Re: gnome doesn't know monitor size under nvidia x server

[Yaro Kasear <yaro@marupa.net>]

On 07/28/2012 02:41 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 28/07/12 03:24 PM, Britton Kerin wrote:
> > I installed all the nvidia driver kernel xserver packages, but now
> > it seems that gnome doesn't know what size the monitor is anymore
> > (all fonts way too large etc.)
> >
> > System->Preferences->Monitors looks like the attached screenshot
> > The odd thing is the explicitly set resolution value is correct.  But 
> > there
> > is also all the stuff about the monitor being unknown.
> >
> > Any help or advice how to fix this greatly appreciated,
> > Britton
> Had the same problem myself with an ATI card. X uses kernel mode 
> switching these days, or at least tries to, and that usually means 
> loading a kernel module for your video card in addition to having the 
> correct xserver drivers.

Since the official (And proprietary.) nVidia driver has no support for 
KMS, this sort of feature never "natively" works in a desktop 
environments' own monitor settings. My recommendation is to install 
nVidia's settings utility and use that, since it WILL accurately report 
both monitors and their resolution.