Help with resolution settings

[Vic Main]

At 09:11 AM 09/08/10, you wrote:
>On 09/07/2010 08:19 PM, Vic Main wrote:
>...
> >      I'm now using 10.04. this monitor resolution thing has been the
> > main stumbling block in using Ubuntu more.
> > With the version I just tried to update and trashed, the generic
> > driver gave me a maximum of 600x800.
> > The generic driver in 10.04 now gives me 1024x768, a huge step up.
> > The NVIDIA driver "recommended" that I tried is called
> > "NVIDIA ACCELERATED GRAPHICS DRIVER (VERSION 96)"  I can tweak all
> > sorts of settings, but the video resolution
> > choice that driver gives me is 320x240, or 640x480. I'm going to go
> > and delve into the drivers available again
>
>I use the '96 driver and have no issues getting proper resolutions on my
>machines. It sounds as if you may not have the the driver properly
>enabled/configured. Open 'System|Admin|Hardware Drivers'and see if the
>'96 driver shows as 'This driver is activated and currently in use'. If
>not, enable it. Now before rebooting open a terminal and:
>
>$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings
>[it may already be installed, but if not - install it]
>
>$ sudo nvidia-xconfig
>
>Now reboot. Check your settings in 'System|Admin|NVIDIA X Server
>Settings'. Open a terminal & check your xrandr. Here is mine for an old
>Dell UltraSharp 1800FP monitor & NV25GL [Quadro4 900 XGL] :
>
>$ xrandr
>Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
>default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>    1280x1024      50.0     51.0*
>    1280x960       52.0     53.0
>    1152x864       54.0     55.0     56.0     57.0
>    1024x768       58.0     59.0     60.0     61.0
>    960x600        62.0
>    960x540        63.0
>    840x525        64.0     65.0     66.0
>    832x624        67.0     68.0
>    800x600        69.0     70.0     71.0     72.0     73.0
>    800x512        74.0
>    720x450        75.0
>    680x384        76.0     77.0
>    640x512        78.0     79.0
>    640x480        80.0     81.0     82.0     83.0     84.0     85.0
>    576x432        86.0     87.0     88.0     89.0
>    512x384        90.0     91.0     92.0
>    416x312        93.0
>    400x300        94.0     95.0     96.0     97.0
>    320x240        98.0     99.0    100.0
>
>Low resolution settings typically correspond to incorrect refresh rates,
>make sure that yours are correct. On some systems I've found using the
>default 'System|Preferences|Monitor/Display' rather than the nVidia
>manager works - don't know why, but seems to do the trick on occasion.



$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings
[it may already be installed, but if not - install it]

$ sudo nvidia-xconfig

Now reboot

I got through the first 3 steps of this procedure and ended up with a 
screen saying "unsupported mode" in a box.
  I had to shut the computer down ungracefully, run it up with the 
CD, edit the xorg.conf file

(to find it on the drive it was under 
/media/elfc6f81-ad4a-4129-alef-61705236de34/etc/X11 ) --Is it safe to 
change that name to make some sense??

I'm now back to 1024x768 with the nouveau driver. I posted a message 
on the NVIdia forum asking for help.

It looks like to me that the monitor isn't being recognized by the 
Nvidia card. I can add modes using xrandr which work.

I tried making a newmode with the settings that cvt gave me for a 
1280x1024 and that didn't work.
Just some crap on the screen for a moment and then the screen went to black.

Here is the results of editing the xorg.conf file before running the 
procedure above...

Section "Screen"
         Identifier      "Default Screen"
         DefaultDepth    24
         Option  "AddARGBGLXVisuals"     "True"
EndSection

Section "Module"
         Load    "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
         Identifier      "Default Device"
         Driver  "nvidia"
         Option  "NoLogo"        "True"
EndSection


vic at vic-desktop:~$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 640 x 480, maximum 640 x 480
default connected 640x480+0+0 0mm x 0mm
    640x480        50.0*
    320x240        51.0

Other xandr commands not working
Even the 50Hz is wrong.


This is very frustrating.

Thanks for the help though

Vic
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