304.43 on Ubuntu 12.10 (3.5.0-26-generic) with GeForce GTX 470, will only start at 1024x768

Everything installed OK after a bit of fiddling, but for some reason the screen resolution always starts in 1024x768.

It is possible to go into nvidia-settings ans select 1920x1200 and apply and it will work until the next reboot. Even if you save the x config it always comes back 12 1024x768.

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 304.51  (buildd@batsu)  Fri Oct 12 12:53:54 UTC 2012

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "DELL 2707WFP"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 76.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GTX 470"
#   Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"
#   Option "NoDDC"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Stereo" "0"
    Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
#   Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DVI-0"
#   Option         "metamodes" "1920x1200 +0+0; nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    Option         "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1920x1200 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

I have tried a few different settings but nothing works yet. If I look in the Xserver log there are no errors shown

[     3.851] 
X.Org X Server 1.13.0
Release Date: 2012-09-05
[     3.851] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[     3.851] Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
[     3.851] Current Operating System: Linux lxhome 3.5.0-26-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 8 23:18:20 UTC 2013 x86_64
[     3.851] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-26-generic root=UUID=b0e7246f-873e-45e0-9fdf-182f031a31fa ro quiet splash
[     3.851] Build Date: 27 November 2012  07:44:35AM
[     3.851] xorg-server 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6.1 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
[     3.851] Current version of pixman: 0.26.0
[     3.851] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[     3.851] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[     3.851] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Mar 30 20:53:21 2013
[     3.852] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[     3.852] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     3.853] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[     3.853] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[     3.853] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[     3.853] (**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
[     3.853] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[     3.853] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[     3.853] (**) Option "Xinerama" "0"
[     3.853] (==) Automatically adding devices
[     3.853] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[     3.853] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[     3.853] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[     3.853] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.853] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[     3.853] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.853] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[     3.853] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.853] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[     3.853] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.853] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[     3.853] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.853] (WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not exist.
[     3.853] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.853] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	built-ins
[     3.853] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[     3.853] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[     3.853] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[     3.853] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[     3.853] (II) Loader magic: 0x7fb5d6420c40
[     3.853] (II) Module ABI versions:
[     3.853] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[     3.853] 	X.Org Video Driver: 13.0
[     3.853] 	X.Org XInput driver : 18.0
[     3.853] 	X.Org Server Extension : 7.0
[     3.853] (II) config/udev: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[     3.855] (--) PCI: (0:0:2:0) 8086:0122:1043:844d rev 9, Mem @ 0xf6400000/4194304, 0xd0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f000/64
[     3.855] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:06cd:10de:079f rev 163, Mem @ 0xf4000000/33554432, 0xe0000000/134217728, 0xe8000000/67108864, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[     3.855] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension DPMS
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
[     3.855] Initializing built-in extension DRI2
[     3.855] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[     3.856] (II) Loading /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/libglx.so
[     3.874] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[     3.874] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[     3.874] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[     3.874] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  304.43  Sun Aug 19 20:34:01 PDT 2012
[     3.874] Loading extension GLX
[     3.874] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[     3.874] (II) Loading /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so
[     3.881] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[     3.881] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[     3.881] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     3.882] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  304.43  Sun Aug 19 20:15:32 PDT 2012
[     3.882] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[     3.883] (++) using VT number 7

