nvidia-settings does not keep resolution that it is set too and xorg.conf is useless

[sefs]

Binary package hint: nvidia-settings

Hi there all. I am on the fabulously new jaunty. But I have a video problem.

After a fresh install, I enabled the restricted nvidia drivers. Then via nvidia-settings i set my resolution to 1280x1024. This works well until I reboot, then ubuntu boots into some other low resolution that I do not know where it is getting this resolution from.

I then tried to copy my old xorg.con from intrepid to jaunty but it bombs.

I try to set the resolution via system -> preference -> display but no dice .. it forces me back to nvidia-settings.

Exactly how is resolution setting handled in jaunty RC?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nvidia-settings 180.25-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nvidia-settings
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi sefsinc,

Thanks for including the attached files. Could you also include your /var/log/Xorg.0.log (or Xorg.0.log.old) from after reproducing the issue?

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[Phil Riley (phillipriley92)]

Hi,
Had the same problem, solved mine by "remove" nvidia driver (system>administration>hardware drivers), restart ubuntu and set the resolution you require using the ubuntu program (system>preferences>display), restart ubuntu and reinstall the nvidia driver. One word of caution, if you are using compiz I would either change to the metacity desktop before removing driver or don't change any settings to compiz while the nvidia driver is removed.
hope this helps
Phil

[qwerty (escalantea)]

Jaunty uses the settings in "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" to configure the display resolution at Ubuntu startup. "xorg.conf" settings are written by "nvidia-settings".

Jaunty uses the settings in "/home/username/.config/monitors.xml" to reset the display resolution (when you log into your user). The settings in ".config/monitors.xml" are written by "gnome-display-properties".

1. The values in ".config/monitors.xml" are not automatically synchronized when "nvidia-settings" is used to change the display resolution, so it is necessary to update those values by running "gnome-display-properties" (System->Preferences->Display).

2. In my case (I have a nvidia FX-5200) "gnome-display-properties" is not detecting correctly the "Refresh Rate" parameter, so I manually updated the ".config/monitors.xml" file ("rate" parameter) with the correct value.

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"nvidia-settings" shows the Refresh Rate next to the "Resolution" in "X Server Display Configuration". If this value is set to "auto", you can see the value with "nvidia-settings -q RefreshRate".

[Phil Riley (phillipriley92)]

just an update on my last post,

I found that my nvidia configuration settings were not being loaded at start-up,

Try - System>Preferences>Startup applications, select 'add' and name it something like 'nvidiastartup' and in the command line (the important bit) insert this text "nvidia-settings --load-config-only" (excluding inverted comma's) then click 'add', now your nvidia configuration will run at startup.

[Fabio Dell'Aria (fabio-dellaria)]

Hi Phil,

On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Phil Riley <email address hidden> wrote:
> just an update on my last post,
>
> I found that my nvidia configuration settings were not being loaded at
> start-up,
>
> Try - System>Preferences>Startup applications, select 'add' and name it
> something like 'nvidiastartup' and in the command line (the important
> bit) insert this text "nvidia-settings --load-config-only" (excluding
> inverted comma's) then click 'add', now your nvidia configuration will
> run at startup.

Thank you very much! :)

Just added in my new Mint 7!

Great! :D

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> nvidia-settings does not keep resolution that it is set too and xorg.conf is useless
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/362704
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “nvidia-settings” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: nvidia-settings
>
> Hi there all.  I am on the fabulously new jaunty.  But I have a video problem.
>
> After a fresh install, I enabled the restricted nvidia drivers.  Then via nvidia-settings i set my resolution to 1280x1024.  This works well until I reboot, then ubuntu boots into some other low resolution that I do not know where it is getting this resolution from.
>
> I then tried to copy my old xorg.con from intrepid to jaunty but it bombs.
>
> I try to set the resolution via system -> preference -> display but no dice .. it forces me back to nvidia-settings.
>
> Exactly how is resolution setting handled in jaunty RC?
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: nvidia-settings 180.25-0ubuntu1
> ProcEnviron:
>  PATH=(custom, user)
>  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: nvidia-settings
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
>

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Best regards...

Fabio Dell'Aria.

[rsk (rsk-laposte)]

hello,

I'm under karmic. I have just installed a Nvidia gfx board (geforce 6600).
After reboot, karmic lost resolution set with nvidia-settings.

I solved that issue by running nvidia-settings with sudo then "X server configuration\save to X config file".

I noticed that nvidia-seetings missed rights to save xorg.conf. So, the resolution was reverted at each boot to the value stored by the default Nvidia-settings installation.

hope it helps

rsk

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

The content of xorg.conf does not matter because the ~/.config/monitors.xml file overrides the resolution set by the xorg.conf file. I had to remove the monitors.xml file to get the proper resolution after startup. The question is: why does the monitors.xml file exist? This issue started happening after upgrading to Karmic from Jaunty.

[conchuirbrown (rcb187)]

Adam, I found this to be the case as well. Thank you for pointing out the existence of that file! I deleted it, and upon restarting, my NVIDIA configuration loaded from xorg.conf. I clean installed Ubuntu 10.04 but still have my home directory from Mint 7. Oh, and the "~/" in "~/.config/monitors" just means /home/'user' if anyone was first confused by that like myself.

[Raphaël Pinson (raphink)]

This bug is still present in Lucid, and adapting ~/.config/monitors.xml fixes it for me.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

Is anyone still suffering from this with Ubuntu 12.04 or 14.04?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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