On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:13:46AM -0400, Pete Theisen wrote:
> steve szmidt wrote:
>> On Tuesday 15 September 2009, Pete Theisen wrote:
>>
>>>> I did that:
>>>> 1. in the NVIDIA X Server Settings-->X Server Display
>>>> Configuration-->Save to X Configuration File.
>>> I get this error message at that point:
>>>
>>> "Failed to parse existing X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'!"
>>
>> It is trying to save to /etc/X11/xorg.conf where you as a normal user
> do not
>> have write rights.
>>
>> Save the file in your home directory and then as root copy it to /etc/X11,
>> don't forget to chown it to root.
>>
> Hi Steve,
>
> This is it:
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> DefaultDepth 24
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "glx"
> Disable "dri2"
> # Disable "dri2"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Default Device"
> Driver "nvidia"
> EndSection
There's part of your issue right there. You've got about 1/10th of a
real xorg.conf file there. And no modelines settings in it, so of
course, the driver can reset the resolution as it likes.
Just for comparison, below is what a real xorg.conf looks like. Note the
PreferredMode option under the Monitor section. I'm using the older nv
driver, rather than the nvidia driver. I haven't updated X in quite some
time. I supplied the horizontal and vertical refresh frequencies myself,
from the monitor manual. If you make changes to your xorg.conf, monitor
the Xorg.0.log file in /var/log.
###############################################
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
# FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbOptions" "srvrkeys:none"
Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
# Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVidia"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "ViewSonic VA712b"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 50-160
Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVidia"
Monitor "ViewSonic VA712b"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
# 2006-12-16 pmf: kept killing X accidentally
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZap" "on"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
###################################################
Paul
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