convenient and kind of makes a
snapshot of the log file as well.

Pull the resulting file into your favorite text editor.  Note at the
beginning of the file those things you will find at the beginning of
the line in parenthesis.  Be very watchful for "(WW)" and especially
"(EE)".  Also be looking for the word "not" (as in "not using"). The
text editor environment is nice since you can use "find" and "find
again" to search for these things as you need to and move around in
the file efficiently.

Lets also have a look at your video hardware from the view of the pci
buss.  Execute (as ROOT):


[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log# lspci -v -v -x > /home/tod/Desktop/lspci.txt

Again making those changes necessary to your environment.  Then again
pull it in to your text editor.  At the bottom of the file you will
usually find the video adapter.

Probably you will find in the Xorg.0.log that it does not like the
settings recommended in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and so chooses
one that it does like.  You may need to get the technical information
on your video adapter and display to change your xorg.conf so that X
can use it.  Another possible way is to use a live CD (Knoppix,
perhaps Fedora, Ubuntu, etc...) and see what they come up with for an
xorg.conf that X likes!  I have occasionally used critical portions
(monitor, screen) of such a xorg.conf to modify one that was not
working and had very good results.

Have a lot of fun!

Tod

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Re: PLEASE HELP - Video Resolution keeps changing

2008-11-05 Thread Aldo Foot 
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tim wrote:
>>> Using the nv or nividia driver,the Video resolution keeps changing
>>> after I set it in system-config-display to 1024x768.
>>> It always changes to higher resolution after rebooting box.
>>>
>>
>> What happens if you go into their personal preferences, and set a
>> particular screen resolution in there?
>>
> As user , In KDE  > Configure Desktop > Display the settings there are
> 1024x768 and never change
>

Try this command as regular user:
  $ krandrtray
It puts an icon on the lower right icon tray. Click on it (blue-ish square) and
select a resolution to change it on the fly. This icon shows the available
resolutions your display can take.

Also execute as regular user 'xrandr', which also shows the resolutions your
card takes. In my case it shows over two dozen possibilities even though
my xorg.conf has no particular modeline in it.

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


so the last obvious thing to consider is: does your display support
the resolution
to which you want to set it?

I have experienced the problem you described. Using the xorg comand from
my previous email helped solved the problem with an nvidia card.
problem.
~af

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Re: PLEASE HELP - Video Resolution keeps changing

2008-11-05 Thread Jim 

Tim wrote:

On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 12:22 -0500, Jim wrote:
  

Using the nv or nividia driver,the Video resolution keeps changing
after 
I set it in system-config-display to 1024x768.

It always changes to higher resolution after rebooting box.



What happens if you go into their personal preferences, and set a
particular screen resolution in there?

  
As user , In KDE  > Configure Desktop > Display the settings there are 
1024x768 and never change


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Re: PLEASE HELP - Video Resolution keeps changing

2008-11-05 Thread Aldo Foot 
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FC 8 KDE
> Using the nv or nividia driver,the Video resolution keeps changing after I
> set it in system-config-display to 1024x768.
> It always changes to higher resolution after rebooting box.
> I have four other new Linux users that are having the same problem, and they
> very unhappy with Linux because of this.
> What is causing this problem ??
> I use KDE and so does the other four new LInux users, and I can't update to
> FC 9 or 10 because KDE is so unstable.
>
> Below is xorg.conf
>
> # 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"
>   ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
>   ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>   Option"AIGLX" "on"
> 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"
>   Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>   Driver  "kbd"
>   Option"XkbModel" "pc105"
>   Option"XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>   Identifier   "Monitor0"
>   ModelName"LCD Panel 1024x768"
>   HorizSync31.5 - 48.5
>   VertRefresh  40.0 - 70.0
>   ModeLine "1024x768" 94.5 1024 1080 1176 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync
> +vsync
>   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
>   Modes "1024x768"
>   EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Extensions"
>   Option"Composite" "Enable"
> EndSection
>
>
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Try creating an Xorg.conf from scratch (backup your existing config file):
   > Xorg -configure   ...note the name and location of the new file
   > Xorg -probeonly  ...test the new config file
read xorg's man page or search the web a bit.

~af

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Re: PLEASE HELP - Video Resolution keeps changing

2008-11-05 Thread Tim 
On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 12:22 -0500, Jim wrote:
> Using the nv or nividia driver,the Video resolution keeps changing
> after 
> I set it in system-config-display to 1024x768.
> It always changes to higher resolution after rebooting box.

What happens if you go into their personal preferences, and set a
particular screen resolution in there?

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Re: PLEASE HELP - Video Resolution keeps changing

2008-11-05 Thread g 
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Jim wrote:

> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier   "Monitor0"
> ModelName"LCD Panel 1024x768"
> HorizSync31.5 - 48.5
> VertRefresh  40.0 - 70.0
> ModeLine "1024x768" 94.5 1024 1080 1176 1376 768 769 772 808

possible by changing to;

   ModeLine "1024x768"

leaving out ' 94.5 1024 1080 1176 1376 768 769 772 808 '

i say possible, because i know it will lock a standard crt monitor.
have never tried it on an lcd monitor.
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PLEASE HELP - Video Resolution keeps changing

2008-11-05 Thread Jim 

FC 8 KDE
Using the nv or nividia driver,the Video resolution keeps changing after 
I set it in system-config-display to 1024x768.

It always changes to higher resolution after rebooting box.
I have four other new Linux users that are having the same problem, and 
they very unhappy with Linux because of this.

What is causing this problem ??
I use KDE and so does the other four new LInux users, and I can't update 
to FC 9 or 10 because KDE is so unstable.


Below is xorg.conf

# 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"
   ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
   ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
   Option"AIGLX" "on"
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"
   Identifier  "Keyboard0"
   Driver  "kbd"
   Option"XkbModel" "pc105"
   Option"XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "Monitor0"
   ModelName"LCD Panel 1024x768"
   HorizSync31.5 - 48.5
   VertRefresh  40.0 - 70.0
   ModeLine "1024x768" 94.5 1024 1080 1176 1376 768 769 772 808 
+hsync +vsync

   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
   Modes "1024x768"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

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




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