I have the Nvidia drivers loaded for Ubuntu 7.04. I installed the nvidia-glx package and enabled the Restricted Drivers part upon reboot. I even ran the command sudo nvidia-xconfig -add-argb-glx-visuals. The driver seems to be working fine, but I can't enable anything higher than 1024x768 at 50 Hz. I'm using a Planar PL1700 LCD that's capable of 1280x1024, and the video card is a 6800 non-ultra. Am I missing a step, or can I choose a generic 1280x1024 LCD as my monitor somehow? I'm a linux uber-noob, so be gentle!
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Resoltuion and Nvidia Driver question
- Thread starter djnes
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I have the same exact problem in Gentoo...
Heres how to fix it. Install nvidia-settings (I'm not sure what it is called in Ubuntu) and set up the resolution, and refresh rate in there.... Gnome will still report the wrong settings, but you can ignore it. Just use nvidias program instead.
Heres how to fix it. Install nvidia-settings (I'm not sure what it is called in Ubuntu) and set up the resolution, and refresh rate in there.... Gnome will still report the wrong settings, but you can ignore it. Just use nvidias program instead.
It looks as though I have nvidia-settings installed already. I can run that app, but it detects my LCD as CRT-1. My max resolution is 1280x800. I'm not sure how to change my monitor driver, and I'm wondering if that's the problem, that the LCD isn't being detected properly.
you need to go in to xorg.conf and put "1280x1024" in front of all of the lines for the monitor settings. There's about 6 of them.
I think you should be able to do this:
Fire up a terminal
cd /etc/X11
sudo gedit xorg.conf
(type in your password)
Now edit the file - add "1280x1024" to all those lines (scroll down, you'll see "1024x768" "800x600" etc) in there. Just insert "1280x1024" in front of the "1024x768". Now reboot (or restart X, rebooting may be easier - sudo shutdown -r now ).
That how I did it anyway.
I think you should be able to do this:
Fire up a terminal
cd /etc/X11
sudo gedit xorg.conf
(type in your password)
Now edit the file - add "1280x1024" to all those lines (scroll down, you'll see "1024x768" "800x600" etc) in there. Just insert "1280x1024" in front of the "1024x768". Now reboot (or restart X, rebooting may be easier - sudo shutdown -r now ).
That how I did it anyway.