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EDIT2: Some interesting lines from the log are now:
Quote:
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"
...
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1280x1024"; removing.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0): "1024x768"
(II) NVIDIA(0): "800x600"
(II) NVIDIA(0): "640x480"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
EDIT3: Seems like this is a common problem for many users according to search results. I'll try a number of things I came accross and hope it works.
Step #1: Back up my xorg.conf
w00t! It worked! Added a Modeline like the howto (last link in my previous post) suggested. Now Gnome runs at 1280*1024. The only thing left is the refresh rate. My monitor's native refresh rate is 60 Hz, but Gnome screen resolution changer has only 50 or 54. The current selection is 50 and it seems to work fine and I can personally live with it as long as it stays that way
If you still can't get the resolutions you want after you install the NVIDIA driver from their website and made sure "nvidia" is indeed in your xorg.conf... Reconfigure X by doing "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg". Once you get to the resolution part, scroll down to the sizes you want and hit space bar to select each one. Once you do that, reboot and you should be ok.
"sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" gives lots of options but the last time I used it, the "nvidia" driver was changed to "nv" in xorg.conf. I needed to edit xorg.conf again to change back to "nvidia" for 3D rendering.
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