From: Anthony Messina <amessina@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:24 PM >Subject: Re: xorg.conf and Nouveau > >On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 05:17:25 PM Jim wrote: >> Fedora 17 / KDE >> >> Can I use the nouveau driver in xorg.conf to Lock in the resolution ?. >> >> I have a computer that defaults to 1920x1080 and that resolution is to >> high, and I have a older friend that will be using this computer and I >> want to Lock into >> 1280x1024x75 . >> >> I don't want to use the nvidia drivers they are to unstable and nouveau >> drivers >> are doing a good job on this computer. > >Try adding something like the following to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, where >the "Identifier" is what you get from `xrandr -q`. > >Section "Monitor" > Identifier "DVI-I-1" > Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024" >EndSection > >Section "Device" > Identifier "Device0" > Driver "nouveau" >EndSection > > >-A >From my xorg.conf file (monitor does not properly report EDID): Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" DisplaySize 432270 HorizSync 30.0 - 86.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 ModeLine "1440x900" 106.5 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1680x1050" 147.1 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync Modeline "1920x1080" 172.80 1920 2040 2248 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118 -HSync +Vsync Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1920x1080" "1680x1050" "1440x900" "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
