Too high resolution to see anything

[Afkpuz]

Hi.  I just built a custom rig to run linuxmce and to my disappointment, it was not as easy as the video made it look.  My problem lies with my video card.  It's a gefore NX8400GS.  The quick install dvd didn't provide the proper driver to enable the highest UI.  So, I followed the steps outlined on the wiki for installing the nvidia driver.  That didn't work.  It kept reverting back to the vesa driver.  So then, I tried install 7.10 using the install discs.  I Installed the driver first before lmce.  It still is using the nvidia driver, but now my resolution is set way too high to see anything.  I checked the xorg.conf and the resolution is set to the the correct res.  (680x480)  I'm using a giant tube tv with a vga input.  It's native res is 680x480.  So, my questiong is how to get the resolution correct.  I can post my xorg file or anything else that is needed.  I'm so close, I just need my resolution to get down to 680x480.  Thanks in advance.


Here are the specs to my video card. 
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814127322

[tehnoobie]

if i were you id make sure that it is your video card, if you have some crappy pci card laying around throw that in and see if it still does it.  cause that doesn't sound like video driver issue to me.  also i found that if you throw crappy cards in linux machines take em out put em back in eventually it will fix it self.    i know it sounds crazy but it's happened to me it's worked a couple of times.

[lon22]

Hi.  I just built a custom rig to run linuxmce and to my disappointment, it was not as easy as the video made it look.  My problem lies with my video card.  It's a gefore NX8400GS.  The quick install dvd didn't provide the proper driver to enable the highest UI.  So, I followed the steps outlined on the wiki for installing the nvidia driver.  That didn't work.  It kept reverting back to the vesa driver.  So then, I tried install 7.10 using the install discs.  I Installed the driver first before lmce.  It still is using the nvidia driver, but now my resolution is set way too high to see anything.  I checked the xorg.conf and the resolution is set to the the correct res.  (680x480)  I'm using a giant tube tv with a vga input.  It's native res is 680x480.  So, my questiong is how to get the resolution correct.  I can post my xorg file or anything else that is needed.  I'm so close, I just need my resolution to get down to 680x480.  Thanks in advance.


Here are the specs to my video card. 
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814127322

Can you get to the kde desktop? If the resolution is good enough for the kde desktop to show up then its probably not the video card. To get to the desktop - boot the core and hit esc to get to startup menu. Wait for prompt and enter password. Should be linuxmce for both user and password. Then type startx. There are settings that you can tweak on the pluto admin site to set your resolution. Did you see the AVWizard?

[Afkpuz]

Don't worry about it.  I've given up on Linuxmce.  Apparently there is something wrong with my hardware.  I might try again when a stable version comes out, but I've run out my patience trying to make it work.  I'm just going to set up mythtv in Ubuntu instead.