Help with resolution settings

[Basil Chupin]

On 08/09/2010 09:28, James Takac wrote:
> 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.

What is this "suggested driver"? Perhaps this is where the problem may 
lie - how about mentioning the driver number, what do you think?

BC

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