I also had the same problem using the nvidia driver through the Restricted Drivers Manager - I could get 800x600 resolution through nv (hardly great, but that's a different issue), but once I loaded the nvidia driver through the Manager, I could only get 640x480.
Did these three steps this weekend: 1. Turned off the Restricted driver through the interface (i.e. uncheck the checkbox) and restarted Linux 2. Renamed the xorg.conf file I had been using (so I'd start from a clean slate with no xorg.conf file) 3. Installed envyng from the Hardy repository, then used the gui to install the latest nvidia driver That fixed my problem, I'm finally getting great resolution (to anyone who tries it--remember, you need a full reboot not just an xserver restart). I'm also finally able to get both my monitor and my projector running as clones, I'd spent the past couple of weeks struggling with that (to get the dual monitors running, I used the Nvidia settings gui from the System menu). Would be great if whatever is wrong with the Restricted Drivers Manager install gets fixed, though, new people trying out Ubuntu aren't going to figure out to use envyng instead, and even if they do they'll probably be frustrated at having to download and install something "extra" just to get the machine up and running to play with it. Even if people are used to installing extra drivers with Windows, they seem to set higher standards for Linux. -- [Hardy] Screen detection problems with xorg, nvidia and an Acer AL2216W https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
