installed nvidia card but can't keep screen resolution

[tmray]

I installed the nvidia card for feisty but everytime I reboot it has a screen resolution of 800x600. and the monitor settings in system settings doesn't offer anything higher, and I need 1280x1040. I have to go into xorg.config and change all the "640x..." settings to "1280x1040" then I reboot and it's still at 800x600 and in the monitor settings it then has the abilty to change to 1280x1040. so I switch to that and the screen is fine. Then when I reboot it starts all over again.

[dibl]

Re: installed nvidia card but can't keep screen resolution

Which card and which driver? For Feisty, if your card is one of the newer models, then you should use nvidia-glx from the repos for your driver. In a console window give it "nvidia-settings" and it will open the xserver setting utility, which will let you set monitor resolution and refresh rate.

[MepisReign]

Re: installed nvidia card but can't keep screen resolution

I would suggest to run the NVIDIA settings by typing "sudo nvidia-settings" (without the quotes) on the Konsole, it will request the password. There, make the changes that you want and then click on "Save to X configuration file" in order to make the changes permanent. After that you can hit Ctrl + Alt + Backspace to restart X, the changes must be applied by then.

Maybe that will help you, please let us know....

Greetz

MepisReign

[tmray]

Re: installed nvidia card but can't keep screen resolution

well the "Save to X configuration file" was unselected so I thought that would do the trick but it didn't. At the log in window it has the correct resolution but when I sign in the sreen refeshes and then turns to 800x600 again.

here's the device info from my xorg.conf file

Section "Device"
 identifier "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200"
 boardname "nv"
 busid "PCI:1:5:0"
 driver "nv"
 screen 0
EndSection

And the monitors keep going back to this even if I change it.

Section "Monitor"
 identifier "Generic Monitor"
 vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
 modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
 modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
 gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200"
 Monitor "Generic Monitor"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  depth 24
  virtual 640 480
  modes "640x480@60"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
 InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
 InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
 InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
 Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "device" # 
 identifier "device1"
 boardname "Intel 845"
 busid "PCI:0:2:0"
 driver "i810"
 screen 0
 vendorname "Intel"
EndSection
Section "screen" # 
 identifier "screen1"
 device "device1"
 defaultdepth 24
 monitor "monitor1"
 SubSection "Display"
  depth 24
  modes "640x480@60"
 EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "monitor" # 
 identifier "monitor1"
 vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
 modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
 modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
 gamma 1.0
EndSection
Section "device" # 
 identifier "device2"
 boardname "nv"
 busid "PCI:1:5:0"
 driver "nv"
 screen 1
EndSection
Section "screen" # 
 identifier "screen2"
 device "device2"
 defaultdepth 24
 monitor "monitor2"
 SubSection "Display"
  depth 24
  modes "640x480@60"
 EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "monitor" # 
 identifier "monitor2"
 vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
 modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
 modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
 gamma 1.0
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

plus here's my module info

Section "Module"
 Load "bitmap"
 Load "ddc"
 # Load	"dri"
 Load "extmod"
 Load "freetype"
 Load "int10"
 Load "vbe"
 load "glx"
 load "GLcore"
 load "v4l"
EndSection

[tmray]

Re: installed nvidia card but can't keep screen resolution

You know what? I fixed it. and totally by accident. first I booted to recovery mode then did the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg thing for the millionth time. but this time instead of auto detecting the monitor I entered my samsung syncmaster 730B as the screen name then when it went to the next choice 1280x1040 was already chosen which it never had been before. Then when I was all done with the reconfigure process, I usually opened the xorg.conf file with nano and commented out DRI in the modules and commented out the bus ID for my nvidia device and adding "option NvAGP 1" after it, based on the post I used to install the video card. Well, this time I forgot to do that and just started kubuntu and TADA! It was fine.

Apparently those changes don't need to be added anymore, the post was for installing nvidia in ubuntu 5.04.

Whew. glad that's over. Now to install Beryl, in other words I'll be back.

[Razamanaz]

Re: installed nvidia card but can't keep screen resolution

I am having a similar problem. I have a Samsung Syncmaster 731b. An NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 video card. I downloaded and installed autmatix2 which worked wonderfully. I had FINALLY been able to run the GL Screensavers and I also FINALLY saw the NVIDIA splash screen which is an indication that I got the drivers installed and running (just guessing actually). I rebooted the machine and all was looking ok. I installed the addition fonts that automatix2 can install and suddenly I was in 640x800 mode and now I can't seem to get out of that mode. I was also in the NVIDIA settings trying to find my monitor but can't.

So to my point, When I come to the point of selecting a monitor instead of auto detecting can I try the Syncmaster 730b even though I have a 731b?
I am on Feisty 7.04. The kernel I believe is 2.6.20.15 386 or something like that. I'm not at that machine right now so I can't say for sure. Any help would be appreciated. Just wondering if I could use your example of the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and use that 730b? Thanks again

[tmray]

Re: installed nvidia card but can't keep screen resolution

I had this same problem and the solution is so simple you'll kick yourself. It's a capital B in 731B. Enter the monitor in the set up that way and it will know your monitor.

[SheeEttin]

Re: installed nvidia card but can't keep screen resolution

Razamanaz, from what I can see, the hardware looks very similar, if not identical. You should have no problem with that, but I am not responsible for damage to your hardware. (My monitor actually refuses to display things that will damage it, e.g. bad sync rates. Yours might too.)

tmray, assuming you're talking about "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg", there should be no difference. That's only an identifying string to tell different monitors apart.