Digital display with NVidia card?

[Ed Greshko]

Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> I have an NVidia FX 5500 and just scrounged up a Samsung SyncMaster 930B 
> LCD monitor.  I thought I'd try using the digital output of the card, 
> but I'm having some issues:
> 
> (1) The VCs don't display during startup.
> 
> (2) The X server comes up displaying 800x600.  I don't seem to be able 
> to change it using system-confog-display.  I can select 1280x1024, but 
> when I log out, I get a message on the display about non-optimal mode 
> and when the X server starts, it's in 800x600 again.
> 
> The bahavior is the same whether I use the nv driver or the binary 
> nividia driver.
> 
> How can I solve these issues?  Or am I stuck with analog mode?

I don't know what a "VC" is in 1.

However, it may be helpful to post your Xorg.0.log.

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