Help with resolution settings

[James Takac]

Hi Johnny

On Tuesday 07 September 2010 23:18:21 Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> Den 2010-09-07 14:41:39 skrev Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>:
> > On 09/07/2010 01:52 AM, Vic Main wrote:
> >> Hi...
> >>
> >> I need some help with the resolution settings and how to change them.
> >> I have a *NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 with AGP8X card, *when I downloaded
> >> the suggested driver and activated it,
> >>  I could change the shadow on the mouse pointer, but my choices for
> >> resolution were 320x240 and 640x480. Not very useful!!!
> >>
> >> The generic Ubuntu driver gives me a choice of 640x480, 800x600, and
> >> 1024,x768. I would like to have a resolution of 1280x1024 if possible.
> >>
> >> That's the resolution I'm running on the same monitor with windows.
> >>
> >> The monitor is a Daytek LCD 19", but haven't got the model, have to
> >> dig around for that.
> >>
> >> Any answers most appreciated
> >>
> >> *Vic
> >> *
> >
> >      Hi Vic, you need to learn which Ubuntu version your using. I assume
> > it is 10.04 but you don't say.
> >
> > Since you know the video card, you should be able to find the exact
> > driver software for your system. Try going to the NVIDIA web page and
> > look for the driver for a MX440 card.
> >
> >
> > 73 Karl
>
> Didn't he just say that he did that?
>
> --
> Kind regards
>
> Johnny Rosenberg


I believe he did. The notebook I'm on at the moment has the same card and is 
running 8.04 with suggested driver. 3D does not work on this system sadly but 
I could get to 2D acceleration to work by editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file 
and changing the driver line to reflect 'nv' 

James