Public bug reported:
hello,
i'm running hardy heron and i've changed my graficcard from an nvidia
8600gt to an 8800gt!
first of all hardy didn't recognized at all my 8800 and launched my
system in 800x600 and before login there came a popup that the system
must run in low-graphics-mode. i tried to configure that i have a
geforce 8 series (okay he wrote it in the xorg.conf but no changes at
all) and tried to configure my resolution, that was a total failure
because ubuntu started in 800x600 (instead of 1280x1024) and in the
system (via screen resolution in System->Preferences) i could chose
between 640x480 and 800x600!
someone told me that the error was in the packages:
xserver-xorg-video-nv
must be deleted and blacklisted (so i did it) and in /etc/modules must be
nvidia (so the module nvidia can start)... but no changes! same thing!
so i tried via envy to install my driver!
well it worked!
but! in nvidia-xserver-settings he recognized my card as 9600GT (that is totaly
wrong)!
i had the same problem in windows! that i installed my driver and it was
recognized as 9600GT and i think that's nvidias fault that they messed
it up with the driver! (think of vista driver! there is no driver
properly working until now) but in windows i could change that! i could
say the system that he's wrong and that i have a 8800GT!
how can i do it in ubuntu? especially when in xorg.conf is written that
i have a geforce 8 series in my tower!
greetings
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Nvidia driver recognized wrong card via envy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275718
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