screen resolution

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 08:28 +1200, chris wrote: 
> 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. 
> > 
> <snip>
> Except that with the nvidia driver, I cannot get a resolution higher
> than 320x200. go figure!

That blows my mind as the old 5200 is pretty solid. It is long in the
tooth though. But, I just changed mine out about a year ago for a 5500.
It worked just fine up till then. Didja try to open jockey and purge the
nvidia driver, reboot and crank up jockey again to re-install the
driver?? Cripes, something has to give. Worse comes to worse, you may
have to install the nvidia bin file straight from nvidia, but that would
be my ~very last~ resort. It doesn't install library stuff in the
"standard" Ubuntu locations. I know, I'm weeping WITH you. <chuckles>
Ric


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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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