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Stuck in low graphics mode after updating NVIDIA drivers

Asked by Ataris

I updated my NVIDIA drivers, and everything was working fine. When I next started up my computer, the drivers were disabled (I found that out later), and so Ubuntu decided to plunge me into "low-graphics" mode. I got to GNOME okay, but the highest resolution I can get is 640x480 -- I cannot work like this. I reenabled the NIVIDIA drivers, but nothing happens. I've tried rebooting (several times), but I'm still stuck. Can someone tell me how to get back into "high-graphics" mode?

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Best gallagher697 (mhgallagher) said : 		#1

This happened to me as well. I eventually went to this site, read the info, etc, and downloaded EnvyNG, which installs the correct Nvidia or ATI card for you. Worked fine for me, and many others.

http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

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Ataris (mr-booth2145) said : 		#2

Thanks gallagher697, that solved my question.

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Thomas Mertes (thomas-mertes) said : 		#3

For me, this was no help.
EnvyNG installs a Nvidia driver, but this driver just offers 640x480 and 320x240.
The 'NVIDIA X Server Settings' program works only when the NVIDIA X driver is
active. Just run 'nvidia-xconfig' as root and reboot the X server does not help.
It does not use the NVIDIA X driver. It seems to be necessary to activate the
proprietory NVIDIA driver in the 'Hardware driver' program. After a reboot the
driver works 640x480 and the 'NVIDIA X Server Settings' program is unusable
in 640x480.

All this started with an Ubunutu upgrade (which required a reboot).

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Ataris (mr-booth2145) said : 		#4

I doubted EnvyNG, but when the xserver xorg code no longer fixed my problem, I used it and downloaded the latest driver. Then, after restarting, it's still in a low resolution. I did NOT reenable the other Nvidia drivers but left everything the same. I then entered the "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" code and when I restarted, everything worked fine, and I had all of my resolutions back. The Hardware Drivers still says that the drivers aren't enabled, but games still run and 3d still works. You just have to trust Envy.