Ubuntu 6.10 - Strange screen resolution

[netllama]

Xorg supports metamodes just fine. If disabling DynamicTwinview fixes your problem, then your problem is the games, not the driver.

[miltiad]

Originally Posted by netllama

Xorg supports metamodes just fine. If disabling DynamicTwinview fixes your problem, then your problem is the games, not the driver.

Ok and if Gnome display 50Hz instead of 60Hz it's a bug from Gnome ?

[netllama]

Or Gnome just isn't aware of DynamicTwinview.

[miltiad]

Why is the refresh rate not reported correctly by utilities that use the XRandR X extension (e.g., the GNOME "Screen Resolution Preferences" panel, `xrandr -q`, etc)?


The XRandR X extension is not presently aware of multiple display devices on a single X screen; it only sees the MetaMode bounding box, which may contain one or more actual modes. This means that if multiple MetaModes have the same bounding box, XRandR will not be able to distinguish between them.

In order to support DynamicTwinView, the NVIDIA X driver must make each MetaMode appear to be unique to XRandR. Presently, the NVIDIA X driver accomplishes this by using the refresh rate as a unique identifier.

You can use `nvidia-settings -q RefreshRate` to query the actual refresh rate on each display device.

This behavior can be disabled by setting the X configuration option "DynamicTwinView" to FALSE.

From http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...hapter-04.html