HP w2207 monitor stuck at 800x600

archlyn · 07-20-2008, 10:58 AM

I recently installed kubuntu (dual-boot) on my desktop machine. I have an HP w2207 monitor connected to it via a KVM switch. I can't seem to get the monitor above 800x600.

In windows I have no problems going higher.

If it matters, the monitor is connected using the standard VGA, not DVI. My video card is an nvidia 7600 GS w/256mb ram

EDIT: Fixed it! had to manually set my refresh rate ranges in my xorg.conf file. Oddly enough from the googling I did, I read this would be pointless..

Ah well!

amani · 07-20-2008, 12:25 PM

what is the make of your KVM?
Apparently it prevented autodetection of your monitor. Is your monitor present on the 'list of choices'?

Or it may be a nvidia driver+settings'fault

archlyn · 07-21-2008, 07:17 AM

My KVM is a D-Link KVM-121.

As for my monitor being in the list of choices ( assume you are asking weather or not it appears as an option when I hit the "Configure" button in the Monitor & Display pane of the system settings window). It doesn't. All it says is that I have a Plug'n'Play monitor

Oddly enough, Vista says it's a Generic Non-PnP monitor but detects the Maximum Resolution as 1600x1200. This is incorrect too as I know that the monitor's max res is 1680xsomething. Hmm, time to find a Vista driver for my monitor.

elliott678 · 07-21-2008, 01:44 PM

I guess your KVM is blocking the DDC connection between the monitor and video card. My w2207 shows up and is detected fine under Linux.