Running in low graphics mode - Ubuntu 8.04, nvidia GeForce 7600

[Loxodonta]

I'm pretty new to Linux, and am having a hard time getting it to display correctly.

I've got Ubuntu 8.04, and nVidia GeForce 7600.

I'm running two screens at the moment, when I first installed Ubuntu, only one was running, so I installed the drivers using this method, "ubuntuforums . org/showthread.php?p=6538071][ubuntu] [SOLVED] Desktop effects not working after driver troubles - Ubuntu Forums" (cb34's solution).

Now both screens are working, but my comp is running in low graphics mode.

I tried changing resolution by doing this

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

but it just went through some keyboard detection things, and eventually displayed "xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration"

It's driving me nuts, can someone please help me?

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here.

[Loxodonta]

Hi,

Hi, here it is

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
	Device		"Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
EndSection

[devils casper]

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Nvidia driver is not set in Video Device section of your xorg.conf file.
Execute sudo nvidia-settings command to configure Nvidia Display. In case it doesn't work, re-install Nvidia Driver through Hardware Drivers option available in Administrative Menu.

[Loxodonta]

Hi, under Administration -> Hardware Drivers, I enabled 'NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (latest cards)'

When I do sudo nvidia-settings it says "You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit X configuration file and restart X server", and the only options I'm given are enable tooltips, display status bar, and a couple of other unhelpful things.

[devils casper]

Did you restart machine after installing Nvidia driver?

Edit xorg.conf file and set Driver "nvidia" in Video Card section.

Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

It will open xorg.conf file in Gedit with root privileges.

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
        Driver        "nvidia"
EndSection

Save file and reboot machine.

[Loxodonta]

Hi, yea I did restart the machine after installing the driver.

I went to edit the xcorg.conf file and it already said this:

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
	Driver		"nvidia"
	Option		"NoLogo"	"True"
EndSection

The nvidia settings still give me the same options.

[hatebreed]

try this nvidia-xconfig -mode "800x600" "1024x768" and any other display settings you may want, I had a lot of trouble getting my geforce 3 setup correctly and this helped me.