[melbourne-pug] Ubuntu and nvidia and Xorg and no-EDID projectors conspire against me

[Javier Candeira]

The nvidia-settings tool is what restricts me to 640x480.

I have tried editing the xorg.conf by hand, using the strategy you
suggest, with not much success. I'll give it another try tomorrow
between classes.

Thanks,

J

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Rory Hart <hartror at gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you just using the nvidia config tool or are you hacking the xorg.conf?
> If you haven't attacked the xorg.conf back it up first then use the nvidia
> tool to overwrite it with the projector settings then edit the file for the
> higher resolution.
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Javier Candeira <javier at candeira.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Today I have spent the best part of an afternoon fighting a projector
>> in a classroom. My laptop runs ubuntu 10.10, has a nvidia geforce go
>> 5200, and will only output 640x480 through VGA. I think the problem is
>> that the projector is behind an AV system that obscures the EDID,
>> because with monitors I have managed better.
>>
>> If anyone has experience marrying nvidia cards under ubuntu to
>> projectors, I will appreciate their help. Especially since I am
>> presenting at pycon this coming weekend!
>>
>> Struggling,
>>
>> Javier
>> _______________________________________________
>> melbourne-pug mailing list
>> melbourne-pug at python.org
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug
>
>
>
> --
> Rory Hart
> http://www.roryhart.net
> http://www.relishment.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> melbourne-pug mailing list
> melbourne-pug at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/melbourne-pug
>
>