Foo - Ubuntu Question

I just recently started using Ubuntu and I've got kind of a newb-ish question. How do I get a screen resolution greater than 1024x768? That's the greatest resolution I see in the preferences. My graphics card is a G-Force 7600 GS.

Sounds like you might need to get the nvidia drivers. There should be some reference in their wiki.

I had the same problem, but unfortunately it's been so long since I had it, I can't remember what I did to solve it. I think I had to edit some file and add the higher resolutions to the list manually.

I used to the package manager to find a suitable driver substitute. It didn't allow me to fully utilize my video card, but it managed well for most applications.

Edit the XF86Config file (various possible locations) and assuming it has been setup correctly in the first place you can add a larger screen resolution to it.
Been a long time since I've done that as I don't use graphical interfaces anymore... in fact I don't think NVidia even made a graphics driver the last time I used X.
Since Ubuntu is based off Debian you could (hopefully) just install the debian package for the NVidia driver and rerun the X setup utility and force it to acknowledge that screen resolution.

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-settings && modprobe nvidia && echo nvidia >> /etc/modules

That's from memory. I think that's how you can do it.

I had the same problem, but unfortunately it's been so long since I had it, I can't remember what I did to solve it. I think I had to edit some file and add the higher resolutions to the list manually.
I feel that way with too many things on Linux. :(