(03-24-2014, 08:37 PM)gold_finger link Wrote: snip...
First -- Make sure that the 173 driver is the one you are using. Then continue below.
Looked up specs on your machine and made a couple of changes to the xorg.conf file from that post. Do the following to either replace your current xorg.conf (if it exists), or to create one (if it doesn't).
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Yes! I needed to edit xorg.conf, so you were steering me on the right track, thanks.
I did sudo nvidia-xconfig which I think makes an xorg.conf file or "refreshes" it...then when I rebooted I got a stern message that the resolution and refresh rate were out of range and the message suggested "1280x1024" and 60hz. I edited xorg.conf appropriately and to my slight disbelief a hi-res usable desktop now appears and seems to work. I post yet another xorg.conf below:
Code:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 ([email protected]) Wed Nov 27 15:15:17 PST 2013
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 60.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection