Screen and Nvidia drivers on a fresh install

[Juukamen]

firstly, when LM boots up on the live DVD and for the first time after the install. It goes like 1-2 CM's outside the screens edge.
seccond, when I'm trying to install the nvidia-current drivers along with the nvidia-settings that is when the stuff really takes of. My screen still goes the 1-2 CM's outside the edge, but now, it's like zoom x 500% and still, the resolution are stuck on the normal HD setting 1920x1080.

I am using LM with KDE 64-bit edition. This is my first comeback on the nix for 5-6 years.

-Tor

[devils casper]

Which Nvidia Graphics Card do you have?

the resolution are stuck on the normal HD setting 1920x1080.

Which resolution do you prefer? Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here, if any.

[Juukamen]

Been there many times. but then still the seccond problem remains, where everything are zoomed in by like 200-300% and windowses are still going far outside the screen edges.

Had that problem during windows also, but could resize it due to the gfx drivers on ati and nvidia.

Edit: I got the GeForce 670 GPU

[devils casper]

How did you install Graphics Card driver? As I asked in earlier post, have you checked /etc/X11 folder? Is there any xorg.conf file?

[Juukamen]

How did you install Graphics Card driver? As I asked in earlier post, have you checked /etc/X11 folder? Is there any xorg.conf file?

Installed with sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-upg
used nvidia-xconfig
and here is the file in a whole:
nvidia xconf - Pastebin.com

[Juukamen]

Just tried to install ubuntu for the fun of it, still the same problem. just a ugly ui noticed i'm a KDE man for sure there.
The screen still goes 1-2 cm's outside the display. didn't do anything else nor isntall any drivers, back to mint i guess for a day more.

[devils casper]

xorg.conf looks fine to me. We can fix this problem with a few modifications in xorg.conf file. Which resolution do you prefer? Could you post the list of resolutions supported by your screen?

[Juukamen]

1920x1080 is the max that I've always been using. and it supports all possible resolutions from that and down, but none above.

[devils casper]

Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Above code will open xorg.conf file in Gedit with root privileges.

Edit Monitor and Screen sections of xorg.conf file.

Section "Monitor"
 
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Samsung SyncMaster"
    HorizSync           31.5 - 70.0
    VertRefresh         50 - 160
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection
 
Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GTX 670"
EndSection
 
Section "Screen"
 
# Removed Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Stereo" "0"
    Option         "1920x1080" "1280x1024"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Save file and reboot machine. In case it doesn't work, edit xorg.conf file again to its original settings.

[Juukamen]

You did hit the jacpot on getting fustrated.
The most annoying thing is beeing so damm helpless, since i'm normally traveling around to my friends and their friends to fix their computers. And I'm used to solve my own problems with google.com it normally helps.

I did my 14'th mint install.
installed nvidia-dcurrent-updated drivers and ran the nvidia-xconfig since there was no config file after i installed the nvidia drivers.
So here is the config file with your update:
https://pastebin.com/SLM94gJM

I can say that nothing helped at all.
Here is a picture of my whole screen, notice that everything are in super big size in full HD resolution
Bildr.no
See no taskbar either.

the text size got that big after installing the nvidia drivers. tried to download them from nvidia aswell and didn't work out.