Comment 8 for bug 362704

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
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>
> 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.