On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 07:06 +0100, Andy Green wrote: > On Friday 26 August 2005 03:43, Phill Wolf wrote: > > > (II) NV(0): Mode "1600x1200" is larger than BIOS programmed panel > > size of 1280 x 1024. Removing. > > I had the same problem here, with a 1600x1200 DVI LCD... my error using the > Free nv driver is even a little worse, my 'BIOS programmed Panel Size' being > 1024x768. > > You can fix it by installing the Closed Source nVidia binary driver (see > www.nvidia.com) and adding the following to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the > Device section > > Option "FlatPanel" "on" > Option "FixPanelSize" "on" > > Sadly the otherwise fine nv driver does not have this stuff. > One other testimony that the 1600x1200 works and a hint that may help. I am using a SyncMaster 213T flat panel on an Nvidia FX 5500 adapter with the nvidia driver. The only thing I had to do to specifically enable the resolution was set the VertRefresh rate to 60.0 since that was the native for this monitor. Jeff
