Nvidia Graphics Card

[roy0581]

Hello to all...
I have recently installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my Mini 9 Netbook and am really pleased with it.....so I also installed it onto my P4 machine. The only problem that I have is getting my Acer V223w widescreen monitor to work properly with my Nvidia FX5500 on Ubuntu. Same card has no problems under Win Xp Pro. My monitors native resolution is 1680x1050. When I hook up a 15" Philips TFT monitor, Ubuntu promtly finds this monitor and gives me the right resolution of 1028x780. Although I have installed and activated Nvidia drivers (173) this only makes matters worse as then I only have 800x600 resolution available. Help is greatly appreciated and if possible a step by step tutorial of what I should do would be great, as I am fairly new to Linux, although I am a seasoned user on Win XP. Thanks.

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

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

Replace contents of xorg.conf file with this code :

Section "Device"
       Identifier "Configured Video Device"
       Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
         Identifier "Configured Monitor"
         HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0
         VertRefresh 40-90
         Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
         Option "ReducedBlanking"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Default Screen"
        Monitor "Configured Monitor"
        Device "Configured Video Device"
        DefaultDepth 24
        Subsection "Display"
             Depth 24
             Modes "1680x1050" "1024x780" "800x600"
        EndSubsection
EndSection

Save file and reboot machine.

In case it doesn't work, post the output of this

lspci | grep -i vga

[roy0581]

Ok....will try it out and let you know.

[roy0581]

@ Devils Casper
Tried what you suggested but still stuck with wrong resolution. Also Nvidia X Server Settings now does not load.....This error comes up 'you do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server'.

The output for code: $ lspci | grep -i vga........
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] (rev a1)

Awaiting more help as only this problem is putting me off of using Ubuntu Linux on this machine.
Thanks

[roy0581]

I have re-activated Nvidia driver version 173......after first reboot this was de-activated automatically...that is why Nvidia X Server was not loading. Now the contents of X11 Xorg file are:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0
VertRefresh 40-90
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
Option "ReducedBlanking"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1024x780" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

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

Also monitor is now listed as CRT-0
I have 1024x780 resolution back on but still no widescreen 1680x1050 resolution which is what I really want.
Thanks.

[devils casper]

How did you install Nvidia driver?

[roy0581]

Ok.....
Got the resolution working by adding the Acer Monitors frequencies to the monitor section in X11 Xorg.conf......and voila!! got my 1680x1050 resolution. Thanks.

[devils casper]

Well Done ! I was going to suggest you to add supported Refresh rates only. Glad to help you !