[TriLUG] Monitor Falls out of Sync after terminating X

[Aaron Bockover]

Hello,

Today I installed my new GeForce 4 (ok, so I went for the MX... it was cheap, 
I really just wanted something to handle UT2003 fairly nicely), and new hard 
drive. I decided to start over with Linux, as I have become much more 
familiar with it, and wanted to just start from a clean slate.

So, after installing Redhat 8, updating the kernel, and installing the
Nvidia GeForce 4 drivers (from source, the RPMs kept failing), the
card seemed to work. Upon starting X, the Nvidia logo splashed, like
it had always done on my GeForce 2.

All looked ok, but when I tried switching from graphical login to
text, the monitor "fell out of sync" -- The requested refresh was
165kHz/74Hz, but the maximum my monitor can handle is 160/70. I tried
toying with the refresh settings and changing resolutions, but to no
avail. The settings work fine when I am in X; the problem only occurs
when I switch from X to text. I can work just fine in text mode if I
have not yet started X (since the system last booted), but once X has 
been started, I cannot go back to text mode without rebooting the system.

I pulled the following from the X logs, but I really don't know what
to do about it:

(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode
clock/interlace/doub
lescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode
clock/interlace/doubl
escan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1200" (hsync out of
range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x600" (hsync out of range)


It looks like it says every mode has invalid horizontal sync -- I just
don't know.

I would really appreciate any possible insight into the problem. Do I
need to provide the full X log?

GeForce 4 MX 440 64MB
Athlon Thunderbird 1000MHz
640MB SDRAM
17" KDS Avitron

Kernel: 2.4.18-19.8.0 / i686

Thank you!

-Aaron Bockover