Envy trouble - working - not working - working ... With xorg.0.log entry found

[nilsA]

Gainward GeForce 6800LE 128MB DDR - tend every now and then to fall back to a version of the driver that

a) Change the de facto resolution to something like 11600x1200@60(?) (should be 1600x1200@85

b) System setting says 2048x1536@50. Can be right - as it is scrollable.

c) I can set the values to 1600x1200@55. Not 85.

What seems to happen is that the xorg.conf file change, so that my Nokia 446Xpro is exchanged with some "generic monitor".

However, in System Settings, it clearly say Noikia 446Xpor.

So far I fix this by removing the GEForce driver found by Envy, reboot and reinstall.

It is slow, boring, irritating -

Anyone know how to avoid this, while still using the driver found by Envy?

[dibl]

Re: Envy trouble

What seems to happen is that the xorg.conf file change, so that my Nokia 446Xpro is exchanged with some "generic monitor".

Maybe if you use Envy to install the Nvidia driver, then use

sudo nvidia-settings

and click "detect display", then click "Save To X Configuration File", it will set the monitor in xorg.conf.

Then leave System Settings > Monitor & Display closed. :P

[nilsA]

Re: Envy trouble

Maybe if you use Envy to install the Nvidia driver, then use

sudo nvidia-settings

and click "detect display", then click "Save To X Configuration File", it will set the monitor in xorg.conf.

Then leave System Settings > Monitor & Display closed. :P

Thank you - it did not work quite as described: The "program" did not detect the Monitor. Maybe that's the problem? Well, I set it to the 1600x1200@85 I want - so let's see what happens.

EDIT:

No luck. Though it say I can use 85HZ - the truth is, nvidia-settings choose 60HZ, all on it's own. I'll just remove the driver, and see.

[dibl]

Re: Envy trouble

Hmmm. Well, maybe you need the "DPMS" option in xorg.conf to make that monitor behave!

[nilsA]

Re: Envy trouble

Hmmm. Well, maybe you need the "DPMS" option in xorg.conf to make that monitor behave!

What is DPMS?

EDIT:

I still don't know what it is - however during my experiments it was introduced - to no help it seems.

However, I found this:

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"GEforce 6800"
	Monitor		"Nokia 446Xpro"
	Defaultdepth	24
	Option		"AddARGBGLXVisuals"	"True"
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	24
		Virtual	2048	1536
		Modes		"1600x1200@60"	"1600x1200@75"	"1600x1200@65"	"1600x1200@70"	
"1400x1050@75"	"1600x1200@85"	"1400x1050@60"	"1792x1344@75"	"1280x960@75"	
"1792x1344@60"	"1280x1024@60"	"1856x1392@60"	"1280x1024@85"	"1920x1440@60"	
"1280x960@85"	"2048x1536@60"	"1280x960@60"	"1280x1024@75"	"1152x864@75"	
"1024x768@43"	"1024x768@60"	"1024x768@70"	"1024x768@75"	"1024x768@85"	
"832x624@75"	"800x600@60"	"800x600@85"	"800x600@75"	"800x600@72"	
"800x600@56"	"640x480@85"	"640x480@75"	"640x480@72"	"640x480@60"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

where the line

		Virtual	2048	1536

could be what is happening - sometimes. At that resolution - could the max. HZ rate be 55?

I've commented it out, to see what happens.

[SlyFerret]

Re: Envy trouble

Is this an LCD or a CRT display?

If it's an LCD, that refresh may be too high.

-SF

[nilsA]

Re: Envy trouble

Is this an LCD or a CRT display?

If it's an LCD, that refresh may be too high.

-SF

It's a CRT.

And I found the problem:

When I used the nvidia-settings, there is no visible closing menu. So I chose QUIT.

However, if I left-click (of, for those of you using the right hand - right-click) on the top bar of the window, the closing option arrive. And then, the correct monitor setting seem to remain.

I hope.

[SlyFerret]

Re: Envy trouble - solved, I hope.

Good to know. Glad you got it fixed!

Yeah, on CRT's I find that I have to use at least a 75Hz refresh rate if not higher in order to avoid bad headaches. 60Hz just drives me nuts.

-SF

[nilsA]

Re: Envy trouble - solved, I hope.

Good to know. Glad you got it fixed!

OK one day - one nights "sleep" and a day I had other tings to do:

The screen refresh problem is back. And added: The keyboard layout had changed to some kind of symbols. (Icelandic, Euro etc.)

I am stubborn, but this?

At the moment have reconfigured the xorg file, where the use of nv rather than nvida driver is chosen. But then, some programs complain that the graphics board is not working well ...

EDIT:

At the moment all seem ok. Why? Guess it is because I changed the connection to the monitor.

The Nokia Mulitgraph 446Xpro has two connector types - one "normal" VGA style, and one consisting of five BNC (?) type connectors - RGB and two more.

Could this whole thing be, that "something" that would either be KDE or the nVidia driver, detects something unexpected, and decide "this has to be a LCD monitor?"

[nilsA]

Re: Envy trouble - working - not working - working ...

Yesterday - wrong refresh (55)
(24 hour "rest" (OFF)
Today - correct refresh (85)
(Restart, because I am curious by nature)
Today, after the kde upgrade - wrong refresh (55)

The xorg.conf file is identical. Nothing has changed.

How is this possible?

[nilsA]

Re: Envy trouble - working - not working - working ...

I'll make one more try to see if anyone is able to help here.

I opened the file /var/log/xorg.0.log.

At the end I find what is happening:

(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
[b](II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1600x1200_60"[/b]
BOGUS LENGTH in write keyboard desc, expected 5448, got 5452
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "CRT-1:1600x1200_85@1600x1200+0+0"

I've tried different versions of the "Screen", "Monitor" "Device" in the xorg.conf file, but it seems not to matter: After most reset - I get 1200x1200@60.

Using kdesu nvidia-settings have the @85 option: System settings -> Monitor & Display has not. I can set the correct mode from nvidia-settings, but most of the time it will not stick over restart.

So my problem now is - what is it that right at the end of the process decide: This is not a monitor that can do 86, and switch to 60?