Comment 27 for bug 580185

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Arjan (arjangeven) wrote : Re: [Bug 580185] Re: After update to 10.04, only low resolutions are supported

Unfortunately (or fortunately) I no longer have the necessary old hardware
available to perform these tests.

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 2:40 AM, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Arjan, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any
> activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If
> so, could you please test for this with the latest development release
> of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com
> /daily-live/current/ .
>
> If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
> the development release from a Terminal
> (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
> and attach updated debug information to this report:
>
> apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-video-nouveau REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER
>
> Please note, given that the information from the prior release is
> already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one
> would not be helpful.
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> Helpful bug reporting tips:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580185
>
> Title:
> After update to 10.04, only low resolutions are supported
>
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nv
>
> The update from 9.04 to 9.10 indicated a change to the open drivers
> since my old video card (NVIDIA TNT2) is not supported anymore by the
> proprietary drivers. However, the resolution remained at 1280x1024, as
> it should be.
>
> Recently, I upgraded to 10.04 and my monitor is no longer detected
> correctly. System > Preferences > Monitors reveals "Monitor: unkown"
> and only allows me to choose lower resolutions (the highest being
> 1024x768).
>
> I have tried various changes to xorg.conf but to no success.
>
> I think it is related to either this or the nouveau drivers, either a
> bug itself or something went wrong in the upgrade process.
> ---
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> MachineType: MSI MS-7021
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-nv 1:2.1.15-1ubuntu3
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=43598db2-ff28-4790-9549-0202f1a6788e ro quiet
> splash
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
> Tags: lucid lucid
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
> UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin
> plugdev video
> dmi.bios.date: 04/02/01
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: Version 07.00T
> dmi.board.name: MS-7021
> dmi.board.vendor: MSI
> dmi.board.version: 1.0
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0123ABC
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Uknown Chassis Manufacture
> dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.00
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrVersion07.00T:bd04/02/01:svnMSI:pnMS-7021:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnMS-7021:rvr1.0:cvnUknownChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrVersion1.00:
> dmi.product.name: MS-7021
> dmi.product.version: 1.0
> dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
> system:
> distro: Ubuntu
> codename: lucid
> architecture: i686
> kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic
>
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