I need a linux driver for an IBM ThinkVision L201P monitor. Cannot find one on the IBM website.
I currently have to use the default generic monitor driver provided by Mint, which only gives me 1024 x 768 resolution. I want higher resolution.
Any help with driver, or how to increase resolution beyond the generic?
Thanks,
Dan
Need Driver for IBM ThinkVision Monitor
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Need Driver for IBM ThinkVision Monitor
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Re: Need Driver for IBM ThinkVision Monitor
Monitors don't need drivers, please supply the output of
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inxi -SGx
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Re: Need Driver for IBM ThinkVision Monitor
If monitors don't need drivers, then how do I change the resolution of mine?
I can only get the basic 1024x768, but the monitor will do 1280x1024.
So, again, the question is, how do I get the higher resolution?
Thanks,
Dan
I can only get the basic 1024x768, but the monitor will do 1280x1024.
So, again, the question is, how do I get the higher resolution?
Thanks,
Dan
Re: Need Driver for IBM ThinkVision Monitor
Please provide the output of the command as asked, so we have some details on your system.
Re: Need Driver for IBM ThinkVision Monitor
Here is the ouput
dan@dan-linux ~ $ inxi -SGx
System: Host: dan-linux Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.6.3) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF108 [GeForce GT 430] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: nouveau,vesa,fbdev) Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43 Direct Rendering: Yes
dan@dan-linux ~ $
Thanks,
dan@dan-linux ~ $ inxi -SGx
System: Host: dan-linux Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.6.3) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF108 [GeForce GT 430] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: nouveau,vesa,fbdev) Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43 Direct Rendering: Yes
dan@dan-linux ~ $
Thanks,
Re: Need Driver for IBM ThinkVision Monitor
According to your output, you are currently using the nvidia driver not the generic one. Are you trying to set the resolution in the System Settings | Displays applet as if using the nvidia driver you should use the nvidia-settings tool to select the resolution and save to xorg.conf?
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“The people are my God” stressing the factor determining man’s destiny lies within man not in anything outside man, and thereby defining man as the dominator and remoulder of the world.
“The people are my God” stressing the factor determining man’s destiny lies within man not in anything outside man, and thereby defining man as the dominator and remoulder of the world.
Re: Need Driver for IBM ThinkVision Monitor
My monitor ahs a default setting of 1600x1200.remoulder wrote:According to your output, you are currently using the nvidia driver not the generic one. Are you trying to set the resolution in the System Settings | Displays applet as if using the nvidia driver you should use the nvidia-settings tool to select the resolution and save to xorg.conf?
In windows I use 1280x1024, which i would like to get in mint, but cannot discover how to do it.
The nvidia settings for mint do not offer these settings.
I've installed xrander, but am unable to make any changes through it.
Do I need to save the xrander --newmode settings to xorg.conf in order to activate them?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Re: Need Driver for IBM ThinkVision Monitor
Take a look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1937769. There are many threads here about this subject and a search using xrandr will bring up many, here's one http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 9&p=638105
[Edit] your original post and add [SOLVED] once your question is resolved.
“The people are my God” stressing the factor determining man’s destiny lies within man not in anything outside man, and thereby defining man as the dominator and remoulder of the world.
“The people are my God” stressing the factor determining man’s destiny lies within man not in anything outside man, and thereby defining man as the dominator and remoulder of the world.