low resolution

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#1 February 4, 2009

hi,i have got a 19" acer Al1916W LCD screen.but i am not getting the desired screen resolution(1440x900) and refresh rate(75 Hz).presently,the resolution is 1024x768.i have installed the nvidia drivers with "pacman -S nvidia".i went to preferences>screen resolution,but the highest resolution was 1024x768.

#2 February 4, 2009

Try generating a xorg.conf file with nvidia-xconfig if you haven't already:

sudo nvidia-xconfig

Then restart X by logging off/on again.

#3 February 4, 2009

Alternatively, you can edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and set the resolution you desire yourself. Something like:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device     "Card0"
Monitor    "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
    Viewport  0 0
    Depth     24
    Modes     "1440x900"
EndSubSection
EndSection

#4 February 4, 2009

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Color_Depth

read Color Depth and Resolution