Weird problem with the new 1.0-4349 driver and a GeForce4 440 Go

[luetzel]

Dear all,

I have a weird problem after upgrading to the new 1.0-4349 driver on a Dell Inspiron 8200 (Mandrake 9.1, XFree 4.3, GeForce4 440 Go). I updated from version 1.0-4191 which worked fine at 1400x1050 resolution, and I haven't changed anything in my XF86config-4 after the update.

However, with the new driver the screen is messed up at 1400x1050, only 1280x1024 resolution (and lower) works, but the font rendering looks awful. I checked already the XFree86.0.log file, but it seems to me that the 1400x1050 LCD panel is detected correctly. With 1.0-4191 I see in the XFree86.0.log:

(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for Display Device 0:
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1400x1050": 155.8 MHz, 81.5 kHz, 74.8 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1400x1050": 122.0 MHz, 64.9 kHz, 60.0 Hz

And with 1.0-4349 I see:

(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device DFP-0:
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1400x1050": 155.8 MHz, 81.5 kHz, 74.8 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1400x1050": 122.0 MHz, 64.9 kHz, 60.0 Hz

To see the differences between the 4191 and 4349 log files I did a "diff". The only
difference I see is:

56c56
< (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
---
> (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x80010044, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000

And a change in the name of the display device.

402c403
< (**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for Display Device 0:
---
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device DFP-0:

So what is wrong? I haven't found any new options in the Nvidia README file, so it
must be something else. Any suggestions?

/luetzel

[rfg]

Well, I have the 1600 panel and and the issue is that the X server aborts saying that there were no remaining modes for device DFP-0.

The XF86Config file is exactly the same i was using with the 31.23 rev. And the kernel is exactly the same.

The installation of the kernel module and header files went smooth.

Should i give any other information?

TIA.

[luetzel]

@rfg

Thanks for your reply. Have you compared the XFree86.0.log files while using the two different
driver versions? In my case the panel seems to be recognized correctly, the EDID information
gives 1400x1050 and the modes probed during startup are exactly the same for both 4191 and
4349. I contacted the NVidia support and they requested my XFree86.0.log files -- well, we'll see
what they can do about it.

/luetzel

[rfg]

Well, all my devices, options, and stuff get properly recognized, and the only error X log gives me is that there are no modes remaining.

The X logs between versions seem exact.

I have the GF 2 Go btw ;-)