[mythtv-users] Powerstrip modeline not working

[Steven Adeff]

On 2/23/07, Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Phill, once you get the nvidia driver installed, paste your X log and
> > relevant xorg.conf sections (monitor and screen sections). Also look
> > through the above modeline database wiki page, especially at the user
> > submitted modelines area as you will probably have to use some of the
> > ModeValidation options to get things to work properly.
>
> I ran yum install nvidia-graphics again and it says there's nothign to
> update - the driver is already installed. Here's the bits from
> xorg.conf:
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Panasonic"
>         ModelName    "TH-50PX600A"
>  ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
>         HorizSync    31.5 - 37.9
>         VertRefresh  50.0 - 70.0
>         Option      "dpms" "off"
>         Option       "DPI" "100 x 100"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth     16
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     16
>                 Modes    "1366x768_60" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         ### Password file for built-in VNC - see vncpasswd util
>         Option      "passwordFile" "/home/mythtv/.vnc/passwd"
> EndSection
>
> And here's the error in Xorg.0.log if I try to use nvidia as the driver:
> ...
> (II) LoadModule: "vnc"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libvnc.so
> (II) Module vnc: vendor="RealVNC Ltd"
>         compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
>         Module class: X.Org Server Extension
>         ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
> (II) Loading extension VNC
> (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia
> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
> (II) LoadModule: "mouse"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
> (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>         compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.4
>         Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
>         ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
> ...
>
>
> So at the moment X only runs if vesa is the driver. UNLESS - I go back
> to version 8774 but that's no good because I need the ModePool in 9xxx
> to get the right resolution on my new HD plasma TV. Could this be a
> bug in the binary RPM package for the 9746 driver. perhaps?

perhaps, try uninstalling the RPM and downloading the driver directly
from NVIDIA.


-- 
Steve
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