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Screen Resolution problem under 8.04

Asked by Rocco

Hi, I'm unable to change my screen resolution, the maximum is 1024x768.

The video card is NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440

My LShw is:

*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a3
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=248 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5 module=nvidia

and my xorg.conf is:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen "Default Screen"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

I know I'm mising alot of thinks, but what,

Please can some one direct me to a FAQ

thanks

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Best Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said : 		#1

Hello, take a look at

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+questions?field.search_text=nvidia+resolution&field.sort=RELEVANCY&field.sort-empty-marker=1&field.actions.search=Search&field.language=en&field.language=id&field.language-empty-marker=1&field.status=OPEN&field.status=NEEDSINFO&field.status=ANSWERED&field.status=SOLVED&field.status-empty-marker=1

There's some problem like you

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S.Vikash Koushik (vikashkoushik) said : 		#2

Hi Rocco

         I had the same problem but without the graphix card.What I did was just this.

Log in as root in the GDM itself.Now go to System->Administration->Users and Groups.There you will find root & your user.Just delete your user and create a new one.It should work properly.

 If you had any data on your desktop then install Kubuntu from synaptic package manager from the root.After installation login with your user id but change your session to KDE and there you will find your data on the desktop. Copy them to your Hard Disk.Now just follow the Paragraph 2.

Hope you found it helpful

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Rocco (racicot-sylvain) said : 		#3

Thanks Abi ^-^, that solved my question.