cannot use refresh rate of 100Hz with Sony Multiscan G200 + Nvidia FX5200 (WinXp works)

Bug #199458 reported by someone
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: xorg

I cannot get my CRT (Sony Multiscan G200) working with a refresh rate of 100Hz and a resolution of 1280x960. Though this settings works properly under WinXp with Nvidia drivers.
My graphic adapter is the Nvidia Geforce FX5200 by Gigabyte.

The problem is that all Linux distributions I have tried so far show this behavior.

Right now I am running Hardy Alpha 6 with a resolution 1280x1024 (91.3 KHz | 85 Hz).

(Though this resolution seems to work with my damaged CRT which is not capable of running many resolutions & refresh rates. Otherwise there is immense flickering on the corners of my monitor)

I would appreciate it if there would be just one Linux supporting my CRT as well as Windows does, so a more extensive usage of ubuntu would be possible for me.

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someone (m-82) wrote :

I have made a little mistake my resolution under WinXp is not 1280x960 but instead 1024x768@100Hz. But the problem with linux remains I still do not have 100Hz with any resolution I choose...

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

Are you using the restricted driver?

Changed in xorg:
status: New → Incomplete
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someone (m-82) wrote :

Sure tried "everything" means editing xorg.conf by hand, using different Nvidia driver versions, not using Nvidia drivers (but adapter runs hot so I have to use restricted drivers necessarily).
No Linux ever worked for me but as already mentioned the hardware can as WinXp shows.

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Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas) wrote :

AFAIK this bug is a duplicate of bug #16429 (Missing 100Hz refresh rate)

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