Screen Resolution
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Wed Aug 13 11:45:09 UTC 2008
Robert James wrote:
> I have a new Compaq laptop that is operating in Vista at a screen
> resolution of 1280 x 800. The card is a "generic PnP monitor on DVIDA
> GeForce 8200M G card. When I installed Ubuntu the best resolution I
> can get is 640 x 480. Apps are so fat they don't fit the screen.
> When I go into the GeForce drivers the "test" says they won't work
> with this machine. Sure would like to know where to go from here.
> Can't seem to get a better resolution.
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> Thanks
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> Rob
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> Robert James
> robertjames at mountaincable.net
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Well it sounds like you have a nVidia video system and you need to
get the non-ubuntu driver installed. To check for sure it is nVidia in a
terminal type lspci and it will list all your system.
You need then to use the Sympatic File Manager and get the nVidia
software. This should fix the problem.
Karl
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