[Solved]Can't change resolution after selecting Nvidia driver

[fs0ciety]

So I installed Linux Mint, went through the starting guide, checked my drivers... The Nouveau driver was selected but the Nvidia driver said recommended next to it so I selected that, then restarted. Then when I boot up again I get a message that it's running in software mode and Cinnamon is running without hardware acceleration.

If I go to system settings and display, the resolution is stuck at 800x600 and there are no others available.

What do I do here?

[hcentaur13]

What says the nvidia server settings?
Which graphic card?
which monitor?
What tells xrandr?

How is the monitor connected?
Have you tried another cable?

[kc1di]

Did you reboot after installing the driver?
After you reboot - you can change Nvidia driver setting by going to

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Menu/Administration/Nvidia X-Server Settings

if it's not there then do this.

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sudo apt insall  nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings

Then in a terminal type

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sudo nvidia-settings

you should be able to set your video from there.
good luck.

[fs0ciety]

I found the Nvidia settings, but now how do I change the resolution? I don't really know what to do here. I can add rules or make a new profile and add keys to it, but I don't really understand what that is.

[fs0ciety]

So... I figured it out. After doing some more research I found out the driver doesn't initialize if Secure Boot is enabled. I'd read about Secure Boot before, but I thought this was something exclusive to Windows 8 machines. I decided to check anyways and sure enough, it was enabled. Disabled it, restarted, boom, working right away in the correct resolution. Stupid.

[kc1di]

Glad it's working