screen resolution

**jtmedin** · June 14th, 2008

i have an nvidia gforce4 & widescree lcd. Used envyng to install but max resolution is 800x600. Lcd suggests using 1440x900 but am unable. Help, what should i do. TIA

**Unix_Slayer** · June 14th, 2008

Originally Posted by jtmedin

i have an nvidia gforce4 & widescree lcd. Used envyng to install but max resolution is 800x600. Lcd suggests using 1400x900 but am unable. Help, what should i do. TIA

See this post. ===>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...nvidia*&page=4

**wolfen69** · June 14th, 2008

you could also try

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

**jtmedin** · June 15th, 2008

some of this i remember from 7.1. As i remember i had to edit my xorg.conf file. Wonder if anyone can help me edit my xorg.conf file:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by failsafeDexconf, using
# values from the debconf database and some overrides to use vesa mode.
#
# You should use dexconf or another such tool for creating a "real" xorg.conf
# For example:
# 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 "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Boardname "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
Driver "nv"
Screen 0
Vendorname "NVIDIA"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display"
Modelname "LCD Panel 1440x900"
Horizsync 31.5-56.0
Vertrefresh 56.0 - 65.0
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
Modes "1024x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56" "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "GLcore"
Load "v4l"
EndSection
Section "device" #
Identifier "device1"
Boardname "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
Driver "nv"
Screen 1
Vendorname "NVIDIA"
EndSection
Section "screen" #
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Defaultdepth 24
Monitor "monitor1"
EndSection
Section "monitor" #
Identifier "monitor1"
Gamma 1.0
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

**cdtech** · June 15th, 2008

Be sure you have the nvidia restricted driver's installed.

**jtmedin** · June 15th, 2008

I do have multiverse & universe checked in the package mgr. Also when i go to system -> administration -> hardware drivers i have the nvidia graphics acelerator shown. Anything else i have missed? TIA

**Rhubarb** · June 15th, 2008

Have a look at this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=829020

Which tells you to open up a terminal, and enter this in:

Code:

gksu displayconfig-gtk

That will bring up a nice GUI where you can configure your video resolution settings.
Once finished, just log out, then log back in again.

**Pjotr123** · June 15th, 2008

Rhubarb: +1

If gksudo displayconfig-gtk doesn't produce enough result, try nvidia-settings:
http://ubuntutip.googlepages.com/bugsinubuntu
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