Re: Changing Screen Resolution
- From: James Takac <p3nndrag0n@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:16:58 +1000
Hi Michael
On Wednesday 17 September 2008 02:59:45 Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
James Takac wrote:
Hi
On Monday 15 September 2008 04:50:49 San Goldberger wrote:
Just Installed Ubuntu, very impressed so far. But having trouble
changing my screen resolution to somthing normale. Just after
installing Ubuntu it was fine untill I downloaded all the updates and
driver for my Nvidia graphics card. Since restart system has been
teribble to work with. Under SYSTEM PREFRENCES, Screen Resolution, it
only gives me an option up to 640x480 Max
Please any help will be appriciated.
You haven't given very much detail here but I suspect you haven't enabled
your nVidia's restricted driver. Try going through
System -> Administration -> Restricted Drivers Manager
and check the driver for your nVida card if it's not already checked. I
believe then you'll need to either reboot or log out and back in using
CTRL + ALT + BKSP
James
I'm sorry Goldberger but some people on this list don't know how to read
people's posts. You clearly wrote that you installed the driver and
rebooted, and after that your resolution was limited to 640x480. Anyone
on this list should then immediately understand that this means the
driver is enabled because this problem has come up several times
before. READ PEOPLE'S POSTS!
To correct this problem in Ubuntu you need to shutdown X.org, and then
you run the reconfigure program.
First you use this to shutdown X.org:
Press CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE
(Please note, this is where I had trouble. For me this only restarted
X.org instead of shutting it down, but it might work for you.)
If that doesn't work open a terminal and use this:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
You should get a text login prompt, login with your username and
password and at the command prompt use this command:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Follow the prompts, keep the selected options until you get to the
settings for your monitor. Once you reboot and X.org starts you should
be able to change your screen resolution.
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Installing the driver and rebooting doesn't automatically activate it though.
In the past I've installed nVidia drivers and rebooted only to see similar to
the original posters problem only to find the driver wasn't actually
activated or enabled. Maybe you can show me where he said it was definitely
activated ;)
James
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