Can't get a good resolution with nVidia card.

[davidvoge at googlemail.com]

> Install the nvidia-settings program and see if you can adjust your
> resolution using it.
>

i don't like closed-software but, i use nvidia-settings because Acer p243w 24" 
display is correctly configured. with this tool i can overclock or can under 
clock my GPU and memory from the graphics adapter.


> -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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> >
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