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Retain screen resolution at next logon

Asked by Vaughan

Situation: Feisty Faun, nvidia (100.14.09) Viewsonic VA1912w screen.

When I log on, the screen resolution is 1024x768.

I can change that to 1440x900 with the Applications/System Tools/NVIDIA X Server Settings. I then save that setting.

When I next log on, the system comes up in 1024x768 again.

How can I get the system to come back in my preferred 1440x900 mode, please?

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Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

are you running nvidia settings as root? if not then the changes wont be properly saved.

Failing that, change the resolutions in your xserver

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Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

sorry, change the resolutions in your xorg.conf file, located in /etc/X11/

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Vaughan (v-vaughan65) said : 		#3

No - I'm not in root.

My xorg.conf file looks like this----------

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
    InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
    InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "Files"

 # path to defoma fonts
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
    FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load "i2c"
    Load "bitmap"
    Load "ddc"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx"
    Load "int10"
    Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver "kbd"
    Option "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Configured Mouse"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "CorePointer"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "stylus"
    Driver "wacom"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option "Type" "stylus"
    Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "eraser"
    Driver "wacom"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option "Type" "eraser"
    Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "cursor"
    Driver "wacom"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option "Type" "cursor"
    Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Generic Monitor"
    HorizSync 28.0 - 51.0
    VertRefresh 43.0 - 60.0
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800]"
    Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device "nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800]"
    Monitor "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 1
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 4
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 8
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 15
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 16
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

I would be grateful if you would please show me what it should look like?

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#4

Change this:

SubSection "Display"
     Depth 24
     Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection

To this:

SubSection "Display"
     Depth 24
     Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection

Don't forget to edit this file as a superuser. Save, exit and restart the x server with alt-ctrl-backspace.

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Vaughan (v-vaughan65) said : 		#5

Thanks for the above.
The Screen portion of my xorg.conf file now looks like this :

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device "nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800]"
    Monitor "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 1
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 4
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 8
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 15
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 16
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Videocard0"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "TwinView" "0"
    Option "metamodes" "1440x900 +0+0; 1024x768 +0+0; 800x600 +0+0; 640x480 +0+0"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

But still the system restarts in 1024x768 mode!

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#6

This looks like rubbish added by nvidia-xconfig:

Section "Screen"
     Identifier "Screen0"
     Device "Videocard0"
     Monitor "Monitor0"
     DefaultDepth 24
     Option "TwinView" "0"
     Option "metamodes" "1440x900 +0+0; 1024x768 +0+0; 800x600 +0+0; 640x480 +0+0"
EndSection

Possibly it also changed the Section "ServerLayout", can you check it?
As to understand why is not being used, can you post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file?
You should try to start the X server with a verbose level of at least 5:

startx -- -verbose 5 -logverbose 5

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Vaughan (v-vaughan65) said : 		#7

ServLayout is as follows

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
    InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
    InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

