Bug#301444: bad nvidia resolution 800 x 600
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version:
sarge-i386-netinst.iso
Date, end of february 2005
must have been release cabdidate 2
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
the name of the cd is Debian testing i386 bin-1
modified sun 21 november 2004
uname -a:
Linux debian 2.4.27-1-386 #1 Fri Sep 3 06:24:46 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date:
I installed several times during march 2005
Method:
network install,
I booted from the cd,
the ftp server from debian was automatically found
no proxy server, I had my DLink router connected to
an ADSL modem
later I selected packages with aptitude and dselect from
http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/
On this machine Win2k, winxp, suse 8.2 suse 9.2 and solaris 9 x86
runs sucessfully
Machine:
Pentium II CPU with 256 MB RAM,
3com 590 NIC
Machine buildt for Windows NT4 and later upgraded
Processor: Pentium II 366 MHz
Memory: 256 MB RAM
Root Device:
Symbios Logic SCSI
I have IDE Hard disks,
SCSI Iomega ZIP,
SCSI CDRecorder
No SCSI Hard Disk
Root Size/partition table:
Partition Table for /dev/hda
First Last
# Type Sector Sector Offset Length Filesystem Type
(ID) Flag
-- ------- ----------- ----------- ------ -----------
-------------------- ----
/* here is windows XP */
1 Primary 0 19454714* 63 19454715*HPFS/NTFS
(07) None
None 19454715* 19456415 0
1701*Unusable None
/* here is solaris 9 x86 */
2 Primary 19456416 42213023 0 22756608 Linux swap
(82) Boot
/* here is debian sarge mount point / */
3 Primary 42213024 59791535 0 17578512 Linux
(83) None
4 Primary 59791536 61745039 0 1953504 W95 Ext'd (LBA)
(0F) None
/* here is the swap for debian sarge */
5 Logical 59791536 61745039 63 1953504 Linux swap
(82) None
Logical 61745040 78165359 0 16420320 Free
Space None
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
debian:~# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host
bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP
bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:04.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:04.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:04.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
0000:00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97]
(rev 08)
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c590 10BaseT [Vortex]
0000:00:0d.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c815
(rev 04)
# This is a big problem for me
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11
[GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b 2)
# no errors, but neither gnome not KDE offers better resolution than
800 x 600
debian:~# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:7190 (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:7191 (rev 03)
0000:00:04.0 0601: 8086:7110 (rev 02)
0000:00:04.1 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01)
0000:00:04.2 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01)
0000:00:04.3 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 02)
0000:00:09.0 0401: 1274:1371 (rev 08)
0000:00:0b.0 0200: 10b7:5900
0000:00:0d.0 0100: 1000:0004 (rev 04)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0110 (rev b2)
debian:~#
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O] # this was ok since I selected to use GRUB
from floppy
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
The big problem was the video card,
during the second installation I paid high attention to
supply correct information about monitor frequencies
31-65 KHz / 50-120 Hz
still I only have a bad resolution
-> applications
-> desktop preferences
-> screen resolution
800 x 600 #
640 x 480 # this is not acceptable
usually I have 1024 x 768
How can I change this ?
the network ftp installation was very good.
I hope that some comments about how to start up xfree86 can help.
I also noticed some complaints and warnings about the NVidia video card,
but I didn't know it was that bad.
How can I configure the screen resolution of my NVidia Video Card?
Also windowmaker would have been a nice alternative to gnome and KDE
But this KDE looks really nice.
Best regards
Morten Gulbrandsen
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