On the x86 side of things, nvidia's drivers get you better performance and
3d support. You still can get higher resolutions though using Xfree's
driver.
What does your /etc/X11/XF86config-4 file look like in the "Screen" section?
Here's mine:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "nVidia Corporation|NV11 [GeForce2 MX]"
Monitor "Hitachi CM801"
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Give this a spin too. There's only x86 RPMs on nvidia's site but there are
the tarballs (which I always use anyway...) You might download them and try
to compile/install them. It may not work though as I don't know how arch
independent it is... YMMV : )
If you do get a happy module ('lsmod' || 'cat /proc/modules' and look for
"NVdriver"), make sure to change:
Section "Device"
--> Driver "nv"
to---> Driver "nvidia"
to use the new driver.
As I have no nvidia card in my Mac, this is all super hypothetical but try
it and have fun.
Chris
SysAdmin
University Mechanical