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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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