Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Lucid release candidate, Nividia Riva TNT2 video card, Dell 1905FP LCD monitor: nouveau driver sets the highest screen resolution at 1024 x 768 when the highest (and optimal) resolution is 1280 x 1024. The nv driver set the resolution fine in 9.10. If I add the boot option "nomodeset", X starts with the vesa driver and the resolution is fine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 24 14:06:08 2010
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate i386 (20100419.1)
Lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2504 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C692BX
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=9833543e-722d-4748-b345-c921a5f6f5f7 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
dmi.bios.date: 07/31/2000
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 4.51 PG
dmi.board.name: 694X-596B-977
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvr4.51PG:bd07/31/2000:svnVIATechnologies,Inc.:pnVT82C692BX:pvr:rvn:rn694X-596B-977:rvr:cvn:ct2:cvr:
dmi.product.name: VT82C692BX
dmi.sys.vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic
It would be interesting to know if this works correctly without /etc/X11/xorg.conf; nouveau appears to be seeing the 1280x1024 mode, but is rejecting it.
If that doesn't work, could you please boot with nomodeset and attach the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file created when X is using vesa (and getting the resolution right)?