Description of problem: I have 2 monitors: 1 - SyncMaster 943n (1280x1024@60) connected to VGA-1 output directly. (no problem) 2 - Philips 19S (1280x1024@60) connected to DVI-I-1 output through DVI-2-VGA connector. (X not handle EDID info from monitor) xrandr -q DVI-I-1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1024x768 60.0 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9 HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm 1280x1024 60.0*+ 75.0 1280x960 60.0 1152x864 75.0 1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0 832x624 74.6 800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2 640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0 720x400 70.1 if i try to add resolution with command xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1280x1024 - system hungs. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel 3.3.6 - 3.5.2 xorg-x11-drv-nouveau 0.0.16-37.20120306gitf5d1cd2 How reproducible: always Actual results: system hung. Expected results: 1280x1024 mode on DVI-I-1 output Additional info: Palit GeForce GT210 1Gb lspci 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2)
Sorry the command is xrandr --addmode DVI-I-1 1280x1024
Created attachment 611024 [details] error displayed trying to change screen resolution
Hi I experienced similar problem last monday with the same graphic card. My system: Fedora 17 gnome-shell 3.4.1-5.fc17.x86_64 kernel 3.5.3-1.fc17.x86_64 $ lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce G210] (rev a2) $ xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1440 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-I-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-0 connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 408mm x 255mm 1440x900 59.9*+ 75.0 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 1280x960 60.0 1152x864 75.0 1024x768 75.0 70.1 60.0 800x600 75.0 60.3 56.2 640x480 75.0 59.9 DVI-I-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) Nouveau driver installed xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.16-37.20120306gitf5d1cd2.fc17.x86_64 I needed to change temporarily the screen resolution to 800x600, made it graphically using "System settings". When try to back to 1440x900, always screen got to power saving mode and system didn't respond to any keyboard or mouse order. Just one thing to do, switch power supply off to restart again with 800x600. I connect via cross-over net cable with other machine, tried to change resolution remotely, and could see a message in other's screen machine (see attachment Errmsg_changing_reso). Asking in a chat I was suggested to change de driver to my graphic card and use kmod-nvidia driver. After installing it and run plymouth-set-default-theme -R charge grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg (Note: I have Windows 7 in other same disk's partition and above command erase the entry, and wasn't able to start it, so it was needed to create a custom entry in /etc/grub.d/40_custom file and run grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg) and reboot the system, screen resolution was 1440x900 Now there is another problem, kernel get tainted wich this kmod-nvidia driver $ dmesg | grep taint [ 18.617670] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. [ 18.628970] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint $ grep taint /var/log/messages Sep 6 18:54:35 cliente-76482 kernel: [ 17.590632] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. Sep 6 18:54:35 cliente-76482 kernel: [ 17.599864] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint So I'll try to get back with nouveau driver and see what happens.
I went back to nouveau driver and problem persisted so again I'm using nvidia driver.
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