T61P Ubuntu 8.04 - Resolution

I've finally managed to get the nvidia drivers to work with some weird hack.

Now I don't know how to change the resolution, the normal dialog doesn't want me to go above 1400x1050 (and then it's "stretched" anyway, so I have to scroll to get to the bottom right corner, weird). How do I change this?

Thanks
T

 

Moved to the Linux Forum where I think you'll get a bit more love.

 

Try xrandr to display availiable resolutions and then xrandr -s 'width'x'height'

for example to set to 1440x900 type:

xrandr -s 1440x900

Let me know if this works

 

Gives me the following

Screen 0: minimum 640 x 450, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1400 x 1050
default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1280x960 50.0 53.0
1280x1024 51.0*
800x512 52.0
720x450 54.0
640x512 55.0
640x480 56.0
1400x1050 50.0
tertius@obelix:~$ xrandr -s 1680x1050
Size 1680x1050 not found in available modes
tertius@obelix:~$

 

You can also edit your X server configuration file:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

The resolution may be found in the Display section.

Restart X server with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.

 

To edit xorg.conf, you have to do it as root. Do something like Panel->Run and then type in "gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf"

You'll probably see a line in your xorg.conf similar to this:

Code:

SubSection "Display"
         Modes           "1440x900" "1280x1024" "1184x947" "1024x768" "928x696" "800x600" "768x576" "720x400" "640x480" "512x384" "8x1" "0x2319"

The first entry on that line ("1440x900" in my case) is the resolution the X display tries to run at. You'll want to add "1400x1050" to the beginning of that line, save the file, and restart X.