Can't get a good resolution with nVidia card.

[Chris Thomas]

Try running Xorg -configure or manually configuring /etc/X11/xorg.conf

-Chris

On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Chris Andrew <cjhandrew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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