On 3/4/07, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Ed Greshko wrote: > Matthew Saltzman wrote: >> I have an NVidia FX 5500 and just scrounged up a Samsung SyncMaster 930B >> LCD monitor. I thought I'd try using the digital output of the card, but >> I'm having some issues: >> >> (1) The VCs don't display during startup. >> >> (2) The X server comes up displaying 800x600. I don't seem to be able to >> change it using system-confog-display. I can select 1280x1024, but when I >> log out, I get a message on the display about non-optimal mode and when the >> X server starts, it's in 800x600 again. >> >> The bahavior is the same whether I use the nv driver or the binary nividia >> driver. >> >> How can I solve these issues? Or am I stuck with analog mode? > > I don't know what a "VC" is in 1. Virtual console. I.e., no boot messages on startup. Also, no rhgb. > > However, it may be helpful to post your Xorg.0.log. Good point. See attached log for the nv driver.
(II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (exceeds panel dimensions) I'll guess that the EDID in your display has bogus information about its dimensions. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
