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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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Laurent85 wrote: Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:45 am The native resolution of your monitor is detected properly, what is the brand and model ?
Hi It's an Acer K222 LCD model and has no problem displaying 1080x1920 with my previous AMD based GPU or in windows.
It might not work but would installing a more recent Nvidia driver help do you think?

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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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steveis2 wrote: Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:16 am
Laurent85 wrote: Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:45 am
The native resolution of your monitor is detected properly, what is the brand and model ?
Typo, I meant not detected properly
It might not work but would installing a more recent Nvidia driver help do you think?
You can try, that won't hurt. The monitor is connected to the Nvida DVI port ?
Add the graphics-drivers ppa:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
apt update
Then use the Driver Manager utility to install the recommended driver and reboot.
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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Laurent85 wrote: Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:44 am
steveis2 wrote: Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:16 am
Laurent85 wrote: Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:45 am
The native resolution of your monitor is detected properly, what is the brand and model ?
Typo, I meant not detected properly
It might not work but would installing a more recent Nvidia driver help do you think?
You can try, that won't hurt. The monitor is connected to the Nvida DVI port ?
Add the graphics-drivers ppa:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
apt update
Then use the Driver Manager utility to install the recommended driver and reboot.
Hi, I have installed the latest drive but it has not made any difference to the resolution. The monitor is connected to the DVI port.
Is it possible to manually configure things?

Regards Steve
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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steveis2 wrote: Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:19 pm Is it possible to manually configure things?
Don't know, native resolution is usually detected. Post the resolutions detected:

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xrandr
[ -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf ] && cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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Laurent85 wrote: Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:35 pm
steveis2 wrote: Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:19 pm Is it possible to manually configure things?
Don't know, native resolution is usually detected. Post the resolutions detected:

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xrandr
[ -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf ] && cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Hi Here is the output of the command

Steve

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jimbo@jimbo-A320M-HD2 ~ $ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1360 x 768, maximum 32767 x 32767
DVI-D-0 connected primary 1360x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
   1024x768      60.00 +
   1360x768      59.96*   59.80  
   1152x864      60.00  
   800x600       72.19    60.32    56.25  
   680x384       59.96    59.80  
   640x480       59.94  
   512x384       60.00  
   400x300       72.19  
   320x240       60.05  
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
jimbo@jimbo-A320M-HD2 ~ $ [ -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf ] && cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
jimbo@jimbo-A320M-HD2 ~ $ [ -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf ] && cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
jimbo@jimbo-A320M-HD2 ~ $ 
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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The monitor resolution is not detected correctly. You may try to disable kernel mode setting and enable nvidia drm mode setting.
At startup hold down the shift key in case the grub menu doesn't show up by default. On first menu entry press the "e" key to edit the kernel boot parameters and add below parameters next to "quiet splash" to read:

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quiet splash nomodeset nvidia-drm.modeset=1
Press F10 to boot.
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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Laurent85 wrote: Fri Sep 21, 2018 3:37 pm The monitor resolution is not detected correctly. You may try to disable kernel mode setting and enable nvidia drm mode setting.
At startup hold down the shift key in case the grub menu doesn't show up by default. On first menu entry press the "e" key to edit the kernel boot parameters and add below parameters next to "quiet splash" to read:

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quiet splash nomodeset nvidia-drm.modeset=1
Press F10 to boot.
Hi, Unfortunately having tried to locate the command in various places it has not worked. I always end up with the same lower resolution options.

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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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When powering on the computer and while holding down the shift key does the grub menu shows up ?
See this video referring to a different issue illustrating how to edit the boot parameters:
https://www.linuxmint.com/pictures/scre ... _grub.webm
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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Laurent85 wrote: Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:23 am When powering on the computer and while holding down the shift key does the grub menu shows up ?
See this video referring to a different issue illustrating how to edit the boot parameters:
https://www.linuxmint.com/pictures/scre ... _grub.webm
Hi,
The grub menu comes up OK and e opens the settings. The video is very useful. The 'Quiet splash' phrase is already in the configuration and I have added the full line "quiet splash...modeset=1" after it. I have also tried some other variations of locations as well as taking out the first instance of 'quiet splash' before the new line but none of them seem to work. Perhaps I am putting the phrase in the wrong location although I think I have tried most places.
Is there a way to copy the parameters to a file to have a look at them?

I should say as well. Thank you for your patience and perseverance.

