New monitor only displays 800x600

[debiani386]

Jamie Kerwick wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have got a new monitor, a Iiyama Prolite E1900S.
> Previously I had a 17" HP Monitor working perfectly in 1280x1024.
>
> But when I swapped that out for the new Iiyama monitor all I get is 800x600.
> In my /var/log/Xorg.0.log file I have some entries indicating an error
> with monitor setup (CRT-0 is my 19" monitor):
>
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1280x1024"; removing.
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1024x768"; removing.
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "832x624"; removing.
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "800x600"; removing.
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "720x400"; removing.
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "640x480"; removing.
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the default mode
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select".
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
> (II) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select"
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 800 x 600
>
> How do I setup my system to use the correct display mode? Do I need to
> enter some modeline information for my display ? If so how do I do it
> & where do I get the info from?
>
> The only info about my monitor in /etc/X11/xorg.conf is:
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
>         Option          "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
>   

looks like ubuntu doesnt support your monitor..what i typically did (on 
kubuntu) on my moms computer, as her ubuntu didnt support her monitor, 
is set a 1280x1024 default monitor and it seemed to work good with that.

--cj