Nvidia forced res

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Re: Nvidia forced res

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Open a terminal and run

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displayconfig-gtk
This should let you specify gfx card/monitor res. You will need to reboot to take effect.
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Re: Nvidia forced res

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To be able to make nvidia-settings stick, you have to run it as root.

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sudo nvidia-settings
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