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From: Darren Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Nov 13, 2005 11:50 AM
Subject: Debian "Sarge" on DELL precision M50 laptop
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a successful installation of Debian 3.1 rev0a "Sarge" on a DELL precision M50 laptop. This system has an nvidia Quadro4 700GoGL video card. To install the linux drivers for this card, see this really handy web page:
http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html
by Andrew E. Schulman, thanks Andrew!
To setup the /etc/X11/XF86config-4 file, I've used the config below without the nvidia driver (in case you can't get the driver installed with your kernel). If you get the nvidia driver installed, then comment out the "GLcore" and "dri" modules and switch to the "Nvidia card" setup in the 'Section "Screen"'. There are many options for configuring the card that are not listed here (I saw a good list on the nvidia linux mail archives somewhere).
I would really appreciate some technical specifications on the LCD display screen. I found some values on the net related to some DELL LCD screen, but I can't be sure it is the screen on the DELL precision M50 laptop. I don't see any technical specifications on the DELL website and I can't get them off the drivers CD that came with the system (all of those driver files are designed for windoze). I would like to define the correct specifications for the monitor section:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Dell Flat Panel WXUGA"
HorizSync 31.5-110.0
VertRefresh 30.0-90.0
DisplaySize 330 210
Modeline "1600x1200" 162 1600 1984 2176 2480 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Thanks, Darren
#
# This file was 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.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
# md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 >/var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
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/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
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" "pc104"
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 "Generic Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "nv"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVidia Card"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Dell Flat Panel WXUGA"
HorizSync 31.5-110.0
VertRefresh 30.0-90.0
DisplaySize 330 210
Modeline "1600x1200" 162 1600 1984 2176 2480 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "Dell Flat Panel WXUGA"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Generic Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
