Can't get a good resolution with nVidia card.

[Chris Andrew]

Good idea.  Is there a way I can do this using X tools and not closed-source?

Cheers,

Chris.

2008/10/5 Chris Thomas <sruchris at gmail.com>:
> Install the nvidia-settings program and see if you can adjust your
> resolution using it.
>
> -Chris
>
> On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Chris Andrew <cjhandrew at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> I've installed Xubuntu 8.10.  (Unfortunately) I have an nVidia
>> on-board graphics card.  After my installation, i was prompted to
>> install an nVidia proprietary driver, which I did.  I then did a
>> reboot, as asked to.  When my Xfce session started, my resolution was
>> so low, that I couldn't do anything on-screen.  I removed all the
>> nVidia rubbish, and now have a maximum resolution of 800x640.
>>
>> When I tried to change the display setting using Settings > Display,
>> the best resolution was 840.  When I do dpkg-reconfigure xorg-xserver,
>> I don't get any prompts for resolution.  Can anyone tell me how to get
>> a slightly higher resolution?  I would be happy with 1024xsomething.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Chris.
>>
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