Ubuntu 10.10 monitor recognition, vertical refresh issue similar to question #153354.

> sudo lshw -C displa

Should be:
sudo lshw -C display

Is there something like nvidia-settings available:
sudo nvidia-settings

Please post output of:
xrandr

This creates a modeline:
cvt 1024 768

which can be added to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config

Hi Sam. thanks for responding. Per your request.

dale@Dale:~$ sudo lshw -C display (the correct command)
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: NV44A [GeForce 6200]
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nouveau latency=64 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5
       resources: irq:16 memory:de000000-deffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:dd000000-ddffffff memory:dffe0000-dfffffff

dale@Dale:~$ sudo nvidia-settings
sudo: nvidia-settings: command not found

xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1024 x 768, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1024x768 0.0*

I will next check on /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

I'll post again later with its contents.

THANK YOU

Sam - the contents of /etc/X11 do not contain the config file. Pic of directory contents attached. Sounds like it needs to be regenerated. Back in the Redhat days, there was XF86configurator (or something like that) that would generate the file. Could you please tell me the Ubuntu version?

thank you - Dale

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Subject: Re: [Question #182248]: Ubuntu 10.10 monitor recognition, vertical refresh issue similar to question #153354.
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Date: Sunday, December 18, 2011, 4:20 PM

Your question #182248 on xserver-xorg-video-nv in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nv/+question/182248

    Status: Open => Answered

Sam_ proposed the following answer:
> sudo lshw -C displa

Should be:
sudo lshw -C display

Is there something like nvidia-settings available:
sudo nvidia-settings

Please post output of:
xrandr

This creates a modeline:
cvt 1024 768

which can be added to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config

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Thanks for the output.

> Pic of directory contents attached

Please answer directly via web browser and the link of your question.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nv/+question/182248

Otherwise email quote is displayed and makes a thread unreadable after a while.
The 'answers' section of LP doesn't accept attachments, if necessary images need to be uploaded on a preferred web page and the link posted here.
In this case it isn't necessary to show the image of the directory. We can use terminal outputs for almost everything to determine specific status.

> Back in the Redhat days

As life and developement go on things change. Ubuntu uses X_auto_configuration.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingXAutoconfiguration

Hence, as in the Wiki explained one can create a customized xorg.conf, but if xrandr even has issues to detect the essentials it's rather tricky.

Anyway, the driver in use is open source
> configuration: driver=nouveau

means no proprietary driver no xorg.conf.

Not sure about Maverick release (EOL in April 2012), maybe try the menu
system administration -> hardware drivers
to see if it offers another driver.

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

xrandr fails to generate the refresh rate, horizontal and vertical X axis.
A healthy would look like this example:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution#Dynamically_set_up_with_XRandR

Rather consider to upgrade graphic card since next releases will require newer hardware anyway.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DemystifyingUnityGraphicsHardwareRequirements

Sam - thank you so much once again for the help. You've given me plenty of material to plow through as time permits. I'm sure that there's enough information there to resolve the problem. If there is anything else, I'll post again.

Many thanks - Dale