i had the same problems with drivers from nvidia but i could get resolutions like 1440 x 900 with "nv" drivers . i think nvidia stopped supporting old hardware like gforce 2 mx . remove the "nvidia" drivers and select "nv" insted . Hardy: gksu displayconfig-gtk Choose Generic and resolution that your monitor supports
Intrepid: gksu gnome-display-properties Choose Generic and resolution that your monitor supports On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Anoop Viswanath <[email protected]>wrote: > dear friends, > > i recently installed ubuntu 8.10 on a system based on asus a7n266vm (board > with geforce2 mx integrated). the system has a 17" monitor. initially we got > 800x600 resolution. when i tried to increase, i found nvidia driver is not > detected. then i installed nvidia-glx-96 driver. when i restarted gdm, it > showed resolutions upto 1600x1200. > i selected 1024x768, and applied. then it showed the nvidia logo, and the > system was freezed. then onwards i cant boot into ubuntu. i restored the old > settings now. can anybody give hands...........? i'm attaching the xorg.conf > file also > > Anoop Viswanath > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/madhukannan/ http://madhukannan.blogspot.com/
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