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Functionality in 10.04

Asked by Steve Lathan

Recently "upgraded" to 10.04 from 9.10. Seemed to have lost ability to "drop and drag" files, videos, etc. Also, everything is humongous. How can I downsize so that I don't have to move around just to see one whole page? Look and feel was better on 9.10.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I suggest you rename your xorg.conf file if you have one, then reboot. Should be ok. If not then please give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display

Thanks

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Steve Lathan (splathan) said : 		#2

Stupid question:  how does one go about "renaming the xorg.conf file", if I have one?
                                                              Steve Lathan

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Subject: Re: [Question #110388]: Functionality in 10.04
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Date: Sunday, May 9, 2010, 10:23 PM

Your question #110388 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/110388

    Status: Open => Needs information

actionparsnip requested for more information:
I suggest you rename your xorg.conf file if you have one, then reboot.
Should be ok. If not then please give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display

Thanks

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Steve Lathan (splathan) said : 		#3

steve@steve-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C display
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: G86 [GeForce 8300 GS]
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:fa000000-faffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff(prefetchable) memory:f8000000-f9ffffff ioport:df00(size=128) memory:fb000000-fb01ffff(prefetchable)
steve@steve-desktop:~$

--- On Sun, 5/9/10, actionparsnip <email address hidden> wrote:

From: actionparsnip <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #110388]: Functionality in 10.04
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Date: Sunday, May 9, 2010, 10:23 PM

Your question #110388 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/110388

    Status: Open => Needs information

actionparsnip requested for more information:
I suggest you rename your xorg.conf file if you have one, then reboot.
Should be ok. If not then please give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display

Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

If you run:

sudo nvidia-xconfig

then reboot, is it better?

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Steve Lathan (splathan) said : 		#5

Yes, that solved my problem.  Thank you very much.
                                    Steve Lathan

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Subject: Re: [Question #110388]: Functionality in 10.04
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Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 7:41 PM

Your question #110388 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/110388

    Status: Open => Needs information

actionparsnip requested for more information:
If you run:

sudo nvidia-xconfig

then reboot, is it better?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Great please mark as solved. Remember to run:

gksudo nvidia-xconfig

when you want to change the display so that when you click "Save to X config file" it will save. You can run:

alacarte

and edit the nvidia settings item under the system folder so this is standard.

Glad you got the gold. Lucid doesn't ship with an xorg.conf file which is what nvidia-xconfig generates, possible causes for your issue were your monitor not reporting refresh rates which the driver needs to know in order to load, the xorg.conf file will have refresh rates defined in it to literally tell the system what the deal is.

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Steve Lathan (splathan) said : 		#7

Solved. Thanks.