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Thread: 6.2 Boots to Wrong Screen Resolution

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    6.2 Boots to Wrong Screen Resolution

    Computer is a Dell Dimension E521. The Dell monitor has a native resolution of 1440x900 at 60 Hz. However, the Knoppix 6.2 memory stick always boots to a destop with resolution 800x600. (That is the maximum listed in the resolution change tool.) I have tried various combinations of cheat codes "noddc". "screen=1440x900", and "vsync=60", but they make no difference.

    Here is the "lspci -v" output. Any ideas?

    00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
    Subsystem: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
    Subsystem: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

    00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
    Subsystem: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

    00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
    Subsystem: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

    00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
    Subsystem: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

    00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
    Subsystem: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
    Subsystem: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

    00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
    Subsystem: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

    00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
    Memory behind bridge: fd800000-fd8fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fd700000-00000000fd7fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

    00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff
    Memory behind bridge: fde00000-fdefffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fdd00000-00000000fddfffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

    00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
    Memory behind bridge: fdc00000-fdcfffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fd900000-00000000fd9fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

    00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: Dell Device 01ed
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7
    Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
    Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    Memory at fb000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
    [virtual] Expansion ROM at 40000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel modules: nvidiafb

    00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
    Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device cb84
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
    Subsystem: Dell Device 01ed
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

    00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
    Subsystem: Dell Device 01ed
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 10
    I/O ports at 1c00 [size=64]
    I/O ports at 1c40 [size=64]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
    Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2

    00:0a.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a3)
    Subsystem: Dell Device 01ed
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

    00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    Subsystem: Dell Device 01ed
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
    Memory at fe02f000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

    00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    Subsystem: Dell Device 01ed
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
    Memory at fe02e000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

    00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
    Subsystem: Dell Device 01ed
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
    I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8]
    I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4]
    I/O ports at 0970 [size=8]
    I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4]
    I/O ports at e000 [size=16]
    Memory at fe02d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: sata_nv

    00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
    Subsystem: Dell Device 01ed
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
    I/O ports at 09e0 [size=8]
    I/O ports at 0be0 [size=4]
    I/O ports at 0960 [size=8]
    I/O ports at 0b60 [size=4]
    I/O ports at cc00 [size=16]
    Memory at fe02c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: sata_nv

    00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=32
    I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
    Memory behind bridge: fdb00000-fdbfffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fda00000-fdafffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
    Subsystem: Dell Device 01ed
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
    Memory at fe024000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
    Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

    00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
    Flags: fast devsel
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
    Flags: fast devsel

    00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
    Flags: fast devsel

    00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
    Flags: fast devsel
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: k8temp
    Kernel modules: k8temp

    04:07.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
    Subsystem: Dell Device 01ed
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
    Memory at fdbfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: b44
    Kernel modules: b44

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    Tried LXDE and no3d?

    I had to disable the Compiz fusion thing to get the 'screen' cheat code to work properly, cheat code no3d in 6.2 (Dell Vostro 1710). And desktop LXDE.

    You might find out more by looking at the X log. In the old days, X -probeonly 2>&1, or something like that, can't remember exactly, could provide some diagnostic information.
    Oh, and could sudo lspci -v avoid the 'access denied's?

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