[     3.883] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[     3.883] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[     3.883] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[     3.883] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.883] 	compiled for 1.13.0, module version = 1.0.0
[     3.883] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     3.883] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[     3.883] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[     3.883] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[     3.884] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.884] 	compiled for 1.13.0, module version = 1.0.0
[     3.884] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     3.884] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[     3.884] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[     3.884] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[     3.885] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[     3.885] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[     3.885] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[     3.885] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[     3.885] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "Stereo" "0"
[     3.885] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
[     3.885] (**) NVIDIA(0): Stereo disabled by request
[     3.885] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "DFP-0: 1920x1200 +0+0"
[     3.885] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[     4.883] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (DELL 2707WFP (DFP-0)) does not support NVIDIA 3D
[     4.883] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     Vision stereo.
[     4.885] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GTX 470 (GF100) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
[     4.885] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 1310720 kBytes
[     4.885] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 70.00.21.00.03
[     4.885] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[     4.885] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[     4.886] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on GeForce GTX 470 at PCI:1:0:0
[     4.886] (--) NVIDIA(0):     CRT-0
[     4.886] (--) NVIDIA(0):     CRT-1
[     4.886] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DELL 2707WFP (DFP-0) (connected)
[     4.886] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-1
[     4.886] (--) NVIDIA(0):     DFP-2
[     4.886] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     4.886] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-1: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     4.886] (--) NVIDIA(0): DELL 2707WFP (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     4.887] (--) NVIDIA(0): DELL 2707WFP (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link TMDS
[     4.887] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     4.887] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1: Internal Single Link TMDS
[     4.887] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[     4.887] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2: Internal Single Link TMDS
[     4.887] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[     4.887] (**) NVIDIA(0):     device DELL 2707WFP (DFP-0) (Using EDID frequencies has
[     4.887] (**) NVIDIA(0):     been enabled on all display devices.)
[     4.887] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
[     4.887] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "DFP-0:1920x1200+0+0"
[     4.887] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 x 1200
[     4.909] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (84, 84); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[     4.909] (--) NVIDIA(0):     option
[     4.909] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[     4.909] (II) NVIDIA: Using 3072.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory
[     4.909] (II) NVIDIA:     access.
[     4.913] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DFP-0:1920x1200+0+0"
[     4.944] Loading extension NV-GLX
....
....

[     5.438] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (DELL 2707WFP (DFP-0)) does not support NVIDIA 3D
[     5.438] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     Vision stereo.
[     5.438] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[     5.438] (**) NVIDIA(0):     device DELL 2707WFP (DFP-0) (Using EDID frequencies has
[     5.438] (**) NVIDIA(0):     been enabled on all display devices.)
[     5.632] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "NULL"
[     5.641] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DVI-I-2: 1024x768 @1024x768 +0+0" <======= Here it starts up
[     5.807] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (DELL 2707WFP (DFP-0)) does not support NVIDIA 3D
[     5.807] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     Vision stereo.
[     5.807] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[     5.807] (**) NVIDIA(0):     device DELL 2707WFP (DFP-0) (Using EDID frequencies has
[     5.807] (**) NVIDIA(0):     been enabled on all display devices.)
[     6.689] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (DELL 2707WFP (DFP-0)) does not support NVIDIA 3D
[     6.689] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     Vision stereo.
[     6.689] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[     6.689] (**) NVIDIA(0):     device DELL 2707WFP (DFP-0) (Using EDID frequencies has
[     6.689] (**) NVIDIA(0):     been enabled on all display devices.)
[     6.830] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-8C3648A5FD728529D869F46730BE1BC287DB231C.xkm
[     7.189] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (DELL 2707WFP (DFP-0)) does not support NVIDIA 3D
[     7.189] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     Vision stereo.
[     7.189] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[     7.189] (**) NVIDIA(0):     device DELL 2707WFP (DFP-0) (Using EDID frequencies has
[     7.189] (**) NVIDIA(0):     been enabled on all display devices.)
[    18.582] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Specified panning domain height of 720 is smaller than
[    18.582] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     viewport height 1200; adjusting
[    18.650] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DVI-I-2:1920x1200"               <======== I am guessing here is where I set it.
....

An help would be great.

I am much closer with this config, it now starts in 1920x1200; I just have to do more testing:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "False" #  <==== stops compiz when True

EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "DELL 2707WFP"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 76.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GTX 470"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "metamodes"      "DFP-0: 1920x1200_60 +0+0; nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    Option         "Stereo"         "0"
    Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
#   Option         "metamodes"      "1920x1200_60 +0+0; nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
#   Option         "UseEdid"        "False" <==== number 2
    Option         "NoDDC"    	    "True"
    Option         "ModeValidation" "AllowNonEdidModes"
#   Option         "IgnoreEDID"     "True" <== this
#   Option         "UseEDIDFreqs"   "False"
#   Option         "UseEDIDDpi"     "False"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection