Hello,
I have been for the last few months trying to figure out how to increase the
screen resolution on my Dell Inspiron 5150 running Debian Lenny with a
GeForce FX Go5200 64mb.
The maximum screen resolution is currently 1024x768.
I have entered '1280x1024' into the xorg.conf file under Screen >> Modes:
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Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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This does not work, and gives me the following result in the xconf log:
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(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce FX Go5200 at
(--) NVIDIA(0): PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0): Seiko (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Seiko (DFP-0): 270.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): Seiko (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link LVDS
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1280x1024"; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0):
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the default
mode
(WW) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select".
(WW) NVIDIA(0):
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (86, 84); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
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I am not sure how to proceed, but it would really be nice to have a larger
screen resolution to work with. Would anyone be able to assist me? I have
installed the nvidia drivers the 'debian way' rather than using the nvidia
installer. I believe that is the reason I don't have access to
'nvidia-settings' like some people do. I'm not too familiar with working in
a terminal or with debian linux.
If anyone can assist, I would appreciate it.
Thank You,
Tomislav
