Change display setting?

[Btheone]

I have successfully installed ubuntu, but the display setting are not set right, everything is really big? How do i change the display setting, how is this possible?

I'm using the newest version on ubuntu.
Thanks.

[wojox]

Try System > Preferences > Display

[Btheone]

I have tried this, but it says monitor unknown and doesn't allow me to change setting?

[wojox]

Okay go into System > Administration > Hardware Drivers and see if there's a driver for your graphics card.

[Btheone]

Its says; 'No proprietary drivers are in use on this system'?.

[Btheone]

Where can i find drivers or whatever i need to sort this problem out?

[Btheone]

I found the driver i need i have also downloaded it, but im not sure how to install and run it can anyone help please?

[wojox]

Where did you download the driver from and what is it's extension? .bin .deb?

[wojox]

Try:

xrandr -q

And see what it says

[Btheone]

The file i have ends in a .run

[Btheone]

What about using; NVIDIA X Server Settings would that help me? But i not sure how to install that either? :-)

[wojox]

Run update manager again and then check Hardware Drivers.

What does:

lspci | grep VGA

Tell us?

[realzippy]

What about using; NVIDIA X Server Settings would that help me? But i not sure how to install that either? :-)

First install that NVIDIAxxxxx.run file....

To install NVIDIA driver (file is on Desktop):



1. Log out

2. Press Alt+Ctrl+F2

3. Log in at shell

4. Stop X by typing: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

5. Navigate to Desktop: cd Desktop

6. Install driver: sudo sh NV (press Tab to autocomplete NVIDIAfilename)

7. Answer asked questions during installation with "yes"

8. reboot: sudo reboot