800x600 maximum resolution on nVidia GeForce 4200

amy

Howdy all,

I tried a form of this on another post, but perhaps used too cryptic a title, thus this reposte:

I've a Acer 77c monitor on an nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 card. The default legacy nvidia driver suggested by  7.04 was installed. However, all I get for resolution options are 800x600. Prior to installing the proprietary nvidia driver, xorg happily supported 1024x768.

I suspect that there's a problem that may need Modeline config to resolve, but this is outside my area of expertise. I've had a go at forcing a higher resolution, but editing xorg.conf, specifically the section below. I've also forced the hSync and vRefresh rates to the max, still no luck.

Any assistance or pointers appreciated. This is one of the kids' PCs, and they've gotten hooked on SuperTuxKart, thus don't want to go back to non-accelerated modes.

/etc/xorg.conf follows:Section quot;Devicequot;
Identifier quot;nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP 8x]quot;
Driver quot;nvidiaquot;
Busid quotCI:1:0:0quot;
Option quot;AddARGBVisualsquot; quot;Truequot;
Option quot;AddARGBGLXVisualsquot; quot;Truequot;
Option quot;NoLogoquot; quot;Truequot;
EndSection

Section quot;Monitorquot;
Identifier quot;Acer 77cquot;
Option quot;DPMSquot;
HorizSync 72
VertRefresh 120
EndSection

Section quot;Screenquot;
Identifier quot;Default Screenquot;
Device quot;nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP 8x]quot;
Monitor quot;Acer 77cquot;
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection quot;Displayquot;
Depth 1
Modes quot;1280x1024quot;
EndSubSection
SubSection quot;Displayquot;
Depth 4
Modes quot;1280x1024quot;
EndSubSection
SubSection quot;Displayquot;
Depth 8
Modes quot;1280x1024quot;
EndSubSection
SubSection quot;Displayquot;
Depth 15
Modes quot;1280x1024quot;
EndSubSection
SubSection quot;Displayquot;
Depth 16
Modes quot;1280x1024quot;
EndSubSection
SubSection quot;Displayquot;
Depth 24
Modes quot;1280x1024quot;
EndSubSection
EndSection