Cannot achieve higher resolution than 800x600

[The Joe]

I've just installed Ubuntu Intrepid on this relatively old PC.

The GPU is nVidia GeForce2 MX200 and I cannot achieve a higher resolution than 800x600.

Installing the proprietary drivers causes the whole thing to "mess up", clicking the nVidia Settings just causes the window to jump around and I need to "aim" carefully to be able to click things.

Does anyone have any ideas? This squashed in screen is really hurting my eyes. Everything else works fine - Desktop effects even runs it's just that it messes up because of the nVidia drivers.

[The Joe]

Tiny winy itsy bitsy bump.

I really have no ideas - Surely someone out there does?

[compguy248]

i actually have the same problem on an old machine i have. i just live with it, its not my main pc, and i only use it for a few old lan games and instant messaging. (dont want to waste precious resources on my main pc for a im client!)

however, if it is ATI graphics, you can try this:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubu...esolution.html
that also helps if it is a BIOS problem.

[The Joe]

No it's not ATI - I said in the first post what GPU it is:

nVidia GeForce2 MX200. However the solution may be more or less the same so I'll have a look regardless.

[nlz]

post your xorg.conf. That will show us the problem. I bet you have to chang "nv" to "nvidia" or the other way around.

just open a terminal and type: cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and paste the outcome here.

Is this the first time Ubuntu runs on this PC?

[compguy248]

i have to ask-did you try another monitor?

[The Joe]

# 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.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# 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 "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

There's xorg.conf

I wish I could reply quicker but my Wifi connection is really flaky - I am actually hitting things.

[nlz]

uhm, are you sure you have the nvidia drivers installed from the repositories? They don't show up here.

[The Joe]

Yes I got rid of them - because as I said they were causing mess ups.

I should mention that with them installed the maximum resolution becomes 640x480. But amazingly Compiz Fusion seems to work fine with them.

[The Joe]

Ok here's xorg.conf with the nVidia drivers installed.

# 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.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# 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 "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
    Device        "Configured Video Device"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option    "AddARGBGLXVisuals"    "True"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load    "glx"
EndSection

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