Find HorizSync VertRefresh rates to fix Linux display issue - Why my display is stuck at 640x480?

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I had this problem a few days back and it took me sometime to figure out what to do.
I have a NVIDIA GTX460 Graphics card on my current machine and a Acer 22" Monitor. After installing NVIDIA driver, my display was stuck at 640x480 and no matter what I do, nothing fixed it. This is an unusual problem with NVIDIA driver. I am assuming Intel and ATI driver might have similar issues.

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• Fix Linux display issue
• Find supported HorizSync VertRefresh rates in Linux
• Find monitor HorizSync VertRefresh rates with ddcprobe
• Edit xorg.conf file to with correct HorizSync VertRefresh rates
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Fix Linux display issue

So if you are having problem with your display or if your display is stuck at 640x480 then try the following:

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf file

root@kali:~# vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf

You will see something like this

Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Acer X223W"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Now the lines that control display in monitor is the following two:

    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0

Depending on your monitor size, you have to find the correct HorizSync VertRefresh rates.

Find supported HorizSync VertRefresh rates in Linux

This took me quite some time to determine exactly what I am looking for. I obviously tried xrandr command like anyone would do..

root@kali:~# xrandr --query

This gave me an output like the following

root@kali:~# xrandr --query
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 16384 x 16384
DVI-I-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-I-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-I-2 connected 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 474mm x 296mm
   1680x1050      60.0*+
   1600x1200      60.0  
   1440x900       75.0     59.9  
   1400x1050      60.0  
   1360x765       60.0  
   1280x1024      75.0  
   1280x960       60.0  
   1152x864       75.0  
   1024x768       75.0     70.1     60.0  
   800x600        75.0     72.2     60.3     56.2  
   640x480        75.0     72.8     59.9  
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-I-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

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