I've got two monitors connected to the same PC; one directly via DVI, the other through a KVM switch on a (blue) VGA cable.
I just installed Xubuntu 11.10 on it, installed the current nvidia drivers, and using the NVidia X Server Settings
applet, I've configured them. I'm using a TwinView configuration, so that I can drag windows from one monitor to the other, etc.
The DVI-connected monitor is recognized correctly and set to 1024×768. The VGA-connected, however, lists a slew of resolutions, but not the correct one (1280×1024). I've now set it to 1280×960, but everything is slightly blurry since it's not the monitor's native resolution.
The listed resolutions are 1440×900, 1360×768, 1280×960, 1152×864, 1024×768, 832×624, 800×600, 720×450, 680×384, 640×480, 512×384.
Does anybody know how and where I can configure my machine so that the main monitor works at its native resolution?
Edit: This is currently the contents of my xorg.conf
:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 280.13 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-03.nvidia.com) Wed Jul 27 17:15:58 PDT 2011
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 280.13 (buildd@yellow) Fri Aug 5 12:31:28 UTC 2011
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "CRT-1"
HorizSync 30.0 - 60.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "COMPAQ 1520"
HorizSync 30.0 - 60.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce GT 530"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce GT 530"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1360+0, CRT: 1360x768_60 +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x960 +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1360+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x960 +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x960 +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1280+192"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x960 +0+0"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-1"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x960 +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1280+192"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Best Answer
Add it in
xorg.conf
directly or usenvidia-xconfig --mode=1280x1024