[solved] dpatch for envy and screen res 1440x900

[Acid_1]

i was about to say

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sudo aptitude dpatch install

but that doesn't work, but if you want a laugh, type that in and read right near the bottom!

[MagnusB]

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sudo aptitude -v moo

and keep adding v's. Alternately:

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sudo apt-get moo

[MagnusB]

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sudo aptitude install dpatch

And run envy again.

[Fred]

jeremiah2329,

Try the below link my friend.

http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopi ... 90&t=11333

Fred

[Fred]

jeremiah2329,

Almost everything in Linux is controlled by a configuration file somewhere. The major exceptions to that rule are proprietary binary blobs that increasingly find their way into Linux. Examples are proprietary graphics drivers, some sound card drivers, some printer drivers, and wireless drivers. Proprietary drivers are notoriously buggy and poorly supported compared to open source drivers.

After you live with open source drivers for a while and see the differences you can easily see why long time Linux users have such a bad attitude toward proprietary driver makers. We are at their mercy. If they won't fix problems we are just stuck with them. With open source drivers you can usually go in and fix it yourself if it is a simple config problem, because config files are all human readable. If it is a problem in the source code you can fix that too, or easily find someone that can, recompile and you are in business again.

With proprietary stuff, you pay good money for buggy software, learn to live with it, kinda, and beg the vendor to fix it. If enough people want it fixed they will generate an upgrade and charge you again for fixing their bugs. What a deal!

Fred

[Husse]

Well please don't use the option to save to xorg.conf in "Xserver Display Configuration" in nvidia settings
Unless it has changed recently it does not play well with your xorg.conf - it may actually destroy settings for other things than video (specially configured mice would be an example)
When you've found out what to do edit xorg.conf manually

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gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

or for KDE

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kdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf

But it's very simple to do it if you want

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sudo nvidia-settings