[ubuntu-uk] NVIDIA X Server Settings
Guy Thouret
lists at thouret.co.uk
Mon Jan 25 15:56:40 GMT 2010
On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 15:39 +0000, keith wrote:
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> Over the weekend, however, I had the bright idea of using a TP-Link wireless dongle. This works a treat and now I have 9.10 up and running /almost/ perfectly.
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> There is one fly in the ointment, though, and that is the display. Ubuntu defaults to 800x600 every time I boot up. Naturally I reset the display to the monitor's preferred mode, 1920x1080 but on trying to save this setting I receive the error message "Failed to parse existing X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'!".
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> I wonder if anyone can advise me how I can save the configuration permanently.
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> Many thanks,
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> Keith.
I had this myself once, I think the issue was either:
Need root privileges to edit xorg.conf - use sudo nvidia-settings.
There is no xorg.conf - create one with sudo nvidia-xconfig then use
sudo nvidia-settings to modify and save with the desired screen
resolution.
Guy.
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