On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 01:24:57PM +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > Again on X resolutions, recently dist-upgraded unstable on amd64. Are > there any X gurus out there? > > - Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 (C51PV chipset) on an Asus > M2NPV-VM, having max 1920x1440 (@75Hz) on VGA[1]. > - Monitor: Asus VW222U, max 1680x1050[2]. > - Driver: nv. > > # xrandr > Screen 0: minimum 640x480, current 1280x1024, maximum 1280x1024 > > Last time i groaned about this i couldn't find documentation on nv's > supported resolutions. Also, i'm using DVI-D, not VGA (the mb has > both), and i'm not sure about what type or frequency does it > support[3]. I'd assume DVI would be better/support higher resolutions > than VGA too...
There is a long-standing bug in the nv driver which limits it to whatever the BIOS reports. Unfortunately it won't get fixed[1]. According to our friends over at redhat, switching to an analog VGA cable might help things [2]. [1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3654 [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469224 HTH dt -- Dave Thayer | Whenever you read a good book, it's like the Denver, Colorado USA | author is right there, in the room talking to d...@thayer-boyle.com | you, which is why I don't like to read | good books. - Jack Handey "Deep Thoughts" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
