Re: Dell 8600 WUXGA (1920x1200, 15.4", NVidia chipset)
Thanks for the reply, Marcus.
Any tips on how to install a proprietary driver "safely"
(i.e. in a way that can be backed out if it doesn't work
right)? I suppose I could just do a complete backup.
According to Marcus Crafter,
> Hi Tony,
>
> Hope all is well mate. Sounds like a nice machine :)
>
> Not sure if this helps much but I have an Inspiron 8500/WUXGA, with the
> NVidia chipset as well. I think the chipset you have could be newer than
> that in mine - however hopefully the binary driver from nvidia supports it
> just the same.
>
> I've got X running on my system at 1920x1200, attached is my XF86Config-4 file.
> Hope that helps getting X up at full resolution. It's quite nice to work with
> when you have that much screen real estate :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marcus
>
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 05:19:17PM -0800, Tony Godshall wrote:
> > Hi, all.
> >
> > [ sorry if you got this twice- I sent it to debian-user
> > first, by mistake :-( ]
> >
> > Just got a good deal on a Dell 8600 with a WUXGA display
> > (1920x1200). Got it running at 1600x1200 with Xandros 1.0
> > (Debian-based, the former Corel Linux, and apparently what
> > LindowsOS is based on), but trying to get it to the full width.
> >
> > lspci says it has an unknown NVidia chipset...
> >
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0324 (rev a1)
> >
> > Does anyone know if this chip is handled in the newer
> > kernels (I ran 2.6.0 on my last laptop for a while, but
> > can't seem to get xandros to come up off a customized
> > kernel) or a newer version of XFree86.
> >
> > I've poked around tuxmobil etc, and there's supposed to be a
> > NVidia driver, but it's not clear that it would work with this
> > model, plus I'd rather avoid a proprietary driver (I've not
> > been able to back out installs of proprietary software very
> > well in the past).
> >
> > Any help (experience or speculation) appreciated, especially
> > combos and configs (XF86Config-4 and kernel) known to work
> > on this (a bit too proprietary in retrospect) beast.
> >
> > Oh, I'm running Xandros 1.0 but with a lot of stuff upgraded
> > to debian testing. Any tips for vanilla Debian are also
> > welcome, as I wouldn't mind switching back to that (I'm not
> > getting that much use out of the Xandros added-value stuff,
> > except for eye-candy, which is readily available elsewhere).
> >
> > By the way, Xandros' X startup seems to have a pretty good
> > try-and-fallback startup system for X; I'm trying to figure
> > out how it works.
> >
> > -- Tony
> >
> >
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> &&&&.
> &&&&&&&:
> ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION
> # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the
> # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
> # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
> #
> # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make changes
> # before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the
> # "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below.
> #
> # To change things within the debconf section, run the command:
> # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> # as root. Also see "How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated
> # XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?" in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz.
>
> Section "Files"
> FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
> # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "bitmap"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "ddc"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "glx"
> Load "int10"
> Load "record"
> Load "speedo"
> Load "type1"
> Load "vbe"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "keyboard"
> Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Bluetooth Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Buttons" "5"
> Option "Name" "AutoDetected"
> Option "Vendor" "AutoDetected"
> EndSection
>
> #Section "InputDevice"
> # Identifier "USB Mouse"
> # Driver "mouse"
> # Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
> # Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> # Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> # Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> # Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> # Option "Buttons" "5"
> # Option "Name" "AutoDetected"
> # Option "Vendor" "AutoDetected"
> #EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Generic Video Card"
> Driver "nvidia"
>
> Option "CursorShadow" "1"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Generic Monitor"
> # HorizSync 31.5-120.0
> # VertRefresh 59.0-85.0
> DisplaySize 330 210
> HorizSync 31.5 - 100.0
> VertRefresh 30.0 - 90.0
> Option "DPMS"
> ModeLine "1920x1200" 162 1920 1984 2176 2480 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
> Modeline "1680x1050" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "Generic Video Card"
> Monitor "Generic Monitor"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 1
> Modes "1920x1200" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 4
> Modes "1920x1200" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1920x1200" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> Modes "1920x1200" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1920x1200" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> # Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> Modes "1920x1200" "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen "Default Screen"
> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
> InputDevice "Bluetooth Mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> Mode 0666
> EndSection
>
> ### END DEBCONF SECTION
--
-- Tony
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