[SOLVED] Nvidia drivers. Resolution problem.

[Arturito]

Ok, first of all im new to Linux Mint, it's working really good for me, except for this little problem (which is actually killing me).

I have installed the Nvidia drivers from 'Hardware Drivers', also i've downloaded the most recent one from Nvidia site. But after i install them i can only get resolutions of 640x480 and 320x240. IF i uninstall the driver (using EnvyNG) i can have a resolution up to 1366x768, but whenever i install it again, back to problem.

My video card is a Geforce GTS250, and my monitor is a cheap Spica LCD, which in Winodws i use at a resolution of 1440x900.

I have googled this problem around, i couldn't find a real solution, right now i really don't know what to think.

Here's my xorg.conf in case it can help.

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Section "Monitor"
   Identifier     "Monitor0"
   VendorName     "Unknown"
   ModelName      "Unknown"
   HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
   VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
   Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier     "Screen0"
   Device         "Device0"
   Monitor        "Monitor0"
   DefaultDepth   24
   SubSection "Display"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Module"
   Load   "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier     "Mouse0"
   Driver         "mouse"
   Option         "Protocol" "auto"
   Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
   Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
   Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier     "Keyboard0"
   Driver         "kbd"
   # generated from default
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier     "Layout0"
   Screen      0  "Screen0"
   InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
   InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier     "Device0"
   VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
   Driver   "nvidia"
   Option   "NoLogo"   "True"
EndSection


I don't know if it is possible to set a custom resolution (thing i can do with nvidia in windows), but i would appreciate any help for this matter, thank you.

[Arturito]

Great, seems i found a solution for this, lol i feel bad for making this thread in such a hurry, but i didn't thougt i was going to solve it.
But this should help people with the same issue.

To get my custom resolution working i had to make this changes to my xorg.config

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Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "CRT-0"
    HorizSync       31.5 - 81.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 75.0
    ModeLine       "1440x900@60" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "NoLogo" "True"
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "1440x900 +0+0; nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

My preffered res was 1440x900, but it can be any resolution, the hsync and vertrefresh will depend on the monitor.