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Ubuntu 8.04 Screen Resolution + drivers problem

Asked by Nilesh

hi, in my Ubuntu 8.04 version, there are only two options in screen resolution,
800x600 and
640x480.

however, my monitor resolution is 1024x768 which was present in the options in my earlier Ubuntu 7.10.
also, the driver manager is not showing "nVidia driver" in the list which was showing in the previous version.

can you please tell me how to change the resolution to 1024x768 and find nVidia drivers in Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit edition?

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Omegamormegil (omegamormegil) said : 		#1

What kind of monitor are you using - is it a TV? I ask because a max resolution of 1024 X 768 is a little suprising these days.

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Nilesh (nilesh-7650) said : 		#2

@ Omegamormegil
I am using "SAMSUNG SyncMaster 798MB" monitor. If you cant help then at least shut your bloody mouth and stop insulting others.

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Tang (robertmcgreg) said : 		#3

I use 1024 X 768 by choice, and if I was prone to being insulted, it would be by your response being way out of proportion.

Nevertheless,

NVidia are the most popular in the Ubuntu community, that's probably why support changes so rapidly.
Have you tried, on the top panel, System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager/ ensured all options such as backports and dependencies are selected, then searched for nvidia?

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Omegamormegil (omegamormegil) said : 		#4

Sorry, I wasn't trying to be insulting. There's nothing wrong with having a monitor with a low max resolution - I use a TV for a monitor on one of my systems running an ATI video card, for which I have to use a resolution of 640X480 with fglrx, or 800X600 with the open source driver.

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Nilesh (nilesh-7650) said : 		#5

sorry for being rude.

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Nilesh (nilesh-7650) said : 		#6

but how do i manually change the resolution to 1024x768?

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Nilesh (nilesh-7650) said : 		#7

there are only two options 640x480 and 800x600. i had previously read somewhere that you to edit some xorg file and edit and resolution. which file exactly is to be edited and what are the changes to be made?

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Tang (robertmcgreg) said : 		#8

Nilesh, your apology is accepted by me.

anyway.

I found the following @
http://www.funnestra.org/ubuntu/hardy/ If you're even slightly confused, best go direct to the site though to see original format
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Fix screen resolution

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FixVideoResolutionHowto for more information. The following worked for me:

   1. Check that /etc/X11/xorg.conf contains the correct HorizSync and VertRefresh options in the "Monitor" section as follows.

      sudo ddcprobe | grep monitorrange

      The first two values returned are your HorizSync rates, the second pair is your VertRefresh values.

      sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup.sync_and_refresh
      sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

      Find the following section and make sure the HorizSync and VertRefresh lines exist and have the appropriate values (e.g., 30-96 and 50-160):

      Section "Monitor"
                  ...
                  HorizSync 30-96
                  VertRefresh 50-160
      EndSection

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