Regards Steve
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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steveis2 wrote: Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:48 amThe 'Quiet splash' phrase is already in the configuration and I have added the full line "quiet splash...modeset=1" after it.
Said otherwise replace the "quiet splash" part of the line with "quiet splash nomodeset nvidia-drm.modeset=1"
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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Hi
I replaced 'quiet splash' with 'quiet splash nomodeset nvidia-drm.modeset=1' and booted up.
It didn't make any difference unfortunately. And the monitor is still not detected correctly.
On my other PC which is running Mint 18.3 and uses 'xserver-org-video-nouveau' the monitor is correctly identified as an Acer 22" monitor. If I changed to the Nvidia driver I have the same low resolution problem. In the case of that PC the GPU is an MSI GTX 660. Editing the parameters on this PC also didn't make any difference when running the Nvidia driver.

I can't think of why it's not working.

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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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steveis2 wrote: Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:28 am I can't think of why it's not working.
Don't know either. Can't you try with a different monitor ?
Post the full Xorg logs between code tags, open log file with text editor:

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xed /var/log/Xorg.0.log
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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Hi Here is the xorg log

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[     7.859] 
X.Org X Server 1.18.4
Release Date: 2016-07-19
[     7.859] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[     7.859] Build Operating System: Linux 4.4.0-97-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
[     7.859] Current Operating System: Linux jimbo-A320M-HD2 4.15.0-34-generic #37~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 28 10:44:06 UTC 2018 x86_64
[     7.860] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-34-generic root=UUID=9403ec50-0ff1-46f2-9975-eca5abf46a57 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
[     7.860] Build Date: 13 October 2017  01:57:05PM
[     7.860] xorg-server 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
[     7.860] Current version of pixman: 0.33.6
[     7.860] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[     7.860] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[     7.860] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Sep 22 17:30:04 2018
[     7.864] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     7.868] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[     7.868] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[     7.868] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[     7.868] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[     7.868] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[     7.868] (==) Automatically adding devices
[     7.868] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[     7.868] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[     7.868] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[     7.868] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[     7.868] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.868] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[     7.868] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.868] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[     7.868] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.868] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[     7.868] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.868] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[     7.868] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     7.868] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	built-ins
[     7.868] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[     7.868] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[     7.868] (II) Loader magic: 0x558ccf872dc0
[     7.868] (II) Module ABI versions:
[     7.868] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[     7.868] 	X.Org Video Driver: 20.0
[     7.868] 	X.Org XInput driver : 22.1
[     7.868] 	X.Org Server Extension : 9.0
[     7.869] (++) using VT number 7

