apparently, i did not quite remove all the modules. even tho the nvidia driver compiles the kernel module, apparently it doesn't get used unless the other modules are removed. running 'apt-get remove --purge nvidia*' beforehand did the trick. i now have 185.18.04 installed. however, i still cannot use 1280x1024 resolution. the monitor supports that mode. it is a dell 1901fp and i was using that mode in ms windows. the only thing i see above that i haven't tried is starting with ubuntu 8.04 and upgrading to 8.10 and then 9.04?? how ridiculous ;) i'm not going to do that. is that really necessary? there is obviously something related to nvidia/xorg that is in place on ubuntu 8.04 that doesn't get wiped away due to the upgrade process, i would guess. isn't there a way to force 1280x1024 in xorg.conf or something? this seems so simple...
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