[ubuntu-in] Help for Screen resolution

[mehul]

On 10/6/07, Ashfaq Shaikh <ashfaq.s76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> I recently installed, Ubuntu 7.04 on my new AMD 64 pc with Asus chipset.
> Alo my monitor is View sonic VG1930wn. After installation, and online
> updates, of nvidia drivers, the required resolution of 1440x900 for this
> monitor does not appear.

You will need to edit your xorg.conf to include the resolution.
It can be done using the following command
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Or by manually editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file(not at all
recommended)
Or wait for gutsy to release, it will have GUI to do this.
Just changing the resolution might not help. My friend has
a viewsonic monitor too, he required to change refresh rate
 from 60 to 75Hz for it to display in wide-screen mode.