Screen resolution loop [help!]

[Rashkae]

David Armour wrote:
> Rashkae <ubuntu <at> tigershaunt.com> writes:
> 
>>> Thanks to Leonard and Rashkae for their replies. Here's what I tried 
>>> System>Admin>Hardware Drivers>
>>> 	- lists two options, *both with red light radio buttons*, i.e. not  > 		*
> 'highlight' Nvidia accelerated (96)[1] [Recommended]
>>> 		* select Activate
>>> soft reboot
>>> hard re-boot
>>> recovery mode
>>> 	black screen...
> <snip> 
>> You really really shouldn't have to do all that.
> 
> !!! No kidding. But it helps to hear someone else say it. Something's messed 
> up, fer shur. :c) Still not sure what 'it' could be, at this point though.
>  

I'm thinking your monitor is providing faulty EDID information, and that
's screwing the driver over.

I suppose you could try specifying a monitor with the displayconfig-gtk
program.  However, i would urge trying to plug a different monitor into
the computer... even if it's a notebook, you should be able to use an
external display, and see if that works as expected.