CRT monitor refresh setting always resets to 60 after reboot
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nvidia-settings (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Every time PP restarts, I have to run nvidia-settings and force set the monitor refresh rate to 85. It always shows 60 on reboots, and hurts my eyes.
ASFAIK, nvidia settings is properly saving the xorg.conf file.
But perhaps the kernel, just ignores it and always sets the refresh to 60.
Here is the current xorg.conf
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 295.20 (buildd@rothera) Sat Feb 18 09:49:17 UTC 2012
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
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"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Sony CPD-E540"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 48.0 - 170.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8400 GS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "1600x1200_85 +0+0; 1600x1200 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nvidia-settings 295.20-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Mar 7 10:29:58 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nvidia-settings
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-02 (5 days ago)
I started another thread on the hlep section here. ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?t=1937190
http://
Another thing I noticed is that after I improperly modified xorg.conf and could not boot being stuck at "checking battery state ok"
I restarted with and selected the second menu line. (forget what grub calls it), anyhow I was eventually given several boot options, and when I choose 'failsafe graphics', with the extra line
Modeline "1600x1200" 301.81 1600 1752 2120 2808 1200 1200 1204 1264
in xorg.conf, failsafe graphics failed to load the gui to login.
To me, that is a bug. Failsafe graphics should not load any xorg.cong dont you think?
I had to drop to root login and rm xorg.cong in etc/X11. Then it booted ok.