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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

  1. Bug #990492
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 990492

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote : Re: Not detect the monitor or graphics card Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64Bit

The -nvidia driver does not support RANDR 1.2, which the stock display configuration tool requires for detecting monitors and so on. That's why monitors show up as unknown and resolutions are sometimes not found. With -nvidia you have to use their nvidia-specific configuration tool.