[solved] Modifying xorg.conf for nvidia 440

[swaraj]

Am trying to modify xorg.conf to force my Nvidia card (GeForce mx 440) detect the higher screen res - gives me only 640x480 only at present. I modified the file to add a subsection (see below), having seen this explained on another thread on this bit of the forum, Needless to say, this went down like a lead balloon. Anyone able to say what's missing - l probably just got half the story.

The file was very short to start with - just three sections.

Do I need a Monitor section with the Modeline specified first.

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1366x768_60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

[skunk]

Re: Modifying xorg.conf for nvidia 440

What version of the nvidia driver do you have installed?

According to the release notes
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...ppendix-a.html
your MX 440 is no longer supported past the 96.43.xx driver release.

[swaraj]

Re: Modifying xorg.conf for nvidia 440

That's right. But according to other posts here, it can be done.. by modifying the xorg file generated by the nvidia card. Not sure exactly how though.

[Snowhog]

Re: Modifying xorg.conf for nvidia 440

Envy Drivers for others by Alberto Milone

[swaraj]

Re: Modifying xorg.conf for nvidia 440

I already have used Envy and what this tells me is that I have the recommended driver installed i.e. 96.43.14. It says not to try anything else - unless I know what I am doing.

This installed driver only offers 640x480 to me.

But others in this forum ( I wish I knew how to cross quote!) are saying they have the same card and get higher resolution and someone else (ukchucktown) suggests ignoring the drivers and modifying the said file directly - at least that's how I understood it. It may be that I have added 2 and 2 and got 5....

[swaraj]

[SOLVED]Re: Modifying xorg.conf for nvidia 440

well, I managed to get something by trial and error and reading what others had done. I used to be offered just 640 x 320 0r 320 x 240 and I now get about 20 options. All I did was modify the file as below.

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Modeline "1024x768_60.00" 63.50 1024 1072 1176 1328 768 771 775 798 -hsync +vsync
Modeline "960x720_60.00" 55.75 960 1008 1104 1248 720 723 727 748 -hsync +vsync
Modeline "800x600_60.00" 38.25 800 832 912 1024 600 603 607 624 -hsync +vsync
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768_60.00" "960x760_60" "800x600_60.00"
EndSubSection


Not sure why this has suddenly opened up a whole load of options.

I seem to be stuck on 1024x768 and a very small font size and all the special effects are gone but its a huge improvement on what I had. I'll take a breather before tackling the special effects.

Thanks for all who helped me.