Bug 497521 - xorg screen resolution set to 1024X768 or lower
Summary: xorg screen resolution set to 1024X768 or lower
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-nv
Version: 10
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
low
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ben Skeggs
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-04-24 12:55 UTC by Mike Reeves
Modified: 2009-12-18 09:19 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2009-12-18 09:19:50 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
xorg startup log (49.18 KB, text/plain)
2009-04-24 12:55 UTC, Mike Reeves
no flags Details
startx -- -logverbose 6 - with driver "nv" in xorg.conf (34.38 KB, text/plain)
2009-04-25 10:33 UTC, Mike Reeves
no flags Details
For contrast: startx -- -logverbose 6 - with driver "vesa" in xorg.conf (39.78 KB, text/plain)
2009-04-25 10:58 UTC, Mike Reeves
no flags Details

Description Mike Reeves 2009-04-24 12:55:53 UTC
Created attachment 341158 [details]
xorg startup log

Description of problem: Cannot get screen resolution beyond 1024X768 on Fedora 10. This was not a problem until some updates went on. I do not know which update killed the ability to go beyond 1024X768.

I have tried an ATI Radeon 4350 HD card as well as an nVidia GeForce 8400GS card with the same results. The monitor is a Westinhouse LCM-22w3 connected through a Belkin KVM Switch. I have tried connecting the monitor directly to the video card but the results are the same.

Note: I found that with the nVidia proprietary driver I can get beyond 1024X768 screen resolution but it requires that I rebuild the drive every time the kernel changes. I have since re-installed Feroda 10 and the nVidia proprietary drivers are no longer installed.

xorg.conf configurations, all product the same results 1024X768

1) no xorg.conf
2) monitor section only
3) device section using "nv"


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Kernel: 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64
Xorg: xorg-x11-server 1.5.3-15.fc10

How reproducible: Very 

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Reboot
  
Actual results:
Display: Unknown
Screen Resolution: 1024X768

Expected results:
Display: LCM-22w3
Screen Resolution: up to 1600X1050

Additional info: xorg.conf
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    ModelName      "Westinghouse LCM-22w3"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 82.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 76.0
    DisplaySize	    1600 1050
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "nVidiaGeForce0"
    Driver         "nv"
    Option         "AccelMethod" "EXA" <- tried with and without
    Option         "FlatPanel" "On"    <- tried with and without
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "nVidiaGeForce0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1400x900" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" 
"1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Comment 1 Mike Reeves 2009-04-24 20:52:12 UTC
using the following in xorg.conf I was able to get to 1280X1024 but would like to get to 1440X900 or 1440X1050
Section "Device"
    Identifier     "nVidiaGeForce0"
    Driver         "vesa"
endSection

Also changes Modes in SubSection to
    SubSection     "Display"
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1440x900" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" 
"1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection

Comment 2 Mike Reeves 2009-04-24 22:18:00 UTC
Change xorg.conf to -
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    ModelName      "Westinghouse LCM-22w3"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 82.0
    VertRefresh     60
    DisplaySize     1680 1050
EndSection

got me to -

[swampfox@swamplnx ~]$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 1600 x 1200
default connected 1600x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1600x1200      61.0* 
   1280x1024      61.0  
   1024x768       61.0  
   800x600        61.0  
   640x480        60.0  

But I'd still like to get to 1440X900 or 1050. There should be lots of resolution settings between 1024X768 and 1600X1200.

Comment 3 Ben Skeggs 2009-04-25 02:05:06 UTC
Can you post /var/log/Xorg.0.log from the NVIDIA binary driver, preferably with X started with "startx -- -logverbose 6".

Thanks!

Comment 4 Mike Reeves 2009-04-25 10:33:26 UTC
Created attachment 341309 [details]
startx -- -logverbose 6 - with driver "nv" in xorg.conf

Please note that the vesa driver only has a limited number of modes as well.

Comment 5 Mike Reeves 2009-04-25 10:58:08 UTC
Created attachment 341310 [details]
For contrast: startx -- -logverbose 6 - with driver "vesa" in xorg.conf

Just to add some addition information that may be helpful I ran the startx -- -logverbose 6 with the vesa driver because it comes up with 1280X1024 and 1600X1200. I'd like to be able to set it to 1440X900 as I do on my windows machines. Both Windows XP and Windows 7 Beta are attached to the same KVM switch and have a resultion of 1440X900 using the same Westinhouse LCM-22w3 monitor.

Comment 6 Mike Reeves 2009-07-29 15:07:23 UTC
Hello - has anyone looked at this issue. I put on the new release of fedora 11 and still have the same problem.The nvidia driver only gets to 1024X768 and the vesa driver only gets to 1280X1024.

It appears the EDID is not picking up my monitor correctly. The monitor is a Westinghouse LCM-22w3.

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