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    From Davey@2:250/1 to All on Sunday, November 03, 2024 15:50:17
    I have a PC with Ubuntu 22.04 installed and operating. My monitor is a
    new Viewsonic VA2215 1920x1080, the PC's video card is an NVIDIA GeForce
    GT 710. All is good.
    I installed Ubuntu 24.04 alongside the ver. 22.04, and it went well
    except that there was no attempt to match the NVIDIA output to the
    Viewsonic. I now have a theoretical screen approximately twice the
    width of the actual screen.
    How do I force the card to try to match up with the actual monitor's
    screen? All NVIDIA drivers are present and correct. It's like watching
    a mobile quarter of an IMAX screen. At least the ver. 22.04 still
    works properly.

    All help very welcome.

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    Davey.


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  • From Davey@2:250/1 to All on Tuesday, November 05, 2024 10:18:44
    On Sun, 3 Nov 2024 15:50:17 +0000
    Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote:

    I have a PC with Ubuntu 22.04 installed and operating. My monitor is a
    new Viewsonic VA2215 1920x1080, the PC's video card is an NVIDIA
    GeForce GT 710. All is good.
    I installed Ubuntu 24.04 alongside the ver. 22.04, and it went well
    except that there was no attempt to match the NVIDIA output to the
    Viewsonic. I now have a theoretical screen approximately twice the
    width of the actual screen.
    How do I force the card to try to match up with the actual monitor's
    screen? All NVIDIA drivers are present and correct. It's like watching
    a mobile quarter of an IMAX screen. At least the ver. 22.04 still
    works properly.

    All help very welcome.


    Nobody?
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    Davey.


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  • From Andy Burns@2:250/1 to All on Tuesday, November 05, 2024 10:54:04
    Davey wrote:

    Davey wrote:

    I have a PC with Ubuntu 22.04 installed the PC's video card is an NVIDIA
    GeForce GT 710.

    Nobody?

    Not really, I avoid the Linux/nVidia combination.

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  • From Davey@2:250/1 to All on Tuesday, November 05, 2024 11:25:20
    On Tue, 5 Nov 2024 10:54:04 +0000
    Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

    Davey wrote:

    Davey wrote:

    I have a PC with Ubuntu 22.04 installed the PC's video card is an
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 710.

    Nobody?

    Not really, I avoid the Linux/nVidia combination.

    I see why. I just went on to NVIDIA chat, and was told where to re-load
    the driver from. I did that, but when I followed the installation
    instructions, it failed with multiple reasons that require me to go deep
    into kernel creation, and other deep geek things. Way beyond my
    paygrade.
    I will abandon this installation of 24.04. I only wish that reclaiming
    the space was easier that it appears to be. Could I try to reload over
    this one?

    Thanks for at least one response!
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    Davey.


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  • From #Paul@2:250/1 to All on Wednesday, June 04, 2025 13:22:52
    Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote:
    How do I force the card to try to match up with the actual monitor's
    screen? All NVIDIA drivers are present and correct. It's like watching
    a mobile quarter of an IMAX screen. At least the ver. 22.04 still
    works properly.

    I have a (very old) nvidia card on slackware, so I compile drivers
    (legacy470) using a slackbuild script. This also gives me a config
    tool "nvidia-settings" which allows you to tweak various things -
    e.g. under "X server display configuration" there is a "Detect Displays" button which might help, and failing that a "Resolution" drop down
    where you can set a specific resolution if "Auto" does do what you
    want.

    #Paul

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