On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 01:14 -0800, Tim Fenn wrote: > On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 08:06:10PM -0600, Jeff Vian wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 13:53 -0500, David Cary Hart wrote: > > > On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 18:40:48 -0600 > > > Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> opined: > > > > I have a fully updated system with an nvidia FX 5500 video card. > > > > It was working well with the Nvidia 1.0-7676 driver on every kernel I > > > > have used. > > > > > > > > I recently updated to the latest driver (1.0-8174) and have a problem I > > > > > > The latest driver is 8178! > > I just tried that one and it is the same as 8174 for me. > > The driver refuses to use the specified VertRefresh for my monitor. > > > > I had a similar problem, for some reason only after updating to 8174 > and/or 8178 on a viewsonic VP191b. It appeared that the EDID > information reported by the monitor wasn't valid for the resolution > I wanted, so I ended up setting "UseEdidFreqs" to false and setting > the refresh rates by hand. Alternatively, just switch to a different > resolution (ctrl-alt-shift-numky+). > Where did you find the "UseEdidFreqs" part? I don't find any reference to it in 'man xorg.conf'. Switching to a different resolution does work, but it seems the 8XXX drivers have some problem with being manually restricted to a given VertRefresh frequency. Going back to the 7676 driver works for all resolutions with the same xorg.conf file. This is really irritating with a monitor that is default resolution of 1600x1200x60 but X cant seem to use it at that resolution with the latest releases of the video card manufacturer's drivers. BTW, I have the same problem on my MX400 adapter as I do on this FX 5500 adapter. I have posted to the Nvidia site on this. > HTH, > Tim > > -- > Morals? I eat communism and $h!t America, brother. --Seanbaby >
