@MikeyP I think the fact you're changing to ATI from nVidia is solving your problem, the DVI/VGA difficulties are just a red herring, because graphics cards simply transmit the VGA over these DVI adaptors.
** Description changed: My Samsung screen resolution is 1920x1080. Ubuntu 12.10 under system settings displays it only allows four options 1360x768 being the highest. My video card is a G84(GeForce8600GT). There are 4 additional drivers available the all work but don't change the resolution. The nouveau driver caused the screen to flicker evert few seconds. I also looked in NVIDEA X Server settings but again the highest resolution is 1360x768 (it says NVIDEA Driver version: 304.4). - I'm not sure which is leading - System settings/Display or NVIDEA X Server settings. + I'm not sure which is leading - System settings/Display or NVIDEA X Server settings. - The sceen interface is VGA which i have had to convert to DivX(?)with a + The sceen interface is VGA which i have had to convert to DVI with a converter plug because the card does'nt have a VGA port. Its a real shame because I have gone for it and wiped out Windows! Hooray! Any clues welcome! ** Description changed: My Samsung screen resolution is 1920x1080. Ubuntu 12.10 under system settings displays it only allows four options 1360x768 being the highest. My video card is a G84(GeForce8600GT). There are 4 additional drivers available the all work but don't change the resolution. The nouveau driver caused the screen to flicker evert few seconds. I also looked in NVIDEA X Server settings but again the highest resolution is 1360x768 (it says NVIDEA Driver version: 304.4). I'm not sure which is leading - System settings/Display or NVIDEA X Server settings. - The sceen interface is VGA which i have had to convert to DVI with a - converter plug because the card does'nt have a VGA port. + Because the card doesn't have a VGA port and the screen interface is VGA + I have to use an adaptor to convert from DVI to VGA Its a real shame because I have gone for it and wiped out Windows! Hooray! Any clues welcome! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1078598 Title: Incorrect screen resolution with NVIDIA drivers Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: My Samsung screen resolution is 1920x1080. Ubuntu 12.10 under system settings displays it only allows four options 1360x768 being the highest. My video card is a G84(GeForce8600GT). There are 4 additional drivers available the all work but don't change the resolution. The nouveau driver caused the screen to flicker evert few seconds. I also looked in NVIDEA X Server settings but again the highest resolution is 1360x768 (it says NVIDEA Driver version: 304.4). I'm not sure which is leading - System settings/Display or NVIDEA X Server settings. Because the card doesn't have a VGA port and the screen interface is VGA I have to use an adaptor to convert from DVI to VGA Its a real shame because I have gone for it and wiped out Windows! Hooray! Any clues welcome! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/1078598/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
