xorg.conf for Compaq Presario F500
I saw on the Ubuntu forums a comment about getting the NVIDIA drivers working with the Compaq Presario F500, so I thought it might be wortwhile posting my entire xorg.conf – since I know it works :) This configuration also supports compiz fusion, albeit slowly but you can, if you want, have the cube, wobbly windows and all the other bits and pieces. Add some extra RAM if you’re going to do this though :)
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 28.0 - 64.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 60.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI-X GeForce Go 6100"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI-X GeForce Go 6100"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBVisuals" "True"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
Hey I was just browsing through and found your site. I have a quick question if you don’t mind answering. I was thinking about buying a laptop with a Nvidia 6100 Go video card similar to yours, and I was wondering if you could tell me what range of FPS you got from the game because you noted that it ran quite well. I’m having trouble deciding on which laptop, so this should help out. Please email me back at peter_nguyen10@yahoo.com. Much appreciated.
I forgot to mention, the game is World of Warcraft. Thanks.
Hi Peter, I get about 10-15 fps solidly when playing WoW under Ubuntu, sometimes rising to 25fps or higher indoors, and depending on how many other Windows I have open.
You do need to have most (or all) of the effects turned right down though – the GeForce Go 6100 isn’t really designed for playing games :)
Hi my name is john and im having a problem with my compaq F500. the dvd/cd. drive as stopped working on my laptop drive i installed a program but the disk does not work?but when i go on computer then driver then right ckick the program is still there saying instail now but when i put disc back in !!! no joy! computer say,s not responding. and when i auto restore no joy?
can you PLEASE GIVE ME HELP!
would be very gratefull for any help as im going mad!!!
please mail me back with help?
Sorry, I can’t help with hardware support – contact the store you purchased it from, or Compaq direct.
Hey, do you have any idea of video cards upgrades that are available for the presario f500?
i bought a game, and apparently my video card isnt sufficient for high level graphics and gameplay (graphics card is good though) so i can only play the game in low quality at the moment.
if you could contact me on the e-mail address i’ve provided to you, that would be a huge help.