graphics - NVIDIA Additional Drivers Empty - maximum resolution 640x480 - Driver disappears

EDIT: Optimus card. For resolution please read this thread:

"You do not appear to be using the nvidia x server"(screenshot included)

And this:

Ubuntu 11.10 problem with Nvidia

Thanks!

I know, I know yet another NVIDIA question.

So I did all the research. I uninstalled and installed nvidia-settings and drivers and nvidia-current from PPE repositories which are the most updated ones.

I executed nvidia-xconfig.

I have two major problems.

One:

Additional Drivers setting is empty! It doesn't contain any driver although one is installed. I have executed apt-get update too. But still the list is empty.

Two:

If I execute nvidia-xconfig it will properly configure an xorg.conf file. I restart but the maximum resolution I got is 640x480. I tried the xrandr but I can't add any resolution to display LVDS1. Some weird error occurs.

So I can't add a proprietary driver and I can't boot in with the xorg file created by Nvidia...

What can I do? With some work ( unistall nvidia-current and install libgl1-mesa-glx I was able to activate some kind of usage of my card because the resolution got better... and I added bumbelbee to because I have multiple video cards... ) but still the list is empty. I don't know what to do at this point??!!!

Also:

this is the most important part. When I first installed my ubuntu yesterday 11.10 one I saw the driver!! The driver was there... And then I ofc updated every package from internet.. And after that it was gone. And I can't bring it back. So there must be something wrong with one of the updates. But which????

Thanks for any extra info you can provide! I'm really desperate to solve this issue.

Does your Laptop provide Nvidia Optimus Technology? If you have Nvidia Optimus technology in your laptop, you have, according to the Project Bumblebee FAQ, two options:

1) Check your system bios for an option to permanently switch to your nvidia graphics card

2) If your bios does not provide this feature you can use a solution named bumblebee. You can find all necessary background information about nvidia optimus technology and bumblebee project here. if you want to use bumblebee, you find the installation routine here.

Hope this helps