Comment 13 for bug 16472

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Big_Rog (ehrnam45) wrote :

I just looked over my xorg.conf and saw something strange:

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Failsafe Device"
 Boardname "vesa"
 Busid "PCI:2:0:0"
 Driver "nvidia"
 Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Failsafe Monitor"
 Vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
 Modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
<resolutions removed for brevity>
 Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "Failsafe Device"
 Monitor "Failsafe Monitor"
 Defaultdepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 24
  Virtual 1792 1344
  Modes "800x600@72" "800x600@75" "800x600@56" "800x600@60" "640x480@75" "832x624@75" "640x480@72" "1024x768@75" "640x480@60" "1024x768@70" "1024x768@60" "1152x864@75" "1280x1024@75" "1280x960@60" "1280x1024@60" "1280x960@75" "1400x1050@60" "1400x1050@75" "1600x1200@65" "1600x1200@60" "1792x1344@60"
 EndSubSection
 Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

somehow whilst migrating to Gutsy, I wound up in failsafe video mode. I've re-run Envy to reset the drivers and xorg.conf, but this nasty little bit is still there. My nVidia control panel sees my monitor and card correctly, and the hardware works correctly (3d acceleration, proper resolution, etc.) when logged in. The login screen is only rendered at low resolution with the ability to scroll around a larger virtual resolution. I will post back if replacing this with an older (working) display and vid card section works.