Re-adjusting Screen Resolution

[Saul]

Binary package hint: compiz

I appears that I have a problem on this machine that all the last releases of Ubuntu have had a problems with:

Gainward Nvidia 7800GS Golden Bliss AGP and an old monitor Magic View Plug and Play Monitor.

I was playing about trying to get the best settings - I was only able to get 1024 x 768 after downloading the new nvidia glx(?) driver - and activating it through Preferences > Appearance.

Did have some problems after boosting the screen resolution too much but was very impressed that I could access resolution after the screen went too big!!! by using Alt+F2. Screen and Graphics.

Other than that everything is working well at present.

Very impressed with Hardy Heron.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 27 02:32:03 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz.real
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: compiz-core 1:0.7.2-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/compiz.real --ignore-desktop-hints --replace --loose-binding --replace ccp
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 7
SourcePackage: compiz
Stacktrace:
 #0 0x000000000040feb0 in ?? ()
 #1 0x0000000000412444 in eventLoop ()
 #2 0x000000000040d019 in main ()
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 eventLoop ()
 main ()
ThreadStacktrace:
 .
 Thread 1 (process 5912):
 #0 0x000000000040feb0 in ?? ()
 #1 0x0000000000412444 in eventLoop ()
 #2 0x000000000040d019 in main ()
Title: compiz.real crashed with signal 7 in eventLoop()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-12-generic x86_64
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