[mythtv-users] Stuck at 640x480 after isntalled Axel's kernel modules
Lord Darkhelmet
lord_darkhelmet at accesscomm.ca
Mon Nov 20 01:57:42 UTC 2006
Hmm, I'm by no means an expert but I doesn't look like all the modules
are configured to load. Here is my xorg for FC5. I used the driver
from nvidia's site.
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister at builder3) Tue Aug 1
21:11:12 PDT 2006
# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, a font server independent of the X server is
# used to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "v4l"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Dell 1907FP (Analog)"
DisplaySize 380 300
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Matt Emmott wrote:
> I hope this isn't OT - I know it's not myth-specific, but since it's
> using Axel's modules via Jarrod's guide, I thought it appropriate. If
> not, please flog me appropriately.
>
> I just installed FC6 on a fresh system following Jarrod's updated
> guide. I'm running a Chaintech GeForce FX 5200 AGP video card. After
> the initial install, I was stuck at either 640x480 or 800x600, but I
> plugged on, hoping all the driver updates would give me a higher
> resolution. However, after updating the Nvidia drivers, I'm stuck with
> nothing but 640x480 in the KDE resolution options. I've modified my
> xorg.conf trying to mimic the example at
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/xorg.conf-SVid.txt , but that did nothing.
> One thing I noticed was that Axel's xorg.conf was a big minimal, and
> after further inspection it turned out that my own xorg.conf was a bit
> minimal. Before I go all willy-nilly and break my system further, I
> was hoping you guys could help. I'll paste the config files below,
> hopefully somebody can tell me where I've gone wrong:
>
> Initial xorg.conf, pre-Axel:
>
> ============================================
> # Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "v4l"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "nv"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> EndSection
> ============================================
> Now, the xorg.conf post- Axel:
> ============================================
>
> # Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
> ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions"
> ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "nvidia"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
> =======================================================
> And finally, the xorg.conf I tried using based on the examples on
> Jarrod's page. I modified the "Device" and "Screen" settings:
> =======================================================
>
> # Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
> ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions"
> ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "Chaintech"
> BoardName "nVidia GeForce FX 5200"
> #Option "RenderAccel" "1"
> # TV Out Setup
> Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
> Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
> ==================================================
> I tried a full reboot after each mod, and nothing. Can somebody tell
> me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!
>
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