xorg.conf hell...

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- Chris van Es <cvanes at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2008/8/27 Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com>
> 
> > Denis Haskin wrote:
> > > My Heron box was doing fine; I added an NVidia
> GeForce 6200 as a second
> > > video card and have not been able to get X back
> to a decent
> > > configuration.  Anybody have any good pointers?
> > >
> > > First, lspci shows both video devices correctly
> (the first is the
> > > onboard graphics):
> > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel
> Corporation 82865G Integrated
> > > Graphics Controller (rev 02)
> > > 01:01.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia
> Corporation NV44A [GeForce
> > > 6200] (rev a1)
> > >
> > > But dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg doesn't seem
> to set up my xorg.conf
> > > properly (see below) and I keep getting only
> low-resolution on the
> > > primary device.  Any way to get this properly
> configured?
> > >
> > > Here's my xorg.conf:
> >
> > Modelines and Vesa driver?  That doesn't look like
> anything Hardy dpkg
> > would do...
> >
> > Try rename that xorg.conf example, to
> xorg.conf.bak then run
> > dpkg-reconfigure again.
> >
> >
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> 
> If I remember right, the "-phigh" flag can
> beimportant in generating your
> new xorg.conf file. Manual xorg.conf editing can be
> fairly tricky, I
> personally spent hours playing with xorg.conf under
> earlier linux versions.
> As of hardy work is being done to improve support
> for dual monitors without
> having to manually edit xorg.conf.
> 
> Here's a useful forum post anyway that should give a
> few pointers on how to
> set up various types of display.
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=221174
> 
> I've also noticed an error in your server layout.
> Instead of using screen1
> and screen2 (which I'm assuming you've created), a
> non-existent screen0 is
> being used along with screen1. This most likely
> leads to your low resolution
> output as X can't find the missing screen0 and falls
> back to a default,
> which I'm guessing here is the vesa driver.
> 
> Remove all the uneeded clutter and keep only what
> screen, monitor, device
> defintions you require (obviously keep, mouse,
> touchpad, wacom stuff is
> alright to stay) and try initially setting up your
> server layout using each
> device/monitor to ensure you have the correct
> settings.
> 
> One last point is that you may have problems using
> the open source, nv,
> driver when configuring a dual monitor setup -
> hardware acceleration may be
> required so it may be preferable to use one of the
> nvidia, nvidia-glx or
> nvidia-glx-new drivers, depending upon your
> hardware.
> 
FWIW, YMMV, I have an nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce
7300 GS] (rev a1) card and had to use the
nvidia-glx-new-envy driver to get my LG 226WTQS BF
Flatron Wide lcd monitor to work in it's native
resolution of 1680x1050. Also had to boot in recovery
mode and select xfix a few times before it all sorted
out after reinstalling the new-envy driver.  Wouldn't
hurt to try the nvidia-glx-new-envy driver to see if
it fixes your issue.  One caveat, I'm only using the
one monitor.
HTH,

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net