From caedd92eef8fe47c3925c12d8e81be911556b38b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Willemsen Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:16:41 +0100 Subject: Update files --- ...resolution_in_fedora_11_with_nvidia_drivers.org | 50 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 50 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 site/blog/low_resolution_in_fedora_11_with_nvidia_drivers.org (limited to 'site/blog/low_resolution_in_fedora_11_with_nvidia_drivers.org') diff --git a/site/blog/low_resolution_in_fedora_11_with_nvidia_drivers.org b/site/blog/low_resolution_in_fedora_11_with_nvidia_drivers.org deleted file mode 100644 index 1d6884e..0000000 --- a/site/blog/low_resolution_in_fedora_11_with_nvidia_drivers.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: Low Resolution in Fedora 11 with Nvidia drivers -#+DATE: 2009-08-19 8:11 -#+TAGS display fedora nvidia - -*Finally*, after hours of looking and working I have finally again found -how to set the resolution to what I need (have 1280x1024, had -640x480). I've had trouble with my resolution in Fedora before, but I -don't ever remember it being this much of a pain, but then again I -don't remember much about it at all, wish I'd remembered how I fixed -it. - -So to help me remember and perhaps even help someone else work around -it, here's how I finally got it working. - -I'm now using the Nouveau driver with a generic LCD Panel 1280x1024. I -tried setting this in ~system-config-display~ many times, but it just -wouldn't accept my monitor. - -So in the end I looked at ~system-config-display --help~ and noticed -~--reconfigure~ , which doesn't base the new configuration file on an -old one. - -Using this option and setting my driver to ~nv~ and my monitor to -generic 1280x1024 and then - -#+BEGIN_SRC sh - su -c "init 3" - # [log in] - su -c "init 5" -#+END_SRC - -got me the right resolution again. However the ~nv~ driver is just a -little too basic, so I thought I'd try the same thing with the -proprietary driver, so I did everything exactly as before, only I used -the driver ~nvidia~ instead of ~nv~. - -Now again X wouldn't start at all, so I ran ~livna-config-display -a~ to -get it to my old low-res configuration, and then I tried it a third -time, this time using the ~nouveau~ driver (which I've heard is better -then ~nv~) and that worked! - -I know that supposedly you're also able to use ~xorg.conf~ to set -certain Modes values for your display, but this didn't do anything for -me at all in fedora, did help me in ubuntu, but then there I got the -weirdest resolution. - -*finally* I can look at a normal screen again. - -Now I should get going to work, I'm gonna be really late (this really -bugged me!) -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf