Max resolution is 640 x 480. Help!

[pentium]

I got a Dell Dimension C521 that even with the Nvidia driver refuses to let me use a screen resolution greater than 640 x 480.
It only give me two options: That size or 320 x 240.
I have no idea how to fix this as I have never had this issue on my Dell Dimension 4100 which is my old Ubuntu 7.10 box.

Any ideas? I pretty much can't do anything at 640 x 480.

[wolfen69]

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
reboot.

[jp734]

Make sure you are using the correct driver for your card and on the Section Monitor, make sure that you have a modeline specified that is higher that 640x480 resolution. All these are under the xorg.conf file. (/etc/X11/xorg.conf)

If you need help configuring, please post your xorg.conf configuration file.

[pentium]

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
reboot.

It didn't work.
I'm also assuming the drivers for my integrated Nvidia card are also installed but it is not properly detecting the monitor.

Here is my current xorg.conf:
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection

...and here is the one that I had when running 6.06:
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DELL P991"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen "Default Screen"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Why is the newer on excluding stuff like my monitor?

[Pjotr123]

New system of video hardware recognition. This will probably help you out:
http://ubuntutip.googlepages.com/bugsinubuntu
(number 2 )

Assuming that you're already running the restricted driver (you want that). If not, first this:
http://ubuntutip.googlepages.com/thefirstthingstodo
(number 2 as well)

[pentium]

New system of video hardware recognition. This will probably help you out:
http://ubuntutip.googlepages.com/bugsinubuntu
(number 2 )

Hmmmm, well in that one it is properly detecting my monitor but it still won't let me go bigger than 800 x 600 and for the video driver tab it says nothing special. It only mentions the Geforce 6 series but no drivers.
I also dried downloading that nvidia control panel but I can't find it in the package manager.


Assuming that you're already running the restricted driver (you want that). If not, first this:
http://ubuntutip.googlepages.com/thefirstthingstodo
(number 2 as well)
I'm running the restricted driver so this was no help.

[Pjotr123]

OK... well, it appears that you haven't activated all software sources. Do it like this, then you can install nvidia-settings afterwards:
http://ubuntutip.googlepages.com/multimediaubuntustep1

[Pjotr123]

OK... well, it appears that you haven't activated all software sources. Do it like this, then you can install nvidia-settings afterwards:
http://ubuntutip.googlepages.com/multimediaubuntustep1

And you're not running the restricted driver on that picture.

[pentium]

OK... well, it appears that you haven't activated all software sources. Do it like this, then you can install nvidia-settings afterwards:
http://ubuntutip.googlepages.com/multimediaubuntustep1

That link is no help at all. Even if it appeared in the add/remove list it would probably have the same note that all the other software has for some retarded reason:
This application is provided by the Ubuntu community.
**program name** cannot be installed on your computer type (amd64). Either the application requires special hardware features or the vendor decided to not support your computer type.

And you're not running the restricted driver on that picture.
So that is why I was getting a screen resolution of 800 x 600!
Yeah, I disabled it because when the nvidia driver is active my max resolution is cut down to 640 x 480. I toggle it on and off whenever I want to test something. If I always left it on the screen would be too small to use stuff like firefox or the package manager.

[pentium]

I don't know what I did but I tried again and it worked!
I can take it from here.

[Rhubarb]

Another way of doing this (perhaps easier) is to press Alt + F2, then type this in:
gksu displayconfig-gtk
Make sure your graphics card and screen is correct, then press ok.

This is a nice elegant gui-only way that should fix up your problem.

[jp734]

Your first configuration file is created by the failsafe file. This happens when your hardware is not being probed/detected right that's why you were stuck with 640x480 resolution. Now, the second configuration that used to work for you, it was specified to use the nvidia driver and default depth at 24 bpp. Since you have a backup copy of a working xorg file, you could also just open the Terminal and type this command

sudo cp path/old_working_configuration_file /etc/X11/xorg.conf and it should do the trick.

My computer is still not working the way I want it with Desktop Effects and everytime I screw something up, I just type the command I mentioned and I do get my settings back.

But I assume that you already figured it out.