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I just installed Ubuntu 9.04. I have an NVidia GeForce graphics card and an Olevia monitor.
I'm having a miserable time getting any resolution higher than 800x600. I tried to run
Quote:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
but it didn't give me any options to force or set any resolutions.
I tried to update my xorg.conf file and didn't have any luck there either. As you can see below, there isn't any lines for resolution either.
Please help. If I can't get this fixed, I've got to go to another distro. It feels like I'm reading my grandmothers crossword puzzle book with these unnecessarily large fonts and icons...
Here is the contents of that file:
Quote:
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
the xserver config has changed in xorg there is no longer a xorg.conf file. don't know then exact instructions for ubuntu but in fedora you have to do a
Code:
yum install system-config-display
that creates a xorg.conf file and whatnot in fedora. I reckon the package name will be identical in ubuntu.
Check to see if you have the nvidia-config application installed. (It should have been installed with the 180 driver.) and just run it. (IIRC it will be an item in the System menu, but you could run it from a terminal window.)
The command to configure the nvidia driver in Ubuntu is sudo nvidia-xconfig. After running that command you should either reboot or restart X. Then try running sudo nvidia-settings and see if it will offer you the proper resolution.
If it does not offer you the nVidia drivers, then you probably need to go to
System > Administration > software sources and select "proprietary drivers for devices (restricted)"
Once you have activated the nVidia driver all resolutions will be available..
The command to configure the nvidia driver in Ubuntu is sudo nvidia-xconfig. After running that command you should either reboot or restart X. Then try running sudo nvidia-settings and see if it will offer you the proper resolution.
I have just installed Ubuntu 9.04 on my Packard Bell EasyNote and am experiencing the same trouble. My laptop has a Sis Mirage video card built in and I get nothing more than 800x600. It's making me miserable as I have also installed Fedora 10 on the same machine and get a much better resolution, this being 1074x768. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you very much beforehand.
Try copying the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file from your Fedora installation into the /etc/X11/ directory of your Jaunty installation.
If you've set up your laptop with a dual-boot, you should be able to access your Jaunty file system from Fedora to do the copying. (I prefer to install krusader on Fedora, and use the "Root mode Krusader" entry in the system menu for such things, but a simple sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /Jaunty/etc/X11/ should work -- assuming that you've mounted the Jaunty file system as /Jaunty.)
Notes:
You can reboot the X-server with the <ctrl>-<alt>-<backspace> key combination without rebooting your laptop.
On Fedora you will not be in the sudoers file by default. You can use su -c in place of sudo (and enter the "root" password) or edit /etc/sudoers (as "root") to add yourself.
To access your Fedora file system from Jaunty (assuming that you did a default Fedora installation), you'll need to install the LVM package (sudo apt-get install lvm) and add the appropriate information to your /etc/fstab file.
I have just installed Ubuntu 9.04 on my Packard Bell EasyNote and am experiencing the same trouble. My laptop has a Sis Mirage video card built in and I get nothing more than 800x600. I have also installed Fedora 10 on the same machine and get a much better resolution, this being 1074x768.
If replacing the xorg.conf with the one from Fedora does not help, then boot to recovery mode in Ubuntu and choose the option "xfix fix the video" or whatever it says exactly. Then reboot the system and see if the resolution improves.
If replacing the xorg.conf with the one from Fedora does not help, then boot to recovery mode in Ubuntu and choose the option "xfix fix the video" or whatever it says exactly. Then reboot the system and see if the resolution improves.
First of all I like to thank PTrenholme and tommcd for their help in the above matter. I started off with backing up the Ubuntu xorg.conf file and then replaced same by my Fedora 10 xorg.conf file as suggested. And I am more than pleased to say that this worked fine for me. I can even go one resolution higher than 1074x768, but this one is good enough for me.
Once again thank you very much.
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