screen resolution

[chris]

On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 15:22 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 19:01 +1200, chris wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The base install, with either programe, with out the nvidia 173 driver
> > gives a res of 1064x 640.  Yuk!
> > 
> > With the 173 driver it defaults to 800x600!
> > Go figure
> 
> Mine would do the very same thing, using the gnome base package monitor
> configuration thingie application... but if I use the nVidia supplied X
> configuration tool, to set a higher resolution, ~and apply and then
> write it out~, I can go back to the monitor setup-up and THEN set it to
> the correct resolution, as it now has a choice to do so, showing up in
> it's pick-n-chose drop-down list, where it didn't before. Makes sense?
> That's OK, I get confused easily too, in my dottage and pain-killers. 
> 
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Except that with the nvidia driver, I cannot get a resolution higher
than 320x200. go figure!
I have an intuitive idea that the system is not getting any edid
information from the monitor, as cvt gives no input.
Not to sure how to procedd from here
Chris
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