2006-04-02, 06:53 PM
Right, having now got a bit more experience with Linux, I thought I'd go for installing the Nvidia 3D graphics drivers again, on SUSE 10.0.
Graphics card: Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT 256 MB AGP
Monitor: CTX VL950 series 19" CRT
So, the drivers installed fine and work fine, essentially. The problem I'm having now is that the display settings get set to 1280x800@60Hz, and on my CRT, that is not good. My goal here is to keep the Nvidia drivers on and run at 1280x960@85Hz.
When using SaX2 (a GUI X11 configuration tool) to try and correct the resolution problem, it can't create the test X server for any resolution, and dies with errors (see Xerror.txt, attached). From this I think it's a problem with X not seeing the monitor's horizontal refresh rate properly, so it can't initiate any display modes.
Funnily enough, xorg.conf (also attached) sees the monitor and the refresh rate properly, and hasn't changed (I think) since the driver update. Also, VNCing to this machine from another and logging out via VNC immediately sets the resolution back to where it should be again.
Is there a way I can override what X thinks my monitor can do to get it working at 1280x960@85Hz again without VNCing at the start of every session?
Xerror.txt
xorg.conf.txt