Xunbuntu 9.10 Resolution Help

[Sykoknot]

I'm a complete noob to Linux. Btw.
My max selectable screen resolution is 800x600. My monitor supports 1600x1024 60hz. I do not have an xorg.conf file. How could I add 1600x1024 resolution?

All help would be appreciated

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !


Which Graphics Card do you have? Open Terminal and execute this

sudo lspci | grep -i vga

Post output here.

[Sykoknot]

Output :

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)

[devils casper]

Have you installed Installed Nvidia Proprietary driver?
Check if there is any Hardware Drivers option in Menu? You can install driver using that easily.

[Sykoknot]

I ran it and it did a search for drivers. Than it said No proprietary drivers are in use on this system.

How would I go about installing the driver? I see no option to do so in Hardware Drivers

[devils casper]

Follow instructions from here. Instructions are same for Ubuntu and Xubuntu.

[Sykoknot]

None of the options available in EnvyNG are reccomended drivers.

[linuxsupport]

Try to edit xorg file. The xorg.conf file not available default in ubuntu karmic. try below method for create

In order to generate xorg.conf you need to switch to one virtual console using the key combination CTRL + ALT + F1.

Now execute the following commands:

# sudo service gdm stop
This command will stop the X.
Now we need to generate the xorg.conf file:
# sudo Xorg -configure
This has generated the file in ~/xorg.conf.new.
We need to make the X using it so we have to put this file inside /etc/X11/
# sudo mv ~/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
After moving this file to the proper location you can start the X again and see what happens:
# sudo service gdm start

[Sykoknot]

Okay, I followed the above instructions and now have many more resolution options but still lack the one i want, which is 1600x1024

[devils casper]

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