nvidia GeForce 7200 GS and 1600x1200 resolution

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Mon, 1/12/09, Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) <mihamina at lab.vectoris.fr> wrote:

> From: Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) <mihamina at lab.vectoris.fr>
> Subject: Re: nvidia GeForce 7200 GS and 1600x1200 resolution
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 7:28 AM
> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> >  HTH and that I'm not confusing the issue. 
> > Leonard Chatagnier
> 
> Those are the available drivers...
> Damn!
> 
> nvidia-glx-173              nvidia-glx-96              
> nvidia-glx-envy
> nvidia-glx-173-dev          nvidia-glx-96-dev          
> nvidia-glx-ia32
> nvidia-glx-177              nvidia-glx-dev             
> nvidia-glx-legacy
> nvidia-glx-177-dev          nvidia-glx-dev-envy 
> nvidia-glx-legacy-envy
> nvidia-glx-180              nvidia-glx-dev-legacy      
> nvidia-glx-lrm-dev
> nvidia-glx-180-dev          nvidia-glx-dev-legacy-envy 
> nvidia-glx-new
> nvidia-glx-71               nvidia-glx-dev-new         
> nvidia-glx-new-envy
> nvidia-glx-71-dev           nvidia-glx-dev-new-envy    
> nvidia-glx-src
> 
> 
Yeah, it is confusing and I did have to try different nvidia drivers
before I found one that worked and stayed with the same resolution
after I rebooted.  If you want a suggestion, I'd try first, the  nvidia-glx-177 driver as usually the latest driver works the best.
If that doesn't work, then try the others which is what I had to do
with both hardy and intrepid.  Also do an aptitude search nvidia and 
install the nvidia kernel source that matches the nvidia driver.
If there's an easier way, I don't know it but you may find a lot by
googling for your card ID+nvidia+drivers or something similar.  HTH.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net