Nouveau - Oct 2011 - Problems configuring an NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 with a 1366x768 screen

Hello people. This is the first time I write to this list. Today, I tried to
test the latest version of Nouveau in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty (as downloadable on
the PPA located at
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates). The screen
defaulted to 1024x768, but the full screen's resolution is
1366x768. I tried to change the maximum resolution via xorg.conf, but the OS
refused to start the graphical interface until the xorg.conf file was
erased. (The old xorg.conf file can be uploaded