Public bug reported:
It makes now almost 6 years that I'm on Linux, and I can say that I
never had such problems with nvidia/xorg and my screen until now. Even
though I had some really hard one back on my old Debian and all the
kernel recompilation stuff. That was just to say that, even if I'm not
an expert, I know few stuff about how to get my screen recognized by the
xserver.
But this time, it feels like the whole xorg/nvidia/acer combo is broken.
This bug appears one week ago (after an update which included the xorg
and linux kernel packages) and each day nights until then I tried to
solve the problem, which I didn't have. So it's really my last chance
here...
To be sure it wasn't a complete mess in my configuration files that was the
cause of this problem, I've just reinstalled a whole new Ubuntu 8.04 beta,
freshly downloaded and burned. The result is the same: can't get my screen
detected with nvidia driver enabled.
It wouldn't be a real problem if the nv driver was capable of detecting wide
resolution screens. I could wait until the next nvidia or xorg release. But
here I'm writing on a 22" screen with a 1280x1024 resolution. Might as well say
that I'm even considering to switch back to Windows (and I really don't want
to!), but I need to work on my computer...
Here is what I tried for now:
The biggest resolution I can have with the nv driver is 1280x1024.
The biggest resolution I can have with the nvidia driver is less than 640x480.
Each time I tried a resolution above, the screen was displaying a completely
wrong resolution (like taller than wider) and the screen was like vertically
shifted down.
I tried nvidia-settings to configure my xorg config file.
I tried writing my own config file, with the appropriate modelines gathered
from google searches.
I tried configuring with the gnome-system-monitor app. Using preset generic
screens (LCD Panel 1680x1050, LCD Panel 1920x1080, Monitor 1600x1200, and all
with or without wide screen checked).
I tried also adding a configured screen using the .inf file of my LCD (Acer
AL2216W).
I tried with generic or 386 version of the 2.6.24-11 and 2.6.24-12 kernels.
I also tried to install the driver with the envyng app.
I'm sure I tried other stuff, but I can't remember. At least I can say that I
tried! :)
It feels like the last nvidia driver or the last xorg release (or both)
can't detect my screen anymore.
Here is the packages installed:
* linux-images-2.6.24-12-generic (v2.6.24-12.22)
* xorg (v1:7.3+10ubuntu7)
* nvidia-glx-new (v169.12+2.6.24.11-12.31)
(I repeat, this is a freshly new installation from this morning, so I don't
have 10 different configs that could be in conflict anymore, but the result is
the same)
I'll attach my xorg.conf, and the other I tried and the xorg log.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[Hardy] Screen detection problems with xorg, nvidia and an Acer AL2216W
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205093
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