[     7.869] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[     7.869] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[     7.872] (--) PCI:*(0:8:0:0) 10de:1c82:10de:1c82 rev 161, Mem @ 0xfd000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000d000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[     7.872] (WW) "glamoregl" will not be loaded unless you've specified it to be loaded elsewhere.
[     7.872] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[     7.872] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[     7.872] (II) Loading /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/libglx.so
[     7.916] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[     7.916] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[     7.916] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[     7.916] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  396.54  Tue Aug 14 22:37:05 PDT 2018
[     7.916] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
[     7.916] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
[     7.916] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 2
[     7.916] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 3
[     7.916] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 4
[     7.916] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 5
[     7.916] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 6
[     7.916] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[     7.916] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[     7.916] (II) Loading /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so
[     7.917] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[     7.917] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[     7.917] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     7.917] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[     7.917] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
[     7.919] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     7.919] 	compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 1.0.12
[     7.919] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     7.919] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[     7.919] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[     7.919] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[     7.919] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     7.919] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 1.18.4
[     7.919] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     7.919] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[     7.919] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[     7.919] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[     7.919] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     7.919] 	compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 0.4.4
[     7.919] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     7.919] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[     7.919] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[     7.920] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[     7.920] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     7.920] 	compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 2.3.4
[     7.920] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     7.920] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[     7.920] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  396.54  Tue Aug 14 22:15:03 PDT 2018
[     7.920] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[     7.920] (II) NOUVEAU driver Date:   Tue Dec 8 15:52:25 2015 +1000
[     7.920] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[     7.920] 	RIVA TNT        (NV04)
[     7.920] 	RIVA TNT2       (NV05)
[     7.920] 	GeForce 256     (NV10)
[     7.920] 	GeForce 2       (NV11, NV15)
[     7.920] 	GeForce 4MX     (NV17, NV18)
[     7.920] 	GeForce 3       (NV20)
[     7.920] 	GeForce 4Ti     (NV25, NV28)
[     7.920] 	GeForce FX      (NV3x)
[     7.920] 	GeForce 6       (NV4x)
[     7.920] 	GeForce 7       (G7x)
[     7.920] 	GeForce 8       (G8x)
[     7.920] 	GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
[     7.920] 	GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
[     7.920] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[     7.920] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[     7.920] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[     7.920] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[     7.920] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[     7.920] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[     7.921] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     7.921] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 1.0.0
[     7.921] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     7.921] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[     7.921] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[     7.921] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[     7.921] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     7.921] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 1.0.0
[     7.921] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     7.921] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[     7.921] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[     7.921] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[     8.704] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[     8.704] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[     8.705] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[     8.705] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[     8.705] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[     8.706] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     8.706] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 0.0.2
[     8.706] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[     8.706] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[     8.706] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[     8.706] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[     8.706] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[     8.706] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[     8.706] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[     8.706] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[     8.770] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on GPU-0 at PCI:8:0:0
[     8.770] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-0 (boot)
[     8.770] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-1
[     8.770] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-2
[     8.770] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-3
[     8.771] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (GP107-A) at PCI:8:0:0 (GPU-0)
[     8.771] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 4194304 kBytes
[     8.771] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 86.07.39.00.46
[     8.771] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: connected
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: disconnected
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: disconnected
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 1440.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: disconnected
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: Internal TMDS
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[     8.790] (==) NVIDIA(0): 
[     8.790] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[     8.790] (==) NVIDIA(0):     will be used as the requested mode.
[     8.790] (==) NVIDIA(0): 
[     8.790] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
[     8.790] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select"
[     8.790] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
[     8.793] (WW) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0 does not have an EDID, or its EDID does not contain a
[     8.793] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     maximum image size; cannot compute DPI from DFP-0's EDID.
[     8.793] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
[     8.793] (II) UnloadModule: "nouveau"
[     8.793] (II) Unloading nouveau
[     8.793] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[     8.793] (II) Unloading modesetting
[     8.793] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[     8.793] (II) Unloading fbdev
[     8.793] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
[     8.793] (II) Unloading fbdevhw
[     8.793] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[     8.793] (II) Unloading vesa
[     8.793] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[     8.794] (II) NVIDIA: Using 24576.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory
[     8.794] (II) NVIDIA:     access.
[     8.815] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select"
[     8.868] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[     8.868] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store enabled
[     8.868] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[     8.869] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[     8.870] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[     8.870] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[     8.870] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[     8.870] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[     8.870] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: nvidia
[     8.870] (--) RandR disabled
[     8.877] (II) SELinux: Disabled on system
[     8.878] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[     8.878] (II) Indirect GLX disabled.
[     8.931] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[     8.931] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     8.931] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     8.931] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"
[     8.931] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so
[     8.932] (II) Module libinput: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     8.932] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 0.18.0
[     8.932] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[     8.932] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 22.1
[     8.932] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[     8.932] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[     8.932] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
[     8.932] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     8.932] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event1 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     8.932] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event1 is a keyboard
[     8.960] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1/event1"
[     8.960] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[     8.960] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     8.960] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb"
[     8.983] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event1 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     8.983] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event1 is a keyboard
[     8.983] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event2)
[     8.983] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     8.983] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     8.983] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Video Bus'
[     8.983] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[     8.983] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[     8.983] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     8.984] (II) input device 'Video Bus', /dev/input/event2 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     8.984] (II) input device 'Video Bus', /dev/input/event2 is a keyboard
[     9.000] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:0c/LNXVIDEO:02/input/input2/event2"
[     9.000] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[     9.000] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     9.000] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb"
[     9.001] (II) input device 'Video Bus', /dev/input/event2 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     9.001] (II) input device 'Video Bus', /dev/input/event2 is a keyboard
[     9.002] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event0)
[     9.002] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     9.002] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     9.002] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[     9.002] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[     9.002] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
