Philips 105MB monitor improperly detected

[Giorgos]

I use an old Philips 105MB monitor and ubuntu used it but it was improperly detected and I could only use 640x480 @ 60 Hz.

It takes going into /etc/X11/xorg.conf to change the horizontal and vertical refresh to get all the refresh rates. Which takes quite a bit of googling.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

What does "sudo ddcprobe" say?

[Giorgos (pinkisntwell)]

vbe: VESA 3.0 detected.
oem: NVIDIA
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
product: nv43 Board - p218h0 Chip Rev
memory: 131072kb
mode: 640x400x256
mode: 640x480x256
mode: 800x600x16
mode: 800x600x256
mode: 1024x768x16
mode: 1024x768x256
mode: 1280x1024x16
mode: 1280x1024x256
mode: 320x200x64k
mode: 320x200x16m
mode: 640x480x64k
mode: 640x480x16m
mode: 800x600x64k
mode: 800x600x16m
mode: 1024x768x64k
mode: 1024x768x16m
mode: 1280x1024x64k
mode: 1280x1024x16m
edidfail

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

Hi,

could you be so kind to also provide xorg.conf and sudo xresprobe nv
output?

Thanks
Fabio

[Giorgos (pinkisntwell)]

xorg.conf:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# 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 /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        # paths to defoma fonts
 FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
 FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "GLcore"
 Load "i2c"
 Load "bitmap"
 Load "ddc"
 Load "dri"
 Load "extmod"
 Load "freetype"
 Load "glx"
 Load "int10"
 Load "type1"
 Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "CoreKeyboard"
 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
 Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 Ultra]"
 Driver "nvidia"
 BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Generic Monitor"
 Option "DPMS"
 HorizSync 30-70
 VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 Ultra]"
 Monitor "Generic Monitor"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 1
  Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 4
  Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 8
  Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 15
  Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 16
  Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 24
  Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 Screen "Default Screen"
 InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
 InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
 Mode 0666
EndSection

sudo xresprobe nv:

id:
res:
freq:
disptype:

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi Giorgos,

What happens if you replace all the "1280x960" instances in your xorg.conf with "1280x1024" and restart X?

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