Dell Latitude D820 Resolution

[Mikimike]

Ok I've been trying to figure this out by myself for quite a while now and I'm getting nowhere so I thought I'd ask for some help. My laptop resolution is set to 1280x800, and I can't get it to go any higher. I can go lower, but not higher. I'm using the proprietary nvidia driver installed by Envy, and it works great, except for this one thing. It's not terrible to have 1280x800, it's a 15.4" widescreen display, but I'd really prefer to get in the 1600x1440 range if possible. I've rewritten the xorg.conf file many times following tutorials and I've run the script (which i cannot remember it's name) that reconfigures your xserver settings from scratch, to no avail.

Here's the lower section of my xorg.config file:

Section "Monitor"
 identifier "Generic Monitor"
 vendorname "Dell"
 modelname "Dell 1280x800 Laptop Display Panel (16/10)"
 HorizSync 30.0-107.0
 VertRefresh 50.0-185.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
 identifier "nVidia Corporation G72M [GeForce Go 7400]"
 boardname "NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series"
 busid "PCI:1:0:0"
 driver "nvidia"
 screen 0
 vendorname "NVIDIA"
 Option "RenderAccel" "true"
 Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "nVidia Corporation G72M [GeForce Go 7400]"
 Monitor "Generic Monitor"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  depth 24
  modes "1280x800"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Thanks in advance for any ideas

[SheeEttin]

Re: Dell Latitude D820 Resolution

You only have one mode set. 1280x800.

If nvidia provides a configuration utility, use that (backing up /etc/X11/xorg.conf first, of course).
If not, you could have dpkg-reconfigure make a new xorg.conf for you that includes all the resolutions you want. Just run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg". You can probably figure out the options you want. (Again, back up your xorg.conf first.)
After that, you can copy all the options you want into your new xorg.conf and have a nice big resolution.

[dibl]

Re: Dell Latitude D820 Resolution

After you backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf, in a console window enter

sudo nvidia-xconfig

and it will write a new xorg.conf for you that should include all the capabilities of your display card. If you intend to enable Compiz-Fusion, then make it

sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals --composite

Good luck!

[Mikimike]

Re: Dell Latitude D820 Resolution

Thanks guys, I guess that's the only resolution that is supported. I tried both ways ya'll suggested and i end up with the same results. 1280x800@75 is it. Oh well, it's not terrible, I just thought it would go higher.

Thanks again