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s.jesudasan
January 6th, 2008, 12:16 AM
hi
im having aspire 4520 (ubuntu 6.06)
and im trying to install drivers for nvidia 7000m graphics card
i tried to install nvidia restricted driver for k8
and configured then when i restarted my computer i
didnt get a gui
so i went and changedthe driver from nv to vesa
and then i was able to boot int gui but with same 1024x800
resolution

my /etc/X11/xorg.config file is

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
Driver "vesa"
BusID "PCI:0:18:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-51
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection

kindly help me

rajeev1204
January 6th, 2008, 09:48 AM
u need the latest nvidia drivers for the nvidia 7000 graphics chip version 100.14. which is not avalable in 6.06.

Install gutsy and u can download from the repository .