Screen Resolution Problem

[Jack Lydick]

I'm having a problem with my screen resolution that is causing me to drink.
Okay, drink more than usual.  My resolution keeps reverting to being too big
for my monitor.  My graphics information is: EVGA e-GeForce 8600 GT NVIDIA
256MB connected via DVI to HDMI cable to an Olevia 527V TV used as a
monitor.  The native resolution is 1360 X 768 which gives me too large of a
screen of a quarter inch to half inch all the way around.  System -
Preferences - Screen Resolution did not fix the problem.  Researching the
list I found information on using the command line with gksudo
nvidia-settings.  I changed it to 1280 X 720 and centered instead of
stretched and this fixed it but now it is too small by the same quarter to
half an inch.  But at least I can see the entire desktop.  However, it
reverts to the too large screen after every reboot.  Below is the contents
of the xorg.conf file if that will help.

I apologize for the long post.  Maybe this will provide a brief respite from
the top posting debate.  I would appreciate any help that can be provided.
Thanks in advance.  By the way, it is a new install of Ubuntu 7.10 on a PC
built by a coworker.

Jack

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildmeister at builder26)  Wed Sep 12
14:29:53 PDT 2007

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath         "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "SYN 527-S11"
    HorizSync       15.0 - 58.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8600 GT"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "1280x720_60 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection
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