Re: Configuring graphics(resolution) on Dell Vostro 460 i5

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On 07/30/2012 07:19 PM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:


Just to be sure.....  I am not the OP or the person with the problem....  OK?  :-)

> On Mon, 2012-07-30 at 19:05 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> I find the output of lspci a bit odd.   I thought that it would indicate the card type.  Mine, for example, is ...
>>
>> 1:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce GT 230] (rev a2)
> Getting numeric output indicates that the pci.ids database doesn't
> contain an entry for this model (usually new devices that appeared
> later).

That is what I was implying.  Thank you for taking the time to elaborate.

>
>> Do you know what model you have?  It "may" be that the card is not being detected properly or the card is not support by the default NOUVEAU driver.
> I think 0de2 is "NVIDIA GeForce GT 420". You can get an updated PCI IDs
> table using the update-pciids command (part of pciutils - note that this
> will replace the one installed by the hwdata RPM so you may want to back
> it up if you want to preserve the original).
>
> This ID is defined in the current list but not the version present on my
> F17 systems:
>
>        0de2  GF108 [GeForce GT 420]
>
> If it's a recent device that may explain why it's not known to nouveau
> (if that's the case).

I looked up 0de2 at the nVidia site and it is indeed the GeForce GT 420
>
> The X log should show whether it's using vesa or nouveau.

Wow, that may explain why I asked for that from the OP.....  :-) :-)


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