On Saturday 29 November 2008 19:06:31 Miguel Angel Perez wrote: > Hi, > > Have you installed nvidia propietary binary drivers? > Without them you won't be able to get the full set of features of your > card. > > You need to enable an extra repository called rpmfusion and install the > nvidia drivers from there: > > # yum install rpmfusion-free-release > # yum install rpmfusion-nonfree-release > # yum search nvidia > > Look for the driver and then install it: > > # yum install [driverName] > > If you do so you should restart the X server getting out of the session and > log again. > > For the sound problem i don't know what is happening, but you should go to > System -> Preferences ->Hardware ->Sound > and push the test button. If it works maybe you are trying to play music > in a proprietary format (mp3, wmv) and then you need > to install non free audio plugins. > > Then you should do this: > # yum install gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly > > After that you should be able to play mp3 files if the problem where the > codecs. > > Hope this helps. > > 2008/11/29 Kevin Kempter <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Hi All; > > > > I'm trying to instal Fedora10 on my new laptop but I've run into a few > > issues. > > > > It's a Dell Precision M6400 - I'm running KDE > > > > > > I have 2 issues: > > > > > > > > 1) I cannot get the full screen resolution > > I can go to administration --> display and under the 'Hardwae' tab I can > > configure the display as a generic or as a Dell 1920x1200 but no matter > > what > > I choose the 'Settings' tab only lets me choose a max of 1400x1050 > > > > 2) system notification sound works, and rhythmbox sound works but no > > other sound / players work such as amaok or Kaffiene > > > > Thanks in advance for any help ... > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Fedora-laptop-list mailing list > > Fedora-laptop-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list I installed the nvidia driver like this: 1) I installed the rpmfusion repos 2) I did a yum install kmod-nvidia 3) I ran nvidia-xconfig Still no luck. - my current xorg.conf file is below I tried adding a Modes section to the Screen section like this: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1920x1200" EndSubSection EndSection but still no luck. If it matters, I installed CentOS and it immediately (even without installing the nvidia drivers) gave me 1920x1200 - not sure if this is helpful or not but it confirms that the card actually will run 1920x1200 Anyone have any other Ideas? Thanks in advance... # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Tue Nov 4 17:18:57 PST 2008 # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "single head configuration" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # keyboard added by rhpxl Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105+inet" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" ModelName "LCD Panel 1920x1200" HorizSync 31.5 - 74.5 VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection _______________________________________________ Fedora-laptop-list mailing list Fedora-laptop-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list
