prost Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 I'm using Mandriva 2007 with xrandr 1.0. Typing xrandr gives only 3 modes: "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480". In previous Mandriva 2007 installations I did have widescreen options in the Mandriva Control Center but now I only have 4/3 ones & only 16 bit depth. I added 1600x900 & 1600x1200 modelines to xorg.conf. If I add "1600x900" or "1600x1200" to the first line of the 8,15,16,24 depths, it goes into a distorted 640x480. 1280X1024 is the highest resolution it can produce. I'm using onboard VIA graphics & the HP 2009v monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux99 Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 Is there any special reason why you are using such an old version of Mandriva? I'm asking because you might likely find that a newer version will handle this better and therefore save you a lot of config fiddling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 I think you may be using the VESA driver instead of the VIA (openchrome or unichrome) driver. Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 I agree with theYinYeti. Please post the output of grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf so we can see what driver you're using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatman9 Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Maybe the monitor's EDID data is not being read, or some other problem. You may see a clue by examining /var/log/Xorg.0.log Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prost Posted September 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Yes it is using vesa. In fact my motherboard is asus k8v-vm but I can't find any Linux display driver for it. I don't know how to correct the /var/log/Xorg.0.log Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatman9 Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 I don't know how to correct the /var/log/Xorg.0.log Xorg.0.log is not something to be fixed, it's a log file. Earlier this year I had problem similar to yours. While examining my Xorg.0.log I saw an error message, something about can't read monitor EDID data, and something about defaulting to certain display resolutions. I don't recall the specifics, but it lead me towards a solution. Probably there's no driver specified for the Asus k8v-vm, however you can use the command line utiliy 'lspci' to see which 'VGA compatible controller' has been identified. If you have a recent Mandriva live CD you can try booting that and see if that allows the wide screen display. If it does, find which driver is being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prost Posted September 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 I did lspci & it says VIA. I downloaded the VIA S3 Chrome9 HC Linux Display Driver but can't make sense of the instructions(attached). One line says: Mandriva Linux 2007.0 will have the kernel source tree in /usr/src/ folder when installing the kernel source rpm package "kernel-source-2.6.17.5mdv-1-1mdv2007.0". Also: 5. Use a script to build VT3336-3364XORG40079 driver and select the "79" version and CPU type to build. The driver binary will be created in default /VT3336-3364XORG40079 folder. # tar zxvf VT3336-3364XORG40079-kernel-src_[date].tgz # cd VT3336-3364XORG40079-kernel-src_[date]/src # ./makedriver drm (Other distributions only build 2D/MPEG driver) What does it mean? What about the dependency packages? It seems so complex. ReleaseNote.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatman9 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 I don't know much about compiling drivers from source code. Are you sure there's no via driver in your Mandriva 2007? At the moment I'm using 2010.0, and there seems to be a via driver located in /lib/modules/2.6.31.13-desktop586-1mnb/kernel/drivers/video/via/ By the way, I think support for 2007 has been dropped. If so, then you are not getting security patches and bug fixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prost Posted September 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 Thanks. 2007 has no via driver. I tried mandriva2009.1 which had 1600x900. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Mandriva 2007.0 did have an openchrome driver available in the repos. It's still available here: x11-driver-video-openchrome-0.2.0.20060725-3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm Here's an old bug report on it with a fix: bug #27167 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Hello Prost. This is only a question of curiosity and should not be taken to imply a criticism of any kind. Just why are you still persevering with 2007 when Mandriva has advanced so far. I remember even 2008 was superior and rock solid at least ???. Have you tried more recent releases, e.g. 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0, 2009.1, 2010-0, 2010-spring ???. If you did , what sort of problems did you have ???. If your problem is not having good access to downloading ISOs then I can fix that for you very quickly by posting a DVD of 2010-spring (or earlier ones if you choose) to you by Air Mail quick smart. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prost Posted October 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 (edited) Thanks greg2 I'll try it. Edited October 3, 2010 by prost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prost Posted October 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 (edited) I figured out how to install the via driver on 2007. One problem was that a few files were missing. I can get 1440x900. If I try 1600x900 the screen scrolls when I move the cursor to the end. I don't know why I can't use more than 1440x900. The PC does crash. The openchrome driver didn't work. I did read that bug page you posted. I could select the driver in the Mandriva Control Center but the PC can't enter gui. xorg.txt Edited October 4, 2010 by prost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 Please post the output of egrep 1600x900 /var/log/Xorg.0.log Using google, I haven't found anyone that has successfully used a 1600x900 resolution with the openchrome driver at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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