Comment 6 for bug 362704

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".