Display issues

[neiby]

I just installed 8.10 and I'm a new Kubuntu user, so go easy on me. I have a nVidia 7900 GS video card and I have installed the 177 drivers, the recommended ones. I'm not able to set my resolution higher than 1024x768. The options are not available, and I really need to get it to 1280x960. I also need to get my refresh rate up to 85, but I think it's stuck at 50.

Any ideas? I tried a different nvidia driver but it worked even worse.

EDIT: On a related note, I don't see where I tell the system what kind of monitor I have so that it knows what the monitor is capable of.

Thanks!
John

[dibl]

Re: Display issues

Answered here:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...1957#msg161957

[neiby]

Re: Display issues

Answered here:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...1957#msg161957

Actually, my solution was more complicated than that. For whatever reason, linux does not like the EDID information coming from my monitor, so it's not able to detect the available modes. Since I'm not able to manually select my monitor type, I had to use a working xorg.conf file from PCLinuxOS.

Here is the thread describing my solution:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3100251.0