Screen resoluton

[Tom Lovelace]

I have pasted the xorg.conf file to the bottom of this post.
Appreciate any words of wisdom from any on you folks here.
Tom
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On Sep 21, 2006, at 11:14 AM, Kevin C. Smith wrote:


>  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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Tom's xorg.conf file:
_____
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration  
tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual  
page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades  
*only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically  
updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
	# path to defoma fonts
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"i2c"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc104"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ExplorerPS/2"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Driver        "wacom"
   Identifier    "stylus"
   Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
                                                       # /dev/input/ 
event
                                                       # for USB
   Option        "Type"          "stylus"
   Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Driver        "wacom"
   Identifier    "eraser"
   Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
                                                       # /dev/input/ 
event
                                                       # for USB
   Option        "Type"          "eraser"
   Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Driver        "wacom"
   Identifier    "cursor"
   Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
                                                       # /dev/input/ 
event
                                                       # for USB
   Option        "Type"          "cursor"
   Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU]"
	Driver		"nv"
	BusID		"PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"SyncMaster"
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU]"
	Monitor		"SyncMaster"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
	InputDevice     "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice     "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice     "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection


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