Re: modelines for xfree86 with official nvidia driver

Unless you're using some really weirdo distro, SDL will be installed 
already.  Just download advancemame and install it.  The in the monitor 
section of your x configuration file you need to change the monitor     
HorizSync  and VertRefresh as shown below 


Section "Monitor" 

   Identifier "MyMonitor"
   VendorName "Mitsubisi"
   ModelName  "Diamond Plus 120u" 

   # be sure to replace these values with values appropriate for your
   # monitor!
   HorizSync  15.5 - 15.75
   VertRefresh 47 - 63 

   # 320x240x60.00 @ 15.750kHz
   Modeline "640x240x60.11"  12.096000  640 656 720 768  240 244 247 262  
 -HSync -VSync 

EndSection 

 

in the device section you should also add Option     "IgnoreEDID" as shown 
below 


Section "Device"
   Identifier  "NV AGP"
   VendorName  "nvidia"
   Driver   "nvidia"
   Option    "IgnoreEDID"
   # update this with the PCI id of your card.  Consult the output
   # of the 'lspci' command.  The BusID is usually optional when
   # only using one graphics card.
   BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection 


Then download lrmc to your home directory and run the following commands 

cd
tar xvzf lrmc*gz
cd lrmc*/
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
su
make install
exit 


Calculate all your modelines using the highplclock option and add them to 
your monitor section, as above. 

Add the name of your favorite modeline to your Screen section under the 
default mode as shown below 

Section "Screen"
   # Option     "IgnoreEDID"
   Identifier "Screen AGP"
   Device      "NV AGP"
   Monitor     "MyMonitor"
   DefaultColorDepth 24
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth       8
       Modes       "640x240x60.11"
   EndSubsection
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth       16
       Modes       "640x240x60.11"
   EndSubsection
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth       24
       Modes       "640x240x60.11"
   EndSubsection 

EndSection 

startx, game on. 

[iso-8859-1] Jos� Renato writes: 

> To run under Xfree, I need to compile advmame with SDL, allright? So, 
> ADVMAME
> with SDL can select the modelines that I´ll generate with your lrmc 
> application or I need to
> do some other configurations? I think it´s a simple question for now! :) 
> 
> Thanks for you big help 
> 
> Keep mailing 
> 
> Gore Daimon 
> 
>> Message: 2
>> From: "Desmond Colin Jones" <jonesdes-mhe/[email protected]>
>> To: " advancemame-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org" 
>> <advancemame-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>
>> Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:45:13 -0400
>> Subject: [advancemame-users] Re: modelines for xfree86 with official 
>> nvidia driver 
>> 
>> The gtf calculator written by Andy Ritger has some serious flaws.   Don't
>> use it.  Modes that operate under 38kHz are completely invalid.  Chances 
>> are
>> X won't even clear them on loading.  This is a VESA issue.  The GTF 
>> standard
>> never specified a minimum horizontal blanking time.  This was later
>> corrected in the CVT standard. 
>> 
>> The gtf program written by Andy Ritger only supports very, very basic GTF
>> calculations.  UMC at http://umc.sourceforge.net supports the entire CVT 
>> and
>> GTF standard, and unlike Ritger's gtf, it will always generate a usable
>> modeline.  Neither standard, however, were written with arcade monitors 
>> in
>> mind.  Both were written to take advantage of very fast, modern, high
>> resolution CRTs (or LCDs).  There are only two calculators that I know of
>> that generate usable modelines for arcade monitors, and that's lrmc and
>> advv. 
>> 
>> 
>> [iso-8859-1] Jos� Renato writes: 
>> 
>>> Hello guys! Thanks for your great help, Desmond. I´ll try to generate
>>> some modelines.
>>> I just don´t know how many modelines I need to generate. As my arcade
>>> monitor is horizontal
>>> I´ll try only horizontal modes. 
>>> 
>>> Before try your application, I tried the gtf modeline generator
>>> http://sh.nu/nvidia/gtf.php to
>>> create some framebuffer resolutions, like this one: 
>>> 
>>> mode "608x262 60.00Hz 32bit (GTF)"
>>>    # PCLK: 11.23 MHz, H: 16.32 kHz, V: 60.00 Hz
>>>    geometry 608 262 608 262 32
>>>    timings 89062 40 -16 6 1 56 3
>>>    hsync low
>>>    vsync high
>>> endmode 
>>> 
>>> This mode can´t be loaded by fbset because there is a negative 
>>> timing.
>>> So, with ADVCFG
>>> and rivaframebuffer, the lowest plock I got working was about 8 MHz. 
>>> Very
>>> bad,
>>> because I got a screen like vertical games. So, my idea was to create 
>>> more
>>> fb modelines
>>> with gtf application, but without a success. Now it´s time to use 
>>> YOUR
>>> idea. 
>>> 
>>> To run under Xfree, I need to compile advmame with SDL, allright? So,
>>> ADVMAME
>>> with SDL can select the modelines that I´ll generate with your
>>> application or I need to
>>> do some other configurations? 
>>> 
>>> Thanks for you big help 
>>> 
>>> Keep mailing 
>>> 
>>> Gore Daimon 
>>> 
>>>> From: "Desmond Colin Jones" <jonesdes-mhe/[email protected]>
>>>> To: " advancemame-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org"
>>>> <advancemame-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [advancemame-users] modelines for xfree86 with official
>>>> nvidia driver
>>>> Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 17:18:47 -0400 
>>>> 
>>>> http://lrmc.sourceforge.net/ 
>>>> 
>>>> There shouldn't be any major bugs left, but who knows.  Be sure to use
>>>> the
>>>> highpclock parameter, as nvidia's driver won't support modes under 12
>>>> mHz. 
>>>> 
>>>> Just cut and paste the modelines directly into your configuration file.
>>>> It
>>>> shouldn't matter how many monitors you're using, as long as the 15kHz 
>>>> one
>>>> is
>>>> on the default vga/dvi.  15kHz modes don't work via tv-out.  I tried. 
>>>> 
>>>> [iso-8859-1] Jos� Renato writes: 
>>>> 
>>>>> Hello guys! 
>>>>> 
>>>>> After a lot of test with riva framebuffer driver for linux, I got the
>>>>> same
>>>>> problem.
>>>>> So, IÃ,´d like to test if it is possible to make the xfree86 
>>>>> output
>>>>> something to my
>>>>> arcade monitor by using the official nvidia driver. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I successfully setup a tv-out output for my 29" tv using higher
>>>>> resolutions
>>>>> (640x480 and above) with the twinview configuration and clone output.
>>>>> You can grab some information at http://sh.nu/nvidia and take a look 
>>>>> at
>>>>> XF86Config sample.
>>>>> ItÃ,´s possible to create another video output with "clone mode"
>>>>> to another monitor with the samevideocard too, as nvidia faq included 
>>>>> in
>>>>> the
>>>>> official driver. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> So, my great question is: can I generate some modelines to generate
>>>>> another
>>>>> video output for an arcade low resolution monitor (15Khz)? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I need a great help to put this on work. Can someone help me? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Keep mailing 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gore Daimon
>>>  
>>> 
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