Is there anything interesting in the xorg log? I'd be curious to see what'd happen if you got rid of the unwanted modes and restarted X. Also, have you tried the "nvidia" driver (as opposed to "nv") ? sm On 2/14/06, Pete Daniels <teeahr1 at gmail.com> wrote: > Section "Device" > Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]" > Driver "nv" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSection > This is going to sound kludgey, but try removing and reinstalling the > nvidia driver. But even without it, your modes look fine, which puzzles me. > > As an aside, "apt-get dist-upgrade" is, from all I've heard, a generally > unreliable way to do business. When Dapper releases in April, I'd > reccommend a backup of /home and a fresh install. > > > On 2/14/06, Brian Hurt <bhurt at spnz.org> wrote: > > > > > > Damn I hate to do this, but I'm stumped and need a little help. > > > > So two days ago now, I decided to switch my Ubuntu box from Hoary to > > Breezy. Edited /etc/apt/sources.list to replace hoary with breezy, did an > > apt-get dist-upgrade, and have spent the last two days fixing problems. > > > > The last problem seems to be that X is comming up in 640x480 mode and > > refuses to do anything higher. Needless to say, this doesn't work as well > > as the 1280x1024 mode I'm used to. I think it's stuck in default VGA-only > > mode, and the nvidia driver isn't loading. The /etc/X11/xorg.conf file > > looks OK to me (it's attached, in case anyone cares). I've done a > > modprobe nvidia and modprobe nvidiafb to make sure the kernel modules are > > loaded. > > > > Note that to resolve some conflicts, I had to remove a bunch of packages. > > GDM was one of the ones I removed and have had to reinstall. The solution > > is probably "install this package", I just don't know which package(s) I > > need to install. I've tried some random probing (apt-get X11, apt-get > > gnome, etc.), but to no avail. Also, don't assume I'm not missing/have > > checked something obvious. This really feels like an "is it plugged in" > > sort of problem. > > > > I'd rather not uninstall the nvidia drivers, I would like some 3D > > acceleration with my GeForce-4 (MX 440 AGP 8x, as reported by lspci). > > > > Thanks. > > > > Brian > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > >