Frustrated with mepis 6.0 & xorg [solved]

Submitted by roadrash on Mon, 10/02/2006 - 11:05

NVidia

I have spent ages trying to get mepis 6.0 to display the desktop at a resolution of 1024x768 but it refuses & will only work at 800x600.
If I install mepis 3.3 it gives me 1024x768 as so does windows XP.
Mepis 3.3 uses XF86 & Mepis 6.0 uses Xorg, I dont know if this is the cause but I would like to be able to uses mepis 6.0 at 1024x768, so can anyone help?
My graphics card is a Nvidia geforce MX400 and my monitor is a compaq V55.
below is my Xorg.config file.

Quote:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
#Screen 0 "ATIScreen" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
#InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
#InputDevice "Touchpad" "CorePointer"
#InputDevice "Stylus" "CorePointer"
#InputDevice "Eraser" "CorePointer"
#InputDevice "Cursor" "CorePointer"
#InputDevice "Serial Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# Xorg 7.0 font paths
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/util"

# Legacy font paths
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/util"

# Other font paths
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-lucida"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/latex-xft-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"

EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "v4l"
Load "vbe"
Load "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "uk"
Option "XKbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Serial Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.06"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.12"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "Repeater" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS/2 Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Mode" "Absolute"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Endsection

# Settings for wacom eraser
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Mode" "Absolute"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Endsection
# Settings for wacom cursor (mouse)
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Mode" "Absolute"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Endsection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Compaq"
ModelName "V55 Color Monitor"
#Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 31.0-60.0
VertRefresh 47.5-125.0
Modeline "640x480" Modeline "800x600" Modeline "1024x768" Modeline "1024x768" ModeLine "1152x864" Modeline "1152x864" Modeline "1152x864" 110 Modeline "1152x864" 135 Modeline "1152x864" Modeline "1280x768" ModeLine "1280x800" Modeline "1280x1024" 80 Modeline "1280x1024" 110 Modeline "1280x1024" Modeline "1280x1024" 135 Modeline "1280x1024" 135 Modeline "1280x1024" Modeline "1280x1024" Modeline "1440x900" Modeline "1400x1050" 129 Modeline "1600x1200" 162 Modeline "1600x1200" 189 Modeline "1600x1200" Modeline "1600x1200" 220 Modeline "1680x1050" ModeLine "1800x1440" 230 ModeLine "1800x1440" 250 Modeline "1920x1200" 230 EndSection 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 #60Hz
40.12 800 848 968 1056 600 601 605 628 #60Hz
75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
85 1024 1056 1152 1360 768 784 787 823
65 1152 1168 1384 1480 864 865 875 985 Interlace
92 1152 1208 1368 1474 864 865 875 895
1152 1240 1324 1552 864 864 876 908
1152 1464 1592 1776 864 864 876 908
137.65 1152 1184 1312 1536 864 866 885 902 -HSync -VSync
80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795
80.58 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 827 -HSync -VSync
1280 1296 1512 1568 1024 1025 1037 1165 Interlace
1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054
126.5 1280 1312 1472 1696 1024 1032 1040 1068 -HSync -VSync
1280 1312 1456 1712 1024 1027 1030 1064
1280 1312 1416 1664 1024 1027 1030 1064
157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +HSync +VSync
181.75 1280 1312 1440 1696 1024 1031 1046 1072 -HSync -VSync
106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 +HSync +VSync
1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync
1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync
1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 -HSync -VSync
202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync
1600 1616 1808 2080 1200 1204 1207 1244 +HSync +VSync
147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087
1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync
1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync
1920 1936 2096 2528 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "ATIMonitor"
VendorName "Compaq"
ModelName "V55 Color Monitor"
#Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 31.0-60.0
VertRefresh 47.5-125.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nv"
BoardName "unknown"

#BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
#Option "sw_cursor" # needed for some ati cards
#Option "hw_cursor"
#Option "NoAccel"
#Option "ShowCache"
#Option "ShadowFB"
#Option "UseFBDev"
#Option "Rotate"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"

# savage special options, use with care
#Option "NoUseBios"
#Option "BusType" "PCI"
Option "DmaMode" "None"

# nvidia special options, use with care
Option "CursorShadow" "1"
Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "63"
Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2"
Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "4"
Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = native"
Option "NoLogo" "false"
Option "IgnoreEdid" "true" # needs to be true for some nvidia cards
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 16

SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection

# Only the official NVIDIA driver supports twinview
# these setting are an example
Option "TwinView" "false"
Option "SecondMonitorVendorName" "unknown"
Option "SecondMonitorModelName" "unknown"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-75"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-70"
#Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "dfp,dfp"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "ATIScreen"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "ATIMonitor"
DefaultColorDepth 24

SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Sure

Submitted by JimCockfield on Mon, 10/02/2006 - 11:35.

