Christopher you were absolutely right. The nouveau-firmware package was not installed.
But even now after installing it, adding an initramfs hook and creating a new initrd the driver does not seem to load correctly. Attached I added the new dmesg and lspci -vvv output. ** Attachment added: "dmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1439786/+attachment/4366630/+files/dmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1439786 Title: 10de:0cbc [HP EliteBook 8540w] Max resolution of 1024x768 with nouveau To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1439786/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs