[SOLVED] Screen Resolution problem

[maruthi_s@infosys.com]

Dear Ubuntu Geeks,

Ubuntu screen resolution is not coming above 800*600.

I use a 17 inch monitor and I want the resolution to be 1280 * 1024

Can you let me know how should I do this. I have checked the resolution part, and it has maximum of 800*600 only.

Thanks in advance

[forger]

1) Which graphics card brand/model number do you have?
2) Did you enable all restricted drivers using System > Administration > Hardware drivers?
3) Post the output of these commands (Applications > Accessories > Terminal):


cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
lspci


P.S. Ewww, light blue colour.. :p

[maruthi_s@infosys.com]

Please find the details
cat /etc/X11/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" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
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

lscpi - output
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] (rev a2)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0a.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)

Thanks in advance

Please let me know incase of more details

[forger]

Warning: Follow this at your own risk!
1) Do this command:


sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.test
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
2) Reboot your computer
3) Log in normally
Note: If there's an error and you can't login normally and you get a console/terminal, login from the console and execute:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.test /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
Let me know if you had this error.
4) Go to System > Administration > Hardware drivers and tick/check to download and enable all the necessary drivers.
5) Reboot your computer once it is done installing
6) Login and execute this command:

gksu nvidia-settings
7) Do you see "X server display configuration" in the nvidia-settings window? If not, please let me know.
8) You can choose your resolution and monitor model from there.
9) When you're done setting up your monitor, press "Save to X configuration file" and reboot once more.

It should be fixed :)

[maruthi_s@infosys.com]

Hi,

The issue got resolved. I booted through Recovery mode and did x-Server fix. Went to System->Preferences->Main Menu->Others->Screens and Graphics

Added the same to Main menu

From Main menu, I just chose my Dell Monitor and I was able to modify the resolution to 1280*1024

Thanks for all your help.