They changed the way it detects monitors starting with SimplyMEPIS 6.0 RC2 for some reason.

I see a lot of posts in the forums with the same issue.

Boot from a Live CD, then press the F3 key at the boot prompt and select 1024x768 from the popup table of resolutions, then press enter to continue booting.

Then, go to Control Center> System Administration > MEPIS Utilities and make sure the correct frequency ranges are selected for your graphics card and monitor.

With mine, I eventually found a monitor type that worked OK with it that had the same frequency ranges.

Then, use the Install MEPIS icon on your desktop and reinstall X (when you use the Install MEPIS utilities, you'll see a menu choice to reinstall X). It will use what you have set running from the Live CD. So, the next time you boot into your hard drive's install, it should be OK.

If not, chances are, Kubuntu would recognize it OK.

It recognizes my monitor as being a "Plug and Play" monitor and sets the correct horizontal and vertical frequency ranges, giving me the desired resolution and refresh rate options, even though SimplyMEPIS doesn't recognize it properly.

Then, e-mail yourself the /etc/X11/xorg.conf from Kubuntu and overwrite the same file in SimplyMEPIS with it (that worked for me). I wouldn't do this unless you have to, as then SimplyMEPIS utilities don't even show a monitor installed (everything in the setup screens for it is blank). lol So, it could cause some problems that I didn't see.

Here is a thread with something else you can try if your refresh rate options are not as desired (I had trouble with the refresh rate MEPIS wanted to use, which is why I used the xorg.conf file from Kubuntu originally).

http://www.mepis.org/node/11029

Chances are, just pressing F3 from a boot prompt when booting from the Live CD, selecting the correct resolution, and resintalling X from the "Install MEPIS" utilities will work for you though.

Jim C.

if you're not afraid of the command line

Submitted by carlops on Mon, 10/02/2006 - 11:43.

- open a terminal
- su + password
- cd /etc/X11
- kedit xorg.conf
- goto 'SubSection Display'
- under Depth 16 change "Modes 800x600" to "Modes 800x600" "1024x768"
- save file and restart X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

done

Newbie or not Newbie, there's always a question

Docs Project

Submitted by TheGreenKnight on Mon, 10/02/2006 - 13:39.

Take a look at the MEPIS Docs Project -> http://www.mepis.org/docs/index.php/Monitor_and_Display_Setup

I think initially what you get by default is what you select when you first boot the live CD and select by pressing F3.

I've got the resolution and frequency I want now. This is what I did :-

Deleted the modelines in xorg.conf Section "Monitor". Created a new modeline with the console command gtf e.g. "gtf 1152 864 70" dumps the modeline for 1152x864 @ 70HZ. I then pasted this modeline into xorg.conf Section "Monitor". Then in Section "Screen" I edited the Modes resolution to be "1152x864_70.00".

Read the link I posted above.

Thanks

Submitted by Jon Du Quesne on Mon, 10/02/2006 - 15:30.

Thanks TheGreenKnight for giving us the info. I have now learned a new command! I'll give it a try on my laptop and see if I can find new and improved ways to break things

Jon

Easy fix? Hopefully

Submitted by Flying penguin on Mon, 10/02/2006 - 15:31.

Your problem sounds very much like the one I had. If I remember right that thing was fixed simply by remowing "#" from the line: #Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768" (almost at the end of the file), save file and then ctrl+alt+backspace or reboot. I'm not completely sure, but I guess it was so.

It's not hard to try anyway... Good luck

Its sorted

Submitted by roadrash on Mon, 10/02/2006 - 16:13.

Thanks everyone its working now.

I used carlops's method to get it working:

Quote:

open a terminal
- su + password
- cd /etc/X11
- kedit xorg.conf
- goto 'SubSection Display'
- under Depth 16 change "Modes 800x600" to "Modes 800x600" "1024x768"
- save file and restart X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

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