Guest hotburner2001 Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 Hello all, this is my first post as a Linux user :D I installed it a couple of hours ago and the one thing I can't seem to get right is that the display doesn't take up all the space on the monitor but rather leaves a small margin on either side of the screen. Is this a known problem, and can anybody shed a light? If you tell me how to go about giving my specs using the console I'll do it. For info I have a Nvidia ti4200 gforce 4 and I don't know how to install the driver I just downloaded from nvidia.com. Maybe that would solve the problem. Thanks, Jo P.S I also downloaded/installed all the latest updates (156 packages!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 ummm.... are you sure that this is a craphic-card problem? :unsure: to me, it sounds more like your monitor that needs to be adjusted... try your monitor-menu. sometimes, gaphics go off left or right or up or down or.... if this is not the problem, please post a screenie, so i get an idea what it looks like. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hotburner2001 Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 Hello, here's my config from file:/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 N.B. I tried different settings, nothing happened. I couldn't see where to adjust the refreshment rate though... # File generated by XFdrake. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" ### Load "glx" # 3D layer Load "glx" # 3D layer EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "Keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "de" Option "XkbOptions" "" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Gateway" ModelName "Gateway EV900" HorizSync 30.0-95.0 VertRefresh 50.0-160.0 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "NVidia" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)" Driver "nv" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1280 960 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1280 960 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1280 960 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1280 960 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" EndSection Thanks! Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hotburner2001 Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 One more thing: I don't think this is a monitor problem as windoze makes full use of the screen upon reboot... If I "stretch" the image horizontally it looks unnatural. When I was in 1024X768 the margins were smaller...But still there. Can anybody walk me through installing the NVIDIA driver I just downloaded? Thanks again ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 nVidia driver FAQ. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hotburner2001 Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 Hello all, as my sytem told me I didn't have sufficient privileges to install the NVIDIA driver, I messed around with the permissions...Suddenly (all in KDE), I wasn't able to even open my hard drive or start an application...Access denied...p to the point where I had to reboot... Now all I get is the console and when I try to login, it tells me "no /home/myname" directory and goes back to login prompt. Indeed when exploring the drive I can't seem to find all the folders I created. I'd be at a loss to explain what I did in the "configure computer- users" program, I basically added myself to a bunch of groups...ADM, etc. thinking it would give me root privileges. Anyway, now I'm stuck with the login screen and admitting I have to reinstall (I just installed mdk yesterday, so I wouldn't lose much), how do I go about it? Or can anyone help? Sorry to bother (and a big thanks to Arctic and spyninorman already), but I was getting such a kick out of KDE I want to get back to it ! One last thing: If I simply type "KDE" at the console prompt, all I get is a "XIO: Fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer)) on X server ":0.0" thanks, Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 (edited) i have sent him already a pm with regard to XFdrake etc. now to something completely different: reinstalling the system. in case that your problems can't be fixed that easily (that is: reinstalling is easier) then do the following: at the install-selection mdk will ask you for partitioning. i hope you have put your personal data on an extra partition (/home). if this is the case everything can be done without a prob. just manually assign the partitions at install. do (minimum) e.g. one partition, 5gb for "/" = your root and sys-files. then add a swap partition (double size of your ram minimum). then assign your /home partition as /home but don't format this drive. then continue the installation. when you are asked to set up a user-account, choose a different user, not the original user name you had in your previous install. set up his desktop normally. later, when install is finished and the new user desktop up and ready, log in as root (remember to change the bloody bootmanager from mandrake to kdm of gdm) and copy the files you need from your old directory to your new directory. then, you can remove the old borked user-account. :) p.s.: it is not such a good idea to change the user rights (add user to dozens of groups) as this will likely mess up your system. there is a reason to keep certain things separated in linux. ;) Edited September 25, 2004 by arctic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illogic-al Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 argh. stupid virtual settings repplace Virtual 1280 960 with Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" and see if the works better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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