Screen resoluton
Kevin C. Smith
kevin at linuxsmith.com
Thu Sep 21 16:14:41 UTC 2006
> From reading the posts on this great forum, I managed to open the
> Xorg.conf file.
> It has all of the available resolutions listed under all of the
> different depth sections (1,4,8,15,16,and 24)
> All resolutions from the default 640x480, and up to 1280x1024, are
> listed in each depth section.
> The Monitor (SyncMaster ) and the video card (NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX is
> also identified in this document.
> Then I located the package (NVIDIA-glx) identified as an updated
> driver and installed it.
> I could have never managed all of this without inputs from this forum!
> HOWEVER- I am still stuck with this miserable 640x480 resolution!
> The Screen Resolution Preference window lists only 640x480, and will
> not allow changes to be made.
> Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
> Tom
>
> On Sep 20, 2006, at 10:26 PM, NoOp wrote:
>
> Tom Lovelace wrote:
>> My original install of Ubuntu set itself at a default screen
>> resolution of 640 X 480.
>> The preferences panel has no other resolution offered .
>> How can I remedy this? I usually run at 1024 x 768.
>> thanks
>>
>>
>
> This occurs if x11 can't find a suitable monitor.
>
You may also still need to run: sudo nvidia-xconfig
If you've already done this or the equivalent; I'm almost out of ideas.
Post your xorg.conf maybe so we can look it over.
--
Kevin C. Smith
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