I love Ubuntu but My # 1 issue with the 173 nVidia drivers that I have installed is the size of my desktop icons! They are way too big (everything is too big). I would like to improve on the resolution my Display is set to by upgrading to a better driver!
read my pastie please It is full of system info and logs (about the issue at hand)
I need help please I can't afford to upgrade to new hardware right now <
Best way I have installed NVIDIA drivers is by downloading them directly from the NVIDIA website. Then from there, I use Terminal and run the following commands to install them (note filename name may differ from what you download:
$sudo chmod a+x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.20.run
$sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.20.run
Try sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings. Then try to launch nvidia-settings using the terminal and try to adjust the resolution from there.
I found my answer on askubuntu.com. By adding the ppa from “xorg crack pushers” team I solved my display issues! There is one big issue though, you might lose access to Unity 3D.
I think Unity 3D does not like xorg-edgers updates. But, I use Gnome-shell and so, not being able to use Unity-3D is fine.
So, here is what I did:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
My old driver was removed and the current driver 295.20 was installed.
After that, when I logged into Unity 3D, all that loaded was the wallpaper. So, I went to one of the tty's. To get to the tty's, press the following keyboard combination:
Ctrl+Alt+F1
sudo reboot
I then logged back in. gnome-shell or Unity 2D or KDE all worked fine.
nVidia X server settings works like it should and I set my Display from 1024x768 to 1280x1024.
You have to purge xorg-edgers from your system to get Unity 3D to work again.
Unity Doesn't run after upgrading via xorg-edgers
I will wait for Ubuntu 12.04 to see if Unity 3D works for me again!
