Is there any way you can copy /etc/X11/xorg.conf from a working machine (with similar graphics hardware)?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/1 David Aldred <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david@familyaldred.org.uk">david@familyaldred.org.uk</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi<br>
<br>
It's worked on both machines on earlier (k)Ubuntu distros; in fact I think it<br>
was working at one point on 9.04 on the other machine (the kids play Quake<br>
more than I do, and it goes in and out of fashion in the house!).<br>
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David<br>
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On Sunday 01 Nov 2009, James Holland wrote:<br>
> Have you ever got it working on any other distribution?<br>
><br>
> 2009/11/1 David Aldred <<a href="mailto:david@familyaldred.org.uk">david@familyaldred.org.uk</a>><br>
><br>
> > Evening, all!<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm having a spot of bother getting two Linux machines to play nicely<br>
> > with Quake3....<br>
> ><br>
> > The issue is that when I start the game on either machine, the result is<br>
> > a blank monitor screen with a (monitor-generated) message saying "out of<br>
> > frequency". The only way to restore normality is to go to another<br>
> > virtual terminal and kill the X-session.<br>
> ><br>
> > The OS on the machine in front of me is Kubuntu 9.10; the standard<br>
> > xorg.conf<br>
> > file is minimal for this distro. I'm using the NVidia restricted drivers<br>
> > and<br>
> > the rewritten xorg.conf is:<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > =========================================================================<br>
> >===== # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig #<br>
> > nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63) Tue Oct 20<br>
> > 21:00:15<br>
> > PDT 2009<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Section "ServerLayout"<br>
> > Identifier "Layout0"<br>
> > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0<br>
> > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"<br>
> > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"<br>
> > EndSection<br>
> ><br>
> > Section "Files"<br>
> > EndSection<br>
> ><br>
> > Section "InputDevice"<br>
> ><br>
> > # generated from default<br>
> > Identifier "Mouse0"<br>
> > Driver "mouse"<br>
> > Option "Protocol" "auto"<br>
> > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"<br>
> > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"<br>
> > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"<br>
> > EndSection<br>
> ><br>
> > Section "InputDevice"<br>
> ><br>
> > # generated from default<br>
> > Identifier "Keyboard0"<br>
> > Driver "kbd"<br>
> > EndSection<br>
> ><br>
> > Section "Monitor"<br>
> > Identifier "Monitor0"<br>
> > VendorName "Unknown"<br>
> > ModelName "Unknown"<br>
> > HorizSync 30.0 - 60.0<br>
> > VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0<br>
> > Option "DPMS"<br>
> > EndSection<br>
> ><br>
> > Section "Device"<br>
> > Identifier "Device0"<br>
> > Driver "nvidia"<br>
> > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"<br>
> > EndSection<br>
> ><br>
> > Section "Screen"<br>
> > Identifier "Screen0"<br>
> > Device "Device0"<br>
> > Monitor "Monitor0"<br>
> > DefaultDepth 24<br>
> > Option "TwinView" "0"<br>
> > Option "metamodes" "1024x768_75 +0+0; 1024x768 +0+0"<br>
> > SubSection "Display"<br>
> > Depth 24<br>
> > EndSubSection<br>
> > EndSection<br>
> ><br>
> > ========================================================================<br>
> ><br>
> > The figures for HorizSync and VertRefresh are both taken from the monitor<br>
> > manual; the monitor's resolution is described in the manual as '1024x768<br>
> > (75Hz)'.<br>
> ><br>
> > Of course, I can't tell what error messages may be written to the console<br>
> > as<br>
> > they are on the console in the X-session I have to kill!<br>
> ><br>
> > The second machine is very similar; the only real difference is that's<br>
> > it's an<br>
> > older NVidia-based card and it's on Ubuntu 9.04 instead of Kubuntu 9.10.<br>
> > It's<br>
> > the same NVidia driver and the same monitor, though.<br>
> ><br>
> > Any suggestions most welcome....<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > David Aldred<br>
> ><br>
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