[mythtv-users] Strange X behavior with nvidia drivers
Paul Hamm
paulhamm at verizon.net
Wed Dec 15 14:36:59 UTC 2004
I did a bit of testing. I installed the FC2 drive back in and have the
same behavior. I then took the drive and installed it onto a shuttle
mn31n motherboard and I get 1280x1024. So this looks like a Chaintech
issue.
Solved sort of. After doing bios updates and poking around a bit with
no success. I decided to try stripping out all the modes except
1280x1024, it worked. I even put the old xorg.conf file back and it
still works.
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 12:41, Paul Hamm wrote:
> No joy, I seem to have the same issue with 6111. BTW I had to download
> and install the nvidia drivers manually as 6111 and 6106 both give this
> error if you use atrpms.
>
> nvidia: Unknown symbol __VMALLOC_RESERVE
>
> the fix is to unpack the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run and edit
> nv.c by adding the following line below the Global state comment.
>
> unsigned int __VMALLOC_RESERVE;
>
> I also tried Jarods tip of adding, which did nothing.
>
> Option "ConnectedMonitor" "crt"
>
> I will drop the FC2 hard drive back in an see if I get the same
> behavior.
>
> On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 09:31, Doug Larrick wrote:
> > Paul Hamm wrote:
> > > I am currently going through an OS upgrade cycle to FC3. One of my
> > > machines has a Chaintech 7nif2 igp system board 512mb XP 3200+. This
> > > machine has been my test box for mythtv. I was planning to switch it
> > > over to my primary work station and change my work station over to a
> > > mythtv server. After installing FC3 (everything) and running apt-get
> > > dist-upgrade, install KDE 3.3, latest FC3 kernel, and nvidia drivers. I
> > > noticed something odd. I usually run my workstation at 1280x1024. The
> > > machine with the 7nif2 has always been run at 1024x768. Now I want it
> > > to run at 1280x1024, it does so using the nv driver. The problem is
> > > that if I use the nvidia driver 6629 I only get 1024x768 on the display
> > > with a virtual 1280x1024. Is this a known issue or am I missing
> > > something blindingly obvious?
> >
> > IIRC 6629 fixes some bugs in the code that reads resolution information
> > from the monitor. Try adding Option IgnoreEDID in the appropriate
> > location (sorry, not in front of me).
> >
> > You're lucky, though... 6629 is completely hosed for people with cards
> > earlier than about an FX5200.
> >
> > -Doug
> >
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