[SOLVED] Low resolution on Ubuntu 9.10 with NVIDIA 8400 GS
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Hello,
I am an absolute newbie here. I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my laptop and worked wonderfully, basically plug and play, so I decided to install 9.10 on a PC that I have connected to a 32 inch 16:9 LCD TV that I use for movies.
This PC is an IBM Netvista 8303 KKU with a 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400.
The TV is a no-name brand (Astar) that I've had for 3 years so far.
Anyway, after I installed Ubuntu I downloaded the latest NVIDIA Linux Driver from nvidia.com and installed it. The screen resolution after the install is so low that I can't get it to work properly on my tv. When I plug a BenQ LCD monitor the NVIDIA X Server Settings utility recognizes that brand and model and I get a bunch of available resolutions. When I connect my TV, the utility detects a CRT monitor and I can't get more than 640x480 on a 4:3 format instead of the 16:9. How do I enable higher resolutions on a 16:9 format for my TV?
Please help!
OK,
Although I'm a newbie at this, I played with the xorg.conf file and did some changes, after which I got a warning saying that ubuntu was running in low resolution mode. I was given the option to use the backed up xorg file, but that did nothing, so I reinstalled the nvidia driver in verbose without X running (God, it sounds like I know what I'm doing).
If anyone has any idea about how to manipulate xorg.conf, please take a look at what I did here, and please suggest changes. I hope to get it working.
If this helps anyone trying to help me, this is what my original xorg.conf looked like, followed by the one i tried to modify:
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