screen resolution on hp pavilion zd7000

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ok somewhere I cant find the post again but I was told to add this line:


	Option      "IgnoreEDID" "on"



to this area of the xorg.conf



Section "Device"

	Identifier	"NVIDIA Corporation NV31M [GeForce FX Go 5600]"

	Driver		"nvidia"

	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"

	Option      "IgnoreEDID" "on"



do: sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

then save 



I just rebooted whole pc im pretty new at this stuff myself and the I
cant get the x to restart by itself but after reboot I have my new
resolution



I dont understand why it fixed it but it did here is my whole xorg.conf
if you want to see it I have it setup for intelli mouse 5 button also




Code:
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    # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)

  #

  # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using

  # values from the debconf database.

  #

  # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.

  # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)

  #

  # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*

  # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg

  # package.

  #

  # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated

  # again, run the following command:

  #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

  

  Section "Files"

  	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"

  	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"

  	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"

  	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"

  	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"

  	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"

  	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"

  	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"

  # paths to defoma fonts

  	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"

  	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"

  EndSection

  

  Section "Module"

  	Load	"i2c"

  	Load	"bitmap"

  	Load	"ddc"

  	#Load	"GLcore"

  	#Load	"dri"

  	Load	"extmod"

  	Load	"freetype"

  	Load	"glx"

  	Load	"int10"

  	Load	"type1"

  	Load	"vbe"

  EndSection

  

  Section "InputDevice"

  	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"

  	Driver		"kbd"

  	Option		"CoreKeyboard"

  	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"

  	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc104"

  	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"

  EndSection

  

  Section "InputDevice"

  Identifier      "Configured Mouse"

  Driver          "mouse"

  Option          "CorePointer"

  Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"

  Option          "Protocol"              "ExplorerPS/2"

  Option          "Buttons"               "7"

  Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "6 7"

  Option          "Resolution"            "100"

  EndSection

  

  Section "InputDevice"

  	Identifier	"Synaptics Touchpad"

  	Driver		"synaptics"

  	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"

  	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"

  	Option		"Protocol"		"auto-dev"

  	Option		"HorizScrollDelta"	"0"

  EndSection

  

  Section "Device"

  	Identifier	"NVIDIA Corporation NV31M [GeForce FX Go 5600]"

  	Driver		"nvidia"

  	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"

  	Option      "IgnoreEDID" "on"

  EndSection

  

  Section "Monitor"

  	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"

  	Option		"DPMS"

  	HorizSync	28-72

  	VertRefresh	43-60

  EndSection

  

  Section "Screen"

  	Identifier	"Default Screen"

  	Device		"NVIDIA Corporation NV31M [GeForce FX Go 5600]"

  	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"

  	DefaultDepth	16

  	SubSection "Display"

  		Depth		1

  		Modes		"1440x900"

  	EndSubSection

  	SubSection "Display"

  		Depth		4

  		Modes		"1440x900"

  	EndSubSection

  	SubSection "Display"

  		Depth		8

  		Modes		"1440x900"

  	EndSubSection

  	SubSection "Display"

  		Depth		15

  		Modes		"1440x900"

  	EndSubSection

  	SubSection "Display"

  		Depth		16

  		Modes		"1440x900"

  	EndSubSection

  	SubSection "Display"

  		Depth		24

  		Modes		"1440x900"

  	EndSubSection

  	SubSection "Display"

  		Depth		32

  		Modes		"1440x900"

  	EndSubSection

  EndSection

  

  Section "ServerLayout"

  	Identifier	"Default Layout"

  	Screen		"Default Screen"

  	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"

  	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"

  	InputDevice	"Synaptics Touchpad"

  EndSection

  

  Section "DRI"

  	Mode	0666

  EndSection

  
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Grundy