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 > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > ..... > ,,$$$$$$$$$, Marcus Crafter > ;$' '$$$$: Computer Systems Engineer > $: $$$$: ManageSoft GmbH > $ o_)$$$: 82-84 Mainzer Landstrasse > ;$, _/\ &&:' 60327 Frankfurt Germany > ' /( &&& > \_&&&&' > &&&&. > &&&&&&&: > ### 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
