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Mint 5 screen resolution.

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I have just installed Mint 5 and I am only getting 640 X 480 resolution.
I have a LG1720B TFT monitor and a Nvidia 7600GT graphics card.
How do I force it to set to 1280 X 1024, which is the native resolution for my monitor.
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Have you installed the Nvidia driver?
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Open a terminal and type

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sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
then in the section 'Monitor' you can set up the 'HorizSync' and 'VertRefresh' for your screen and in section 'Screen', subsection 'Display' you can add your resolution....

No need to have absolutely the nvidia driver for this resolution, I have 1600x1200 with the 'nv' driver on my PC... :wink:
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Re: Mint 5 screen resolution.

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Does the nv driver support the 7600?
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I guess... :?:

I have a 7300 and I have no problems with my distros and 1600x1200 and 'nv'

One must try... :roll:
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I wasn't sure. I think there were some problems with Elyssa/Hardy with the 7600 series. My 7150 isn't supported by the nv driver, so my first reaction is to install the restricted driver. There is a hidden app in Elyssa/Hardy to set the gfx card/res. Run

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sudo displayconfig-gtk
in a terminal and see if you can get the desired res with the nv driver. If not, then use envy to install the nvidia driver, and try it again. The new xorg has really been a pain in the butt with setting this stuff up :evil:
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I recently swapped out my ATI card for 7600gt and to get the resolution to work right, I installed the Nvidia driver through Envy, and then used the Nvidia tools to change the resolution and write it to the xorg.conf, it will do it for you in the settings dialogue.
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