[     9.002] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     9.002] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event0 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     9.002] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event0 is a keyboard
[     9.020] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0/event0"
[     9.020] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[     9.020] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     9.020] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb"
[     9.021] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event0 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     9.021] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event0 is a keyboard
[     9.022] (II) config/udev: Adding input device USB Optical Mouse (/dev/input/event3)
[     9.022] (**) USB Optical Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[     9.022] (**) USB Optical Mouse: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[     9.022] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'USB Optical Mouse'
[     9.022] (**) USB Optical Mouse: always reports core events
[     9.022] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
[     9.022] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     9.080] (II) input device 'USB Optical Mouse', /dev/input/event3 is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[     9.080] (II) input device 'USB Optical Mouse', /dev/input/event3 is a pointer caps
[     9.128] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.4/0000:01:00.0/usb4/4-4/4-4:1.0/0003:0461:4D64.0001/input/input3/event3"
[     9.128] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "USB Optical Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 9)
[     9.128] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[     9.128] (**) USB Optical Mouse: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[     9.128] (**) USB Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[     9.128] (**) USB Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[     9.188] (II) input device 'USB Optical Mouse', /dev/input/event3 is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[     9.188] (II) input device 'USB Optical Mouse', /dev/input/event3 is a pointer caps
[     9.189] (II) config/udev: Adding input device USB Optical Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
[     9.189] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     9.189] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     9.190] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event12)
[     9.190] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     9.190] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     9.191] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event13)
[     9.191] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     9.191] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     9.192] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event14)
[     9.192] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     9.192] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     9.192] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Line Out (/dev/input/event10)
[     9.192] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     9.192] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     9.192] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone (/dev/input/event11)
[     9.192] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     9.192] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     9.193] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Front Mic (/dev/input/event7)
[     9.193] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     9.193] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     9.193] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Rear Mic (/dev/input/event8)
[     9.193] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     9.193] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     9.194] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD-Audio Generic Line (/dev/input/event9)
[     9.194] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     9.194] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     9.194] (II) config/udev: Adding input device NOVATEK USB Keyboard (/dev/input/event4)
[     9.194] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     9.194] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     9.194] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard'
[     9.194] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: always reports core events
[     9.194] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4"
[     9.194] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     9.195] (II) input device 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard', /dev/input/event4 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     9.195] (II) input device 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard', /dev/input/event4 is a keyboard
[     9.212] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb2/2-3/2-3.1/2-3.1:1.0/0003:0461:0010.0002/input/input4/event4"
[     9.212] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NOVATEK USB Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 10)
[     9.212] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     9.212] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb"
[     9.213] (II) input device 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard', /dev/input/event4 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     9.213] (II) input device 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard', /dev/input/event4 is a keyboard
[     9.214] (II) config/udev: Adding input device NOVATEK USB Keyboard (/dev/input/event5)
[     9.214] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     9.214] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[     9.214] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard'
[     9.214] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: always reports core events
[     9.214] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
[     9.214] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     9.215] (II) input device 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard', /dev/input/event5 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     9.215] (II) input device 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard', /dev/input/event5 is a keyboard
[     9.228] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb2/2-3/2-3.1/2-3.1:1.1/0003:0461:0010.0003/input/input5/event5"
[     9.228] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NOVATEK USB Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[     9.228] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     9.228] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "gb"
[     9.229] (II) input device 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard', /dev/input/event5 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[     9.229] (II) input device 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard', /dev/input/event5 is a keyboard
[     9.230] (II) config/udev: Adding input device NOVATEK USB Keyboard (/dev/input/event6)
[     9.230] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[     9.230] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[     9.230] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard'
[     9.230] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: always reports core events
[     9.230] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event6"
[     9.230] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[     9.288] (II) input device 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard', /dev/input/event6 is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[     9.288] (II) input device 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard', /dev/input/event6 is a pointer caps
[     9.324] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/usb2/2-3/2-3.1/2-3.1:1.2/0003:0461:0010.0004/input/input6/event6"
[     9.324] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NOVATEK USB Keyboard" (type: MOUSE, id 12)
[     9.324] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[     9.324] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[     9.324] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[     9.324] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[     9.384] (II) input device 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard', /dev/input/event6 is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[     9.384] (II) input device 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard', /dev/input/event6 is a pointer caps
[     9.385] (II) config/udev: Adding input device NOVATEK USB Keyboard (/dev/input/mouse1)
[     9.385] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     9.385] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     9.411] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: connected
[     9.411] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
[     9.411] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     9.411] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[     9.426] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: connected
[     9.426] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
[     9.426] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     9.426] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: connected
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: disconnected
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: disconnected
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 1440.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: disconnected
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: Internal TMDS
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.335] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.411] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DVI-D-0: 1360x768 @1360x768 +0+0 {ViewPortIn=1360x768, ViewPortOut=1360x768+0+0}"
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: connected
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: disconnected
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: disconnected
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 1440.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: disconnected
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: Internal TMDS
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.513] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.690] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: connected
[    18.690] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
[    18.690] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.690] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.690] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: disconnected
[    18.690] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
[    18.690] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.690] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.690] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: disconnected
[    18.690] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
[    18.690] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 1440.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.690] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.691] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: disconnected
[    18.691] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: Internal TMDS
[    18.691] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.691] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: connected
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: disconnected
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: disconnected
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 1440.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: disconnected
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: Internal TMDS
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.707] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: connected
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: disconnected
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: disconnected
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 1440.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: disconnected
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: Internal TMDS
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    18.980] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: connected
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: disconnected
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: disconnected
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 1440.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: disconnected
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: Internal TMDS
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[    25.182] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

