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Hey, i've finally installed 9.04 ubuntu onto my computer on a different partition.

All is good going, except for the fact that my screen resolution is limited to 640x480. I've tried everything that's been suggested on the internet.

Note; my native resolution on XP is 1680x1050.
Video card is nVidia 8500GT.

I've installed ENVYNG to install the latest drivers to no avail. I tried installing it via System --> hardware drivers but that was unsuccessful as well.

Anybody have any idea on what's wrong?
 
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The issue here is proprietary drivers.

Go to Administration > Restricted Drivers Manager

Check enable on "NVIDIA graphics acceleration"
 
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44Ronin said:
The issue here is proprietary drivers.

Three ways to get the drivers working. I suggest you Install EnvyNG.


Go to Administration > Restricted Drivers Manager

Check enable on "NVIDIA graphics acceleration"
Click to expand...
Shut your Bloody Mouth!!
 
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Administration > Restricted Drivers Manager

I don't see that option when i look for it. =/
Not to mention, under preferences i don't have the option for Screen and Display (or whatever it was). I checked underneath the directory where it's stored as well and couldn't find it.
 
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Install it

Code: 
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
 
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Installed it already;
Code: 
exia@exia-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... 50%
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
ubuntu-restricted-extras is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Currently trying to manual install 185.18.04 which i dl'd earlier on today
 
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Do this and tell me what happens:

Code: 
/usr/bin/nvidia-settings
 
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It gives this error:
Code: 
ERROR: Cannot open display 'exia-desktop:0.0'.


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadow specified on line 21 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowAlpha specified on line 22 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowRed specified on line 23 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowGreen specified on line 24 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowBlue specified on line 25 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowXOffset specified on line 26
       of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowYOffset specified on line 27
       of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute SyncToVBlank specified on line 28 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute LogAniso specified on line 29 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAA specified on line 30 of configuration
       file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute TextureSharpen specified on line 31 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute AllowFlipping specified on line 32 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAAAppControlled specified on line 33 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute LogAnisoAppControlled specified on line 34
       of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute OpenGLImageSettings specified on line 35
       of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAAAppEnhanced specified on line 36 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedBrightness specified on line 37 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenBrightness specified on line 38 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueBrightness specified on line 39 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedContrast specified on line 40 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenContrast specified on line 41 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueContrast specified on line 42 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedGamma specified on line 43 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenGamma specified on line 44 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueGamma specified on line 45 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute DigitalVibrance specified on line 46 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GPUScaling specified on line 47 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureBrightness specified on line
       48 of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureContrast specified on line 49
       of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureHue specified on line 50 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureSaturation specified on line
       51 of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureSyncToVBlank specified on
       line 52 of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no
       Display connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoSyncToDisplay specified on line 53
       of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).
and then opens the nVidia x server settings which i can use to change the resolution, but only from 640x480 to 320x240
 
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shinji said:
It gives this error:
Code: 
ERROR: Cannot open display 'exia-desktop:0.0'.


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadow specified on line 21 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowAlpha specified on line 22 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowRed specified on line 23 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowGreen specified on line 24 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowBlue specified on line 25 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowXOffset specified on line 26
       of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowYOffset specified on line 27
       of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute SyncToVBlank specified on line 28 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute LogAniso specified on line 29 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAA specified on line 30 of configuration
       file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute TextureSharpen specified on line 31 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute AllowFlipping specified on line 32 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAAAppControlled specified on line 33 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute LogAnisoAppControlled specified on line 34
       of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute OpenGLImageSettings specified on line 35
       of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAAAppEnhanced specified on line 36 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedBrightness specified on line 37 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenBrightness specified on line 38 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueBrightness specified on line 39 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedContrast specified on line 40 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenContrast specified on line 41 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueContrast specified on line 42 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedGamma specified on line 43 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenGamma specified on line 44 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueGamma specified on line 45 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute DigitalVibrance specified on line 46 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GPUScaling specified on line 47 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureBrightness specified on line
       48 of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureContrast specified on line 49
       of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureHue specified on line 50 of
       configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureSaturation specified on line
       51 of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureSyncToVBlank specified on
       line 52 of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no
       Display connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoSyncToDisplay specified on line 53
       of configuration file '/home/exia/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
       connection).
and then opens the nVidia x server settings which i can use to change the resolution, but only from 640x480 to 320x240
Click to expand...
It must be using standard VGA drivers.
 
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Okay solved the problem. It didn't detect my monitor through the DVI port. So I connected the normal cable and it detected my monitor and voila. 1680x1050. I didn't do anything wrong!

Cheers for your help once again.
 
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You have chosen a great OS....get the best OS on earth, Linux :)
 
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44Ronin said:
I would stick with 8.10 tbqh
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Ignore this person. 9.04 is far and away the best Linux distro yet. It has a bunch of speed, performance, and drivers improvements which I think you'd miss if you went back to 8.10.

Good to see you fixed the problem, though it's odd since Ubuntu has had DVI support for years.
 
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