You have been subscribed to a public bug: After a fresh installation of Vivid I only have a resolution of 1024x768.
Using xrandr and a custom xorg.conf file I might be able to get a bigger resolution (not finished testing it now). WORKAROUND: Don't use nomodeset kernel parameter. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-7.7-generic 3.19.0 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-7-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.1: ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Apr 2 18:56:11 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: vivid DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: vboxhost, 4.3.26, 3.19.0-7-generic, x86_64: installed EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GT215GLM [Quadro FX 1800M] [10de:0cbc] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1521] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-02 (31 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150222) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8540w PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: 3.3V 16-bit PC Card Subdevice 0 (function 0) bound to driver "pata_pcmcia" ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.19.0-7-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro nomodeset quiet splash Renderer: Software SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/08/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68CVD Ver. F.50 dmi.board.name: 1521 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 32.35 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68CVDVer.F.50:bd07/08/2014:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook8540w:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1521:rvrKBCVersion32.35:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 8540w dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150330-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.59-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.5.2-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.5.2-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917-1~exp1ubuntu2build1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2build1 xserver.bootTime: Thu Apr 2 17:34:38 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Low Status: Invalid ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 latest-bios-f.50 ubuntu vivid -- 10de:0cbc [HP EliteBook 8540w] Max resolution of 1024x768 with nouveau https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1439786 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp