Screen resolution

[Karl Larsen]

Kjetil Halvorsen wrote:
> You are right, I have the nVidia card. But how do I
> "enable the visual effects"?
>   
    You need to download new software for the kernel and on your 
computer. Use the Sympatic Package manager and in the non-ubuntu section 
d/l the one for nVidia.

Karl



> Kjetil
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Gilles Gravier <gilles at gravier.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi!
>>
>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>     
>>> Kjetil Halvorsen wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hola!
>>>>
>>>> I recently installed ubuntu (8.04) on a brand new excellent laptop.
>>>> But the screen is only recognised in low resolution, 800x600, which is
>>>>         
>> way
>>     
>>>> to
>>>> bad. From menu Preferences > Screen resolution it is NOT offered any
>>>>         
>> higher
>>     
>>>> resolution, such
>>>> as 1024x768, which I am sure is possible. What to do? I'm sure it should
>>>>         
>> be
>>     
>>>> easy!
>>>>
>>>> Kjetil
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>     I expect you have a nVidia video device. You can tell this by
>>> writing in a terminal $ lspci | video and if you do have nVidia you need
>>> to get the better driver software either from Ubuntu or the nVidia web
>>>       
>> page.
>>     
>> If you have an nvidia, just enabling the visual effects will trigger the
>> download, install and activation of the proprietary (i.e. high
>> performance, fancy admin interface) nvidia driver. Then you can launch
>> the Nvidia Settings from the Applications System tab (or something
>> close, depending on your GNOME configuration).
>>
>> That lets you configure everything on an nvidia graphics board.
>>
>> Gilles.
>>
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