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Not getting correct resolution
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Post # 299381
 Re: Not getting correct resolutionhere is what it says
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| Wed May 02, 2012 11:18 pm |
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MEPIS Enthusiast   Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 9157 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has thanked: 2708 times Have thanks: 574 times
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Post # 299382
Re: Not getting correct resolution Go here: http://smxi.org/
and check the help available. You can specify a particular nvidia driver if needed. You can also use other switches to get a driver installed. They are listed in help. Also, have you tried the vesa suggestion yet? That should run on anything. No matter what. You will find the correct syntax on the cheatcodes page I linked to. You can use vesa with a specified resolution. VESA is the bottom line video driver that's supported by all manufacturers. _________________ "There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders." Alan K. Simpson |
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| Wed May 02, 2012 11:35 pm |
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MEPIS Novice
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Post # 299383
Re: Not getting correct resolution smxi installed an unstable driver and I now have 800x600 resolution which is better but not ideal
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| Wed May 02, 2012 11:57 pm |
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MEPIS Novice
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Post # 299384
Re: Not getting correct resolution Yes vesa works but it gives me no better options than I already have! I want to have a 1920x1080 resolution and nothing anyone here has suggested has got me any higher than what I already have!
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| Thu May 03, 2012 12:07 am |
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MEPIS Enthusiast Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 9157 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has thanked: 2708 times Have thanks: 574 times
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Post # 299387
Re: Not getting correct resolution What, exactly, are you putting in when using the xres cheatcode?
Also, you might install nvidia-xconfig (and nvidia-setting if it is not installed yet). The nvidia-xconfig will show up in System Settings and should allow configuration of your resolution. _________________ "There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders." Alan K. Simpson |
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| Thu May 03, 2012 3:43 am |
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MEPIS Novice
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Post # 299391
Re: Not getting correct resolution xres=1920x1080 confx is what I put in.
Nvidia-xconfig is already there it has only got one setting, auto and that goes straight to 800x600 there are no other options. Nvidia-settings is also there according to synaptic. I downloaded puppy linux and tried that, it had the same problem, I was thinking of DLing Tinyme but I suspect it will be the same. I might even try Ubuntu. |
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| Thu May 03, 2012 5:19 am |
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MEPIS Rules! 
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Post # 299420
Re: Not getting correct resolution Curious about your hardware, is monitor a crt or flat screen, is video on board or card? I have had problems in past with xorg & using 15 pin vga cable with flat screen monitors on cd install. But no sweat with hdmi cable all is normal. Also res seems a bit high without proper glx driver for your rig, might try 10243x786 to start. Might try the cheat this way too. confx xdrvr=1024x768
FYI 200 series nvidia cards & onboard chips sometimes need different drivers & can be a pita. Last edited by fatjak on Thu May 03, 2012 7:55 pm, edited 2 times in total. |
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| Thu May 03, 2012 3:32 pm |
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Post # 299422
Re: Not getting correct resolution @Timbo75,
You mention having used smxi/sgfxi to install the nvidia driver and later talk about using some of the cheatcodes like xres=****, xdrvr=**** & confx. The cheatcodes won't have any effect if you've used smxi/sgfxi to install the nvidia driver. Sgfxi removes the mepis-init package when it installs the nvidia driver. The mepis-init package needs to be reinstalled to get the cheatcodes working again. That may or may not fix your resolution problem but at least the cheatcodes will be functioning again. |
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| Thu May 03, 2012 3:55 pm |
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MEPIS Novice
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Post # 299433
Re: Not getting correct resolution Hardware is as follows
Benq 24 inch widescreen LCD monitor, native resolution is 1920x1080 according to windows 7. graphics card is nvidia GeForce GT 220 1gb connected to monitor through DVI cable. smxi/Sgfxi has installed the 302.07 (unstable or experimental from memory) driver and I now have 800x600 resolution with no other options to use. The most up to date driver from nvidia is190.42 sgfxi will install 190.40 without a problem however that still leaves me where I started. Tried installing the 190.42 driver after DLing from nvidia but it gets so far then tells me ERROR: Unable to determine the version of the kernel sources located in '/lib/modules/2.6.36-1-mepis-smp/source'. @kmarthem I tried the cheat codes before and after using smxi/sgfxi however did not know it wouldn't work after, will try what you suggested and see but i'm not real hopeful. It really has been too long since using linux! Last time it was trying to get a canon ip1600 printer to work, fixed that problem after buying a different printer from a garage sale for $10 that work OOTB with mepis! Maybe I should try that with graphics card. I also thought about disabling the onboard graphics in the BIOS, would that do anything? |
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| Thu May 03, 2012 9:17 pm |
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MEPIS Enthusiast
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Post # 299434
Re: Not getting correct resolution With the nvidia driver have you tried using a very minimal xorg.conf?
I'm using the xorg.conf shown below. In my case Xorg seems to autodetect and setup everything correctly while starting X and it works fine.
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| Thu May 03, 2012 9:36 pm |
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