Display configuration lost !?

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2010-12-30 at 10:16 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Sam Przyswa <samp at arial-concept.com> wrote:
> :
> >
> > No, just an unknown monitor
> >
> > Is it a way to force a saved configuration or use the Ubuntu install
> > tool to restart the config with the original monitor ?
> >
> 
> Generally when you have a particular monitor connected, that's the one
> the system will use to determine the size and configuration.  If it
> comes up as an unknown monitor type, you can massage it by selecting
> generic CRT or LCD settings that match what you think your monitor is
> capable of handling.  To some extent, this also depends on what driver
> you are running, which in turn depends on what video card you have.
> 
> However, you're playing with fire here - if you select a configuration
> that your video card and monitor combined can NOT handle, you'll get
> trash on the screen and have a lovely time getting out of it (usually
> have to boot into single user mode and ditch/fix the
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to something that works).
> 
> Until you have your 29" monitor back, it's usually wise to go with
> what you have connected - what you had before may not ever work with
> the current config.
> 
> On the positive side, once your 29" physical config is restored, you
> should have little or no trouble getting it back and using it.

If he's using the nVidia drivers (wasn't mentioned which video adapter
he has) then use the nVidia X-server settings util to examine the
monitor, set the resolution and, last but not least, write the new
settings to /etc/xorg.conf file. If you don't write it out, it doesn't
stick. Ric


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