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Configuring xorg display settings in Zenwalk

Hello, I have installed Zenwalk but am having trouble getting the screen resolution to anything more than 800x600. I tried using the gtf tool to generate a Modeline string for the xorg.conf file, but that did not help. The Monitor section of the xorg.conf file looks like this:
Section "Monitor"
      Identifier "Monitor1"
      # 1440x900 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 55.92 kHz; pclk: 106.47 MHz
       Modeline "1440x900_60" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync +Vsync
#

# HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0
# VertRefresh 40-90
#        Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
#      Option        "DPMS"
#      Option "ReducedBlanking"

EndSection
Please help.

farzanj

Try this command

X -configure

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kerzner

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Unfortunately it did not work. When I tried using the new configuration a black screen resulted.

bz43

Have you checked any of the links below?
http://manual.zenwalk.org/en/Video_Configuration.html
http://manual.zenwalk.org/en/Modifying_xorg_configuration.html
http://manual.zenwalk.org/en/X_Window_Manager_Configuration.html

To detect your graphics card:

root[host]# videoconfig

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bz43

Driver installation for NVidia and ATI:
http://wiki.zenwalk.org/index.php?title=Index:HARDWARE

kerzner

ASKER

I ran videoconfig, and xorg.conf file was modified to include this:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"

# Modeline "1680x1050_59.954" 146.250000 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 +HSync -VSync

However, it did not say what graphics card I have, nor did it change anything.
I have previously installed Nvidia drivers, but that made the system stall after booting.

bz43

Maybe try running xorgconfig as root in text mode. Look at http://manual.zenwalk.org/en/Modifying_xorg_configuration.html

What video card do you have? What computer do you have? Are you using a CRT or LCD?

bz43

Backup your current xorg.conf for safety:

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak

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bz43

Also, please post your entire xorg.conf if you can. Thank you.

kerzner

ASKER

Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 4 Integrated GPU
Computer - Powerspec 6340, using Optiquest LCD Optimum resolution 1680x1050

I did run videconfig as root in text mode. Here's the xorf.conf. Thank you.

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by videoconfig, the Zenwalk X Configurator.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command from runlevel 3:
# videoconfig

# Files ( File pathnames )
#_______________________________________________________________________

# ServerFlags ( Server flags )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "ServerFlags"
#      Option            "NoTrapSignals"
#      Option            "DontVTSwitch"
      Option             "DontZap"            "off"
#      Option            "DontZoom"
#      Option            "DisableVidModeExtension"
#      Option            "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"
#      Option            "DisableModInDev"
#      Option            "AllowNonLocalModInDev"
#      Option "blank time"            "10"            # 10 minutes
#      Option "standby time"            "20"
#      Option "suspend time"            "30"
#      Option            "off time"                  "60"
#      Option            "EstimateSizesAggresively" "0"
      Option            "AutoEnableDevices"      "false"
      Option            "AutoAddDevices"      "false"
      Option            "AllowEmptyInput"      "false"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Module section ( Dynamically loadable modules )
#_______________________________________________________________________

# Extensions ( Extension enabling )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "enable"
EndSection

# InputDevice ( Input device description )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "InputDevice"
      Identifier      "Keyboard1"
      Driver      "kbd"
#      Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
#      Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"
#      Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
#      Option "XkbDisable"
      Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
      Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
      Option "XkbLayout" "us"
#      Option "XkbVariant" "us"
      Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver
      Identifier "Mouse1"
      Driver        "mouse"
      Option        "Protocol" "Auto"
      Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
#      Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
#      Option "BaudRate" "9600"
#      Option "SampleRate"      "150"
#      Option "Emulate3Buttons"
#      Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
#      Option "ChordMiddle"
      Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
      Identifier "Pad1"
      Driver "synaptics"
      Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
      Option "Device" "/dev/tp1"
      Option "TapButton1" "1"
#      Option "VertEdgeScroll" "1"
#      Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "1"
#      Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
#      Option "RightEdge" "5300"
#      Option "TopEdge" "1700"
#      Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
#      Option "FingerLow" "25"
#      Option "FingerHigh" "30"
#      Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
#      Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
#      Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
#      Option "MinSpeed" "0.09"
#      Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18"
#      Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015"
      Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

# Device ( Graphics device description )
#_______________________________________________________________________

# Any number of graphic devices sections may be present

Section "Device"
      Identifier "Videocard1"
# VendorName "Unknown Vendor"
#       BoardName ""
#       Driver "vesa"
# BusID ""
#       Option "RenderAccel" "true"
#       Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "on"
EndSection

