<html> <body> At 09:11 AM 09/08/10, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">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.</blockquote> $ 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" <x-tab> </x-tab> Identifier<x-tab> </x-tab> "Default Screen" <x-tab> </x-tab> DefaultDepth<x-tab> </x-tab>24 <x-tab> </x-tab> Option<x-tab> </x-tab>"AddARGBGLXVisuals"<x-tab> </x-tab>"True" EndSection Section "Module" <x-tab> </x-tab>Load<x-tab> </x-tab>"glx" EndSection Section "Device" <x-tab> </x-tab> Identifier<x-tab> </x-tab> "Default Device" <x-tab> </x-tab> Driver<x-tab> </x-tab>"nvidia" <x-tab> </x-tab> Option<x-tab> </x-tab>"NoLogo"<x-tab> </x-tab> "True" EndSection vic@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 </body> </html>