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nVidia & Xorg issues

This entry should have been posted some time ago. Well, I hope this would still serve as a valuable reference. :)


The most annoying part in making your OS work is the X server especially if you are using decade-old displays that can only handle a maximum of 1024x768 @ 60Hz. Worse if its EDID is not being read correctly by the driver. I guess driver writers from nVidia should pay much attention to this issue.


Video Card: GeForce FX5700 128-bit 256mb
Display: DTS CM-14D (Made in China)
Xorg Version: xorg-x11-7.1
nVidia Driver Version: nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776


Setting things for Xorg and nVidia proprietary drivers may not be of much pain for Ubuntites but it is the other way around for Gentooligans.



In Section "Monitor" this line should be appended.



Modeline "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync

In Section "Device" Identifier "nVidia GeForce FX5700" this line should be appended as well.



Option "UseEDID" "false"

In Section "Screen" Subsection "Display" this line is needed.



Modes "1024x768@60"

Other options are pretty straightforward. In case you do not have any idea where these things should be, it’s in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

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