Ubuntiu 10.10 sets small resolution (GeForce FX 5200)

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2011-02-01 at 14:18 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote: 
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 7:11 AM,  <bff7755a at yandex.ru> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my machine. After boot I see 600x800 resolution instead of 1280x1024.
> > There is my In Xorg.0.log:
> >
> > X.Org X Server 1.6.4
> > Release Date: 2009-9-27
> > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> > Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-27-server i686 Ubuntu
> > Current Operating System: Linux white 2.6.31-22-generic-pae #70-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 2 00:54:52 UTC 2010 i686
> > ...
> > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
> > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
> > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
> > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
> > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
> > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
> > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
> > ...
> 
> Have you tried using the NVidia X server settings program to set this
> up properly?  It should be on both your preferences and administration
> menus (and you might need to edit the admin menu to run it with gksu
> instead of just by itself so that setting changes will stick).
> 
> Otherwise you might be stuck with the nouveau driver, which does not
> handle nvidia cards well at all.

He won't have that util without installing the nVidia module would he?
Ric


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