Resolution Resets After Every Reboot

Solution 1:

The problem I think I was hitting was that the Nvidia x-server would load my preferred resolution (1280x1024), but then the settings manager would load its preferred option, which by default was 1024x768.

How I ended up solving this - in terminal:

• sudo leafpad /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Scroll down, likely near or at the bottom, to where it says something like:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Stereo" "0"
    Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-1"
    Option         "metamodes" "1280x1024_75 +0+0; nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

The third option ("metamodes") is the resolution option. In that line, I removed the ; nvidia-auto-select +0+0. The line now looked like this:

Option         "metamodes" "1280x1024_75 +0+0"

This disallowed the settings manager to select the resolution it wanted and override xorg.conf, thus forcing the computer to use 1280x1024 by default.

Solution 2:

In nvidia-settings, under X Server Display Configuration, click Save to X Configuration File. If you've never done this before, it will complain about not being able to parse /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Just tell it "OK", it doesn't matter. You'll need to give it your password to elevate so that it can write to that file. Once you've done this, your resolution (and other changes in nvidia-settings) will persist through reboots.