# Monitor ( Monitor description )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "Monitor"
      Identifier "Monitor1"

#      Modeline "1680x1050_59.954" 146.250000 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 +HSync -VSync

#       HorizSync 30-80
#       VertRefresh 55-75
#
#      Option        "DPMS"
#      Option "ReducedBlanking"

EndSection

# Screen ( Screen configuration )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Zenwalk"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"

DefaultDepth 24

# Subsection "Display"
# Depth 8
# Modes "1680x1050_59.954" "2560x1600" "2048x1536" "1920x1440" "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1400x900" "1360x768" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x720" "1200x900" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "1024x600" "854x480" "848x480" "800x600"
#      EndSubsection
# Subsection "Display"
# Depth 16
# Modes "1680x1050_59.954" "2560x1600" "2048x1536" "1920x1440" "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1400x900" "1360x768" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x720" "1200x900" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "1024x600" "854x480" "848x480" "800x600"
#      EndSubsection
# Subsection "Display"
# Depth 24
# Modes "1680x1050_59.954" "2560x1600" "2048x1536" "1920x1440" "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1400x900" "1360x768" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x720" "1200x900" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "1024x600" "854x480" "848x480" "800x600"
#      EndSubsection
# Subsection "Display"
# Depth 32
# Modes "1680x1050_59.954" "2560x1600" "2048x1536" "1920x1440" "1920x1200" "1920x1080" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1400x900" "1360x768" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x720" "1200x900" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "1024x600" "854x480" "848x480" "800x600"
#      EndSubsection
EndSection

# ServerLayout ( Overall layout )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "ServerLayout"
      Identifier            "Simple Layout"
      Screen                  "Zenwalk"
      InputDevice            "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
      InputDevice            "Pad1" "SendCoreEvents"
      InputDevice            "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

# DRI ( DRI-specific configuration )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "dri"
# Access to OpenGL ICD is allowed for all users:
Mode            0666
# Access to OpenGL ICD is restricted to a specific user group:
# Group            100 # users
EndSection

bz43

what's the model of your Optiquest?

bz43

I'd like to find out the HorizSync and VertRefresh of your monitor. Your xorg.conf has them remarked out with "#".

bz43

I'd like to see the output of lspci. In a terminal please run it and post the output here. Thank you. This should give you some idea of the driver you should be using.

lspci

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bz43

Remove the # mark at the beginning of the line
Code:

# Driver "vesa"

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in your xorg.conf and try nvidia-xconfig. XFCE Menu -> Settings -> Nvidia X settings
The # mark makes the line into a comment, which is ignored.

If that does not work delete etc/X11/xorg.conf and reboot. See what happens without the xorg.conf file.

kerzner

ASKER

Optiquest Model is Q2162wb. I do not have any nvidia drivers installed now, so can't run nvidia-xconfig. I removed the # before the driver "vesa" line, which did nothing. After removing the xorg.conf file as you suggested, the display started normally.

Here's the lspci output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A ISA bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP2A SMBus (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2S AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP2A IDE (rev a3)
00:0b.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Serial ATA Controller (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3)
02:08.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem (rev 02)

kerzner

ASKER

Normally as in the problem remained unchanged.

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kerzner

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I tried your solution A, then ran videoconfig to generate a new xorg.conf file. After removing the # before the Driver section, and changing the driver to nvidia, and uncommenting the Modeline and Hsync and Vsync section, everything worked. Thanks so much!

kerzner

ASKER

Thank you very much for attending to my problem. I thought it could never be fixed.

bz43

Hi kerzner, you're welcome :)
and, glad it's fixed!

bz43

I'd like to see your final xorg.conf. If you have time would you please post it?

kerzner

ASKER

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder75) Wed Oct 27 19:21:11 PDT 2010

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: xconfig, VertRefresh source: xconfig
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "CRT-0"
HorizSync 30.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 75.0
ModeLine "1680x1050_59.954" 146.2 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 +hsync -vsync
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "metamodes" "1024x768 +0+0; 1680x1050_59.954 +0+0; 1600x1200 +0+0; 1400x1050 +0+0; 1280x1024 +0+0; 1280x960 +0+0; 1152x864 +0+0; 800x600 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

bz43

Thanks!