Can only change resolution through nvidia-settings
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nvidia-settings (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Monitor: ViewSonic G90f
Video Card: GeForce 6800 GT AGP
I normally work at a screen resolution of 1400x1050 @ 85 Hz. I went to play UT2004, and when I set the screen resolution to 1600x1200, it crashed. Looking into the situation a bit further, I noticed that the "Screen Resolution" tool under System -> Preferences had no idea what the modes my monitor supported were. It was offering modes like 1400x1050 @ 50 Hz.
My initial reaction was to go fix the xorg.conf file. I calculated the correct modelines and put exactly the modes that I wanted in the config file. With the "nvidia" driver, the X server *completely ignored what I said in the xorg.conf file*. There weren't even any error messages about it in the log - it just pretended that the modelines and resolution list weren't there. That took me about 40 minutes to figure out. The "nv" driver read my settings fine.
Then I remembered that "nvidia-settings" existed. That worked great, allowing me to set the 1600x1200 @ 75 Hz mode that I wanted. Starting in that mode, I am able to get UT2004 to run in that mode no problem. Here's where it gets really annoying: nvidia-settings is the *only* thing that can correctly change display modes. The "Screen Resolution" tool has no idea what modes exist, and changing modes in UT2004 causes it to crash.
Thank you for your bug report.
Nat:
I would take care that Bug #92599 is not distorting your results...