Bug#593784: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: fails to detect monitor resolution
On 2010-08-23 04:06 +0200, Ryo Furue wrote:
> | Anyway, the problem seems to be that your monitor does not supply EDID
> | data, in which case X will choose 1024x768 as a presumably safe fallback
> | resolution. See also #588927.
>
> Thank you for the info. But, reading that thread, I couldn't tell
> what's the solution is.
Well, so far we have not found a solution. :-(
> Does this mean that nouveau will never work
> with those monitors? Or are there solutions to this problem? such as
> writing something in /etc/X11/xorg.conf for nouveau ?
You definitely need a Monitor section in your xorg.conf, but for the
submitter of #588927 even this did not work.
Sven
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