Help with resolution settings

[NoOp]

On 09/11/2010 05:24 PM, Vic Main wrote:
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> 
> The card I have doesn't have a DVI output at all, just VGA, and from 
> all the replies,
> posts in Nvidia's forum and the bug report, the real problem is the 
> recognition of the monitor. In my case that just doesn't happen.
> I did try 2 different monitors, one a brand new Dell just out of the 
> box, and my system refused to recognize either.
> Even after getting the resolution settings to where I wanted, using 
> the query button on the driver resulted in no
> changes in the name or model.in the xorg.conf file or in the driver windows
> 
> Seeing as my system is an example of one that doesn't work,
> I would be willing to try anything on it as far as tests with a code 
> developer to try to find the problem.
> This issue would throw someone who just wants to try ubuntu, and 
> doesn't want to delve very deeply into problems completely off.

File a bug report (search first to see if there is a related bug):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-96

You might also try moving xorg.conf out of the way entirely (can't
recall if you already did this) and see if the driver will autodetect
the new monitor(s).