Post by steveis2 »

Hi, I have discovered that if I launch NVIDIA X server settings advanced and manually insert 1920x1080 into view port in , view port out and Panning in the advanced settings I can attain the 1920x1080 resolution. However it causes a problem with desktop images as they appear as tiled no matter what you do. Also I don't know how sustainable this arrangement is or whether it's storing up problems for the future.

Regards Steve
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

Post by Laurent85 »

steveis2 wrote: Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:28 am On my other PC which is running Mint 18.3 and uses 'xserver-org-video-nouveau' the monitor is correctly identified as an Acer 22" monitor.
If I changed to the Nvidia driver I have the same low resolution problem. In the case of that PC the GPU is an MSI GTX 660. Editing the parameters on this PC also didn't make any difference when running the Nvidia driver.
[ 8.771] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (GP107-A) at PCI:8:0:0 (GPU-0)
[ 8.771] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 4194304 kBytes
[ 8.771] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 86.07.39.00.46
[ 8.771] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: connected
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: disconnected
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: Internal TMDS
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: disconnected
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: Internal DisplayPort
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-2: 1440.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: disconnected
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: Internal TMDS
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): DFP-3: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 8.786] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0):
[ 8.790] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 8.790] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 8.790] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
[ 8.790] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 8.790] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
[ 8.790] (II) NVIDIA(0): "DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select"
[ 8.790] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
[ 8.793] (WW) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0 does not have an EDID, or its EDID does not contain a
[ 8.793] (WW) NVIDIA(0): maximum image size; cannot compute DPI from DFP-0's EDID.
[ 8.793] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
The monitor's EDID (monitor's capabilities firmware) is buggy, or Nvidia bug with that monitor, or hardware issue. You may try a different dvi cable or different monitor when available. An alternative would consist in setting up a manual modeline for that monitor but I have no background in this area.
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

Post by steveis2 »

Hi, I have a good idea of what I need to do which is more than I started with.

Thanks for all your advice.

Regards Steve
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

Post by steveis2 »

In the end I got it working but I reinstalled linux to get a fresh start. That might not be necessary but it felt like a last resort.
I then did the following


Install linux you will boot into software rendering and 1920x1080
Update the system and reboot
Update the kernel and reboot
Install the Read-edid and Edid-decode programs from software manager
Execute sudo get-edid > EDID.bin in your home folder. EDID.bin should appear which saves the monitor EDID.
Use driver manager to select a change to the Nvidia driver and reboot.
Once in the nvidia environment you will find that you have only 1360x768 resolution
Open the Nvidia Server Settings programme and select X Server Display Configuration on left hand side. Then use the Save to X configuration button to save the configuration. You will need to save it to /etc/X11 as xorg.conf
Reboot
Go to to /etc/X11 and execute sudo xed xorg.conf to edit xorg.conf
In the device section of xorg.conf add Option “CustomEDID” “string/EDID.bin” where string is the path to the folder you saved EDID.bin in. In my case it was “/home/chico/EDID.bin”. Save the changes to xorg.conf.
Reboot and it might work ok
You might need to open xorg.conf again and insert the actual Horizontal and vertical frequency ranges of your particular monitor and reboot.

Regards Steve
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

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Hi, This worked in LM18.3 but does not seem to work in LM19.

Steve
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Re: Low resolution with Nvidia drivers

Post by steveis2 »

Just one other thing. REMEMBER to never exceed the maximum resolution given by your screen manufacturers specs even if the software appears to offer higher ones.

Steve
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