I am unable to change my screen resolution in my ubuntu 12.04. My default screen resolution was 1366x768. I had executed nvidia-xconfig to activate NVIDIA driver. Since then my screen resolution has stuck on 640x480.
I have tried going to Display settings, but it shows only one option in the drop down menu.
xrandr -s 1366x768
is also not working.
Please help. Thanks in advance.
1 Answer
Have you tried changing the resolution from NVIDIA's display configuration panel? Remember to run it as 'sudo' in order to save your settings:
1) Hit alt-F2
2) type gksudo nvidia-settings
and hit enter ('gksudo' is the GUI version of the 'sudo' command in the terminal; alternatively you could open a terminal window and type "sudo nvidia-settings").
3) Select the resolution you want then hit apply
, and if it looks good, click save to x-config
If nothing happens when you try to run the nvidia-settings program, perhaps you need to download and the latest drivers from NVIDIA's website.
Let us know how that goes.
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Thank you for your response. Here is what how it went: ![This is what I got when I entered nvidia-settings as root][1] I suppose it means my nvidia-xconfig didn't quiet work as expected. Nevertheless, I am unable to change screen resolution through system settings. Also, there is no resolution option in nvidia-settins window ![This is my nvidia settings window][2] [1]: i.stack.imgur.com/pOLig.png [2]: i.stack.imgur.com/TBfME.png Feb 16, 2013 at 16:18
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Maybe a silly question, but you did run nvidia-xconfig as sudo, right? I've never seen it blank like that; have you tried downloading and installing the latest drivers from NVIDIA? Feb 16, 2013 at 19:42
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yes. I did run it as sudo. Also tried installing latest drivers from NVIDIA. Didn't make any difference. Feb 17, 2013 at 22:32