New LG 22" Monitor unable to get proper display

You may want to consider removing the restricted driver and using the open source one. I had to do this for a Vizeo TV I use as a monitor. Nvidia would never get the resolution right.

Thanks for the suggestion. When you suggestion the open source one I'm not sure I understand. Do you mean making a query in ubuntu for a NVIDIA drivers. or seeking a generic one?

How would I change to an open source one?

Thanks

nouveau is open source.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/NvidiaDriverSwitching

Maybe have a look in
system administration -> additional drivers

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

You know the old saying one step forward two backward.

I removed the NVIDIA driver selcting "System/Administration/Hardware Drivers" removing current selected NVIDIA driver and reboot.

Result was unable to configure resolution greater than 1024/768. Using "Configure Display Setting".

I then again requested Hardware Drivers. "System/Administration/Harware Drivers" resulting in three same ones displayed for selection as before. Version 173, Version 96, and current version [recommended].

I activated the Current version which was what I started with. Except now I can no longer use the NVIDIA X server Settings. The Error "Could not launch NVIDIA X Server Settings is displayed" Failed to execute child process "/usr/bin/NVIDIA settings" (no such file or Directory).

When I started this I could at least use "Administration/Sysytem/NVIDIA X server Setting" to configure for resolutions in the configuration now I can't get there.

Any Suggestions on a purchase of a new video card that will drive a LCD LG 22" monitor?

I really like the internet speed I get using UBUNTU but the problems in configuration of hardware is a real pain in the A.

Thanks all for your help but I don't know where to go from here.

The output requested

jack@jack-desktop:~$ lsb_release -a;uname -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
Linux jack-desktop 2.6.32-29-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 11 19:00:09 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
jack@jack-desktop:~$

I have upgraded to 10.10 in the hope the NVIDIA drive for my card would work better.

I have improved the two steps taken back in that I can once again use
"system - administration - NVIDIA Server setting to access the Server Settings Utility. Using the Utility allows
to use the Utility to select "X Server Display Configuration. I'm allow to select Max Resolution of 1360X768 but the drives the on screen content way to wide making it unusable. The next lower 1152X864 is what I started this discussion with. Its isn't the best I still have circles displayed as ovals but I guess its what I'm stuck with.

The X Server Configuration Display indicates GPU-(GeForce6150SE nForce430) where Mine is (GEForce6100 nFrove430)

The Driver Version number is 260.19.06

So I'll consider the problem solved.

Found this thread incl. workarounds, where maybe you just need to add the mode 1360x768 to xorg.conf file.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=96980

btw.
> Display indicates GPU-(GeForce6150SE nForce430) where Mine is (GEForce6100 nFrove430)

but your topic entry says
>> have a embedded GeForce 6150SE

Yes, I know I gave the wrong information in the beginning. I took the
information displayed by the NVIDIA X Server Configuration Utility. I've
since looked at my documentation for the motherboard and found my error.
It is GeForce 6100 n430.
The NVIDIA X server Configuration Utility
gives me a choice of selecting highest 1360X768 but when I choose this the
screen displayed is skewed off screen and I'm unable to correct using the
monitor controls. The resolution I able to use is 1152X864. Since this
monitor is a wide LCD I have read I need 16:10 ratio. The monitor is
supposed to be able handle 1920X1080. Not to confuse but that is the
resolution I use on my windows system and the display is great. I just
wouold like to get my linux one like it. But since the 1360X768 isn't
working maybe I'm just barking up the wrong tree.
This is a copy of
my current xorg.conf.
<style type="text/css">pre { font-family: "Liberation Serif"; }p {
margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style>

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 260.19.06 (buildd@palmer) Mon Oct 4
16:01:38 UTC 2010

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Layout0"
    Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier "Mouse0"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "auto"
    Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier "Keyboard0"
    Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: builtin, VertRefresh source: builtin
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    VendorName "Unknown"
    ModelName "CRT-0"
    HorizSync 28.0 - 55.0
    VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Device0"
    Driver "nvidia"
    VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName "GeForce 6150SE nForce 430"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Device0"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "TwinView" "0"
    Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option "metamodes" "1152x864 +0+0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 24
    EndSubSection

> Your question #148347 on xserver-xorg-video-nv
in ubuntu changed:
>
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nv/+question/148347
>
> Samantha (aka Sam) posted a new comment:
> Found
this thread incl. workarounds, where maybe you just need to add the
> mode 1360x768 to xorg.conf file.
>
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=96980
>
>
btw.
>> Display indicates GPU-(GeForce6150SE nForce430) where
Mine is
>> (GEForce6100 nFrove430)
>
> but
your topic entry says
>>> have a embedded GeForce 6150SE
>
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Maybe this helps.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XineramaHowTo