Resolution stuck at 800x600

[67GTA]

You can try setting it with nvidia-settings. Run it as root in a terminal. You need to become root with

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su

instead of gksudo. This should save your desired settings to your xorg.conf file. If this doesn't work, post a copy of your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file so we can see what is happening at boot time with xorg.

[67GTA]

It is using the "nv" driver instead of the "nvidia" driver. Try installing your nvidia driver with Envy. I have had mixed results with the Ubuntu driver manager.

[67GTA]

Try

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nvidia-xconfig

as root in a terminal and reboot. It should amend your xorg file with the correct settings. If that doesn't work, we will have to help you write a custom xorg.conf file.

[67GTA]

Just to be sure, check to see if the module is even being loaded with

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lsmod | grep nvidia

[67GTA]

Nvidia-xconfig should have written a new xorg.conf file. Post a copy of it. It is in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[67GTA]

Su lets you stay as root until you exit the terminal. Sudo will give you root powers for one command only, so there is no real difference in this case. It seems xorg is using the vesa driver. Try changing your xorg.conf file from this:

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Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Boardname "vesa"
Busid "PCI:3:0:0"
Driver "vesa"
Screen 0
EndSection

To this:

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Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Boardname "vesa"
Busid "PCI:3:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Screen 0
EndSection

Although this worries me:

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# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by failsafeDexconf, using
# values from the debconf database and some overrides to use vesa mode.

If nvidia-xconfig had created the new xorg file, it would have said "created by nvidia-xconfig". If changing the driver in xorg doesn't get the desired results, you might have to try installing the driver manually from Nvidia. Is this a regular GeForce, or a GeForce GO?

[67GTA]

The easiest way is to run

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sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

in a terminal. This will open xorg.conf in gedit with root powers. Only root has the power to edit files in /. Everything in /home is yours.

[celtic426]

Hey dude I had a similar problem and I think I have a fix for you. Download and install the drivers. Then go to Administration--> Nvidia X Server Settings. In this click "X Server Display Configuration". Set the resolution there. Now click save to X Configuration File near the bottom. But do not click OK. Click preview, then copy and paste all that and replace the contents of "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" with the text in the preview. That should do it.