how do i get 1366x768 resolution?

[Corbonator]

I have an Emachines T3042 on Acer X183H Running Ubunutu 10.04.

I downloaded the Video Drivers and im getting a 320x120 or something and 640x480 and the monitor suppose to go to 1366x768 how do i get that resolution?

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Open Terminal and execute this

lspci | grep -i vga

Post output here.

[D-cat]

I have an Emachines T3042 on Acer X183H Running Ubunutu 10.04.

I downloaded the Video Drivers and im getting a 320x120 or something and 640x480 and the monitor suppose to go to 1366x768 how do i get that resolution?

Add (or replace) the following sections to your /etc/X11/org.conf

Section "Modes"
  Identifier "Modes"
  ModeLine "1366x768" 85.86 1366 1440 1584 1800 768 769 772 795-HSync + Vsync
EndSection 

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "Default Screen"
  Monitor "Configured Monitor"
  Device "Configured Video Device"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth 24
    Modes "1366x768" "1280x1024" "1024x768" 
  EndSubSection
EndSection

If you don't already have an xorg.conf, create one.
sudo Xorg -configure : must be done from text mode.

[Corbonator]

i managed to do what you said d-cat but now it keeps freezing at the boot screen i copied and pasted ur conf into xorg and restarted was i suppose to add it or replace the whole thing? im new to ubuntu btw

[D-cat]

If you do a sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf and reissue the sudo Xorg -configure, you should be able to reboot graphically, albeit in the original low res configuration.

Show us the lspci | grep -i vga

We'll see about getting you a working configuration.

@Casper
Sorry, I didn't mean to step on you. I had actually started working on the reply before you moved and responded, so I didn't realize what you were doing before I had placed my post up.

[Corbonator]

lol i feel dumb

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A ISA bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP2A SMBus (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2S AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP2A IDE (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3)
02:08.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3)

ohh its an lcd widescreen monitor btw if that helps any it seems its not detecting it

[D-cat]

How did you download and install the drivers? In Ubuntu, you'd normally just go to System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers and select your nVidia video card. We need to know if that's what you did and if not, what did you do, in order to figure the next step.

[devils casper]

You should install Nvidia Driver. Does your machine has internet access?
Try to install Driver through System - Administration - Hardware Drivers options.

[Corbonator]

yea i updated the nvidia drivers in the system administration and yes i have internet access it went fine I think its a monitor issue

[Corbonator]

d-cat ur method did work but im not getting the desired resolution it has 4:3 configurations but they do go higher could try another configuration and see if it will work i need 16:9 i think like 1366x768 or 1280x768 if i can get one of those i will be satisfied it looks too stretched at the moment. after pasting ur xorg.conf i get 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024 instead of just the 640x480 and the even smaller one before and if this helps the specs say the refresh rate is 60-75