screen resolution

[david]

I have still nothad any success
i have done the glx info and gears thing in terminal but is not working
now. this is result

david at david-desktop:~$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

   visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
 id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x21 16 tc  1  0  0 c  .  .  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x3a 32 tc  1  0  0 c  .  .  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
david at david-desktop:~$ glxgears
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual
david at david-desktop:~$ 
 david



On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 10:58 +1000, andremangan at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello Gordon, David and list members,
> 
> Something went awry with the list messages this morning.
> 
> I did not post anything about resolution difficulties.  That was
> David.
> 
> I have been trying to help him and suggested in the first instance
> exactly what you had proposed, Gordon.
> 
> Unfortunately, the way Google mail is set up it is easy to press the
> reply button and you end up off-list and that is what happened in this
> instance.
> 
> David has not yet resolved his display difficulties.  The
> nvidia-glx-new file had not been installed.  That has been rectified.
> There are still no choices to change resolution.
> 
> David, try      sudo displayconfig-gtk    and see if you can change
> resolution in that screen....and can you tell me which kernel you are
> booting from .... type     uname -r
> 
> If anyone else has any ideas, please join in.
> 
> Andre
>