ubuntu start low resolution in 50% cases

[MaxFox]

Binary package hint: gnome

hello.

sometimes ubuntu start in low resolution 640 x 480.
after login, resolution does not changes and there is no way to change it to normal one.
but after pressing alt+ctr+bkspace in login screen it restarts in largest possible resolution and after login it restore my preferred resolution.

video card: inneo 3d geforce fx 5600
driver: nvidia accelerated graphics driver (latest card)
os: ubuntu desktop 8.04 with all automatically updates installed

there is no problems with graphics on win xp

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Sep 6 10:39:34 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: yelp 2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi m-fox2k,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? (ISOs are available from cdimage.ubuntu.com)

If it remains an issue, could you also attach a new /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
Thanks in advance.

The output of lspci -vvnn would also be worth having.

[MaxFox (m-fox2k)]

HI

thank you for reply.
actually i found workaround for this problem.
i have used "nvidia x server settings" utility and had replaced /etc/X11/xorg.conf with generated settings and now ubuntu always starts with my preferred setting instead default.

[coolbuddy200187 (ranjan-abhinav86)]

I have same issue with Kubuntu 8.04
Many times it starts with low resolution 800 * 600 and I think this problem started after I changed my resolution settings to 800 * 600 from
System Setting >Monitor and Display.........
and then Back to normal.........

O/P for lspci -vvnn is :

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Con
troller Hub [8086:2580] (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:2a29]
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step
ping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Inte
grated Graphics Controller [8086:2582] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:2a29]
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step
ping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
        Region 0: Memory at ffa80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Region 1: I/O ports at dc00 [size=8]
        Region 2: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Region 3: Memory at ffa40000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Famil
y) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:2668] (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:2a29]
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step
ping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
        Region 0: Memory at ffa3c000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Fam
ily) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:2a29]
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step
ping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort
- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
        Region 4: I/O ports at d880 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Fam
ily) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:2a29]
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step
ping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort
- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 17
        Region 4: I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
...

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Closing as per comment #3.

@ranjan, you're using a completely different video card so must be seeing some unrelated problem, and should file a new bug if it still occurs on Jaunty.