I've got two monitors connected to the same PC; one directly via DVI, the other through a KVM switch on a (blue) VGA cable.
I just installed Xubuntu 11.10 on it, installed the current nvidia drivers, and using the NVidia X Server Settings
applet, I've configured them. I'm using a TwinView configuration, so that I can drag windows from one monitor to the other, etc.
The DVI-connected monitor is recognized correctly and set to 1024x768. The VGA-connected, however, lists a slew of resolutions, but not the correct one (1280x1024). I've now set it to 1280x960, but everything is slightly blurry since it's not the monitor's native resolution. The listed resolutions are 1440x900, 1360x768, 1280x960, 1152x864, 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600, 720x450, 680x384, 640x480, 512x384.
Does anybody know how and where I can configure my machine so that the main monitor works at its native resolution?
Edit: This is currently the contents of my xorg.conf
:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 280.13 ([email protected]) Wed Jul 27 17:15:58 PDT 2011
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 280.13 (buildd@yellow) Fri Aug 5 12:31:28 UTC 2011
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "CRT-1"
HorizSync 30.0 - 60.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "COMPAQ 1520"
HorizSync 30.0 - 60.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce GT 530"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce GT 530"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1360+0, CRT: 1360x768_60 +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x960 +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1360+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x960 +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x960 +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1280+192"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x960 +0+0"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-1"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x960 +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1280+192"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection