somehow whilst migrating to Gutsy, I wound up in failsafe video mode. I've re-run Envy to reset the drivers and xorg.conf, but this nasty little bit is still there. My nVidia control panel sees my monitor and card correctly, and the hardware works correctly (3d acceleration, proper resolution, etc.) when logged in. The login screen is only rendered at low resolution with the ability to scroll around a larger virtual resolution. I will post back if replacing this with an older (working) display and vid card section works.
I just looked over my xorg.conf and saw something strange:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Failsafe Device"
Boardname "vesa"
Busid "PCI:2:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Failsafe Monitor"
Vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
Modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
<resolutions removed for brevity>
Gamma 1.0
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Failsafe Device"
Monitor "Failsafe Monitor"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1792 1344
Modes "800x600@72" "800x600@75" "800x600@56" "800x600@60" "640x480@75" "832x624@75" "640x480@72" "1024x768@75" "640x480@60" "1024x768@70" "1024x768@60" "1152x864@75" "1280x1024@75" "1280x960@60" "1280x1024@60" "1280x960@75" "1400x1050@60" "1400x1050@75" "1600x1200@65" "1600x1200@60" "1792x1344@60"
EndSubSection
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection
somehow whilst migrating to Gutsy, I wound up in failsafe video mode. I've re-run Envy to reset the drivers and xorg.conf, but this nasty little bit is still there. My nVidia control panel sees my monitor and card correctly, and the hardware works correctly (3d acceleration, proper resolution, etc.) when logged in. The login screen is only rendered at low resolution with the ability to scroll around a larger virtual resolution. I will post back if replacing this with an older (working) display and vid card section works.