The requested log file follows

X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux linux-box-2 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686
Build Date: 04 April 2007
 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
 to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Jul 1 09:42:43 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(**) |-->Input Device "stylus"
(**) |-->Input Device "cursor"
(**) |-->Input Device "eraser"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
 Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to:
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
 /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
 /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType
(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(**) Extension "Composite" is disabled
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x81c92e0
(II) Module ABI versions:
 X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
 X.Org Video Driver: 1.1
 X.Org XInput driver : 0.7
 X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3099 card 1106,3099 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b099 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip 1106,3106 card 1186,1403 rev 86 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 125d,2898 card 0000,0000 rev 03 class 07,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0d:0: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 50 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0d:1: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 50 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0d:2: chip 1106,3104 card 0925,1234 rev 51 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3147 card 1106,3147 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1106,0571 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 10ec,4710 rev 40 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0041 card 1462,9750 rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
 [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
 [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
 [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
 [0] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x3000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
 [0] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800] rev 161, Mem @ 0xdc000000/24, 0xd0000000/27, 0xdd000000/24
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
 [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
 [1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
 [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
 [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
 [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
 [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd8000000 from 0xdbffffff to 0xd7ffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
 [0] -1 0 0xe0001000 - 0xe00010ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [1] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe00000ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
 [3] -1 0 0xdd000000 - 0xddffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [4] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
 [5] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [6] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
 [7] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
 [8] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc1f (0x20) IX[B]
 [9] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
 [10] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c407 (0x8) IX[B]
 [11] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
 [0] -1 0 0xe0001000 - 0xe00010ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [1] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe00000ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
 [3] -1 0 0xdd000000 - 0xddffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [4] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
 [5] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [6] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
 [7] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
 [8] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc1f (0x20) IX[B]
 [9] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
 [10] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c407 (0x8) IX[B]
 [11] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
 [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
 [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
 [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
 [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
 [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
 [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
 [4] -1 0 0xe0001000 - 0xe00010ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [5] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe00000ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [6] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
 [7] -1 0 0xdd000000 - 0xddffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [8] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
 [9] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
 [11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [12] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
 [13] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
 [14] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc1f (0x20) IX[B]
 [15] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
 [16] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c407 (0x8) IX[B]
 [17] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libi2c.so
(II) Module i2c: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.2.0
 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libddc.so
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
 Module class: X.Org Server Extension
 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
 compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 2.1.0
 Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
 ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
 compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
 Module class: X.Org Server Extension
 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module 100.14.09 Sat May 26 01:22:44 PDT 2007
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.0
 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
 compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
 Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.0
 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
 ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.1
 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
 ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "wacom"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//wacom_drv.so
(II) Module wacom: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
 ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) Wacom driver level: 47-0.7.7-7 $
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 100.14.09 Sat May 26 00:49:01 PDT 2007
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
 ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "wfb"
(II) LoadModule: "wfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libwfb.so
(II) Module wfb: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
 compiled for 7.1.99.2, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libramdac.so
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
 [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
 [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
 [4] -1 0 0xe0001000 - 0xe00010ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [5] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe00000ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [6] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
 [7] -1 0 0xdd000000 - 0xddffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [8] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
 [9] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
 [11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [12] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
 [13] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
 [14] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc1f (0x20) IX[B]
 [15] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
 [16] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c407 (0x8) IX[B]
 [17] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
 [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
 [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
 [4] -1 0 0xe0001000 - 0xe00010ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [5] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe00000ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [6] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
 [7] -1 0 0xdd000000 - 0xddffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [8] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
 [9] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [10] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
 [11] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
 [12] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
 [13] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
 [14] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [15] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
 [16] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
 [17] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc1f (0x20) IX[B]
 [18] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
 [19] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c407 (0x8) IX[B]
 [20] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [21] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
 [22] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6800 (NV40) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.40.02.12.01
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 6800 at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0): ViewSonic VA1912wSERIES (CRT-1)
(--) NVIDIA(0): ViewSonic VA1912wSERIES (CRT-1): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel
(--) NVIDIA(0): clock
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-1
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0): "1440x900"
(II) NVIDIA(0): "1024x768"
(II) NVIDIA(0): "800x600"
(II) NVIDIA(0): "640x480"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1440 x 900
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (89, 87); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) NVIDIA(0): option
(==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
 [0] 0 0 0xdd000000 - 0xddffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
 [1] 0 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
 [2] 0 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
 [3] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
 [4] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
 [5] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
 [6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
 [7] -1 0 0xe0001000 - 0xe00010ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [8] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe00000ff (0x100) MX[B]
 [9] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
 [10] -1 0 0xdd000000 - 0xddffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [11] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
 [12] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
 [13] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
 [14] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
 [15] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
 [16] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
 [17] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [18] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
 [19] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
 [20] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc1f (0x20) IX[B]
 [21] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
 [22] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c407 (0x8) IX[B]
 [23] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
 [24] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
 [25] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1440x900"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension XAccessControlExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Core Keyboard
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Generic Keyboard: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbModel: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbLayout: "gb"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Generic Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled
(**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
(**) Configured Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
(**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 9
(**) Option "SendCoreEvents"
(**) stylus: always reports core events
(**) stylus device is /dev/input/wacom
(**) stylus is in absolute mode
(**) stylus: forcing TabletPC ISD V4 protocol
(**) WACOM: suppress value is 2
(**) Option "BaudRate" "9600"
(**) stylus: serial speed 9600
(**) Option "SendCoreEvents"
(**) cursor: always reports core events
(**) cursor device is /dev/input/wacom
(**) cursor is in relative mode
(**) cursor: forcing TabletPC ISD V4 protocol
(**) WACOM: suppress value is 2
(**) Option "BaudRate" "9600"
(**) cursor: serial speed 9600
(**) Option "SendCoreEvents"
(**) eraser: always reports core events
(**) eraser device is /dev/input/wacom
(**) eraser is in absolute mode
(**) eraser: forcing TabletPC ISD V4 protocol
(**) WACOM: suppress value is 2
(**) Option "BaudRate" "9600"
(**) eraser: serial speed 9600
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "eraser" (type: Wacom Eraser)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "cursor" (type: Wacom Cursor)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "stylus" (type: Wacom Stylus)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom
 No such file or directory.
Error opening /dev/input/wacom : Success
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom
 No such file or directory.
Error opening /dev/input/wacom : Success
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom
 No such file or directory.
Error opening /dev/input/wacom : Success
(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1, removing from list!
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1440x900"
SetGrabKeysState - disabled
SetGrabKeysState - enabled
SetGrabKeysState - disabled
SetGrabKeysState - enabled

end of file.

I haven't understood startx ...

Vaughan

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#8

I don't see any issue in xorg.0.log, your mode is validated and set.
This looks more like a minor bug or misconfiguration issue with the proprietary drivers, for which we can't do much.
To confirm this, try changing the driver to open source, I'm quite sure that you will see the 1440x900 everytime you boot.
Also, check if by using xrandr (System->Preferences->Screen Resolution) you can change your resolution.

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Vaughan (v-vaughan65) said : 		#9

Yes, I can change the resolution via
System->Preferences->Screen Resolution

I have no idea how to change the driver to open source? But after the pain of installing the nvidia driver, I hope your explanation will include a way back!

Thanks for all your help so far,

Vaughan

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#10

I assume you have not used the restricted drivers manager. If so, just change the "nvidia" in the device section to "nv" and restart the X server with ctrl-alt-backspace.
To revert do it the other way around.

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Best Vaughan (v-vaughan65) said : 		#11

I'm using NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver, which I believe is a 'restricted driver'.

This morning when I booted up, it came up with the desired 1440x900 resolution! The problem seems to have sorted itself out, with a lot of help from Cesare - Thank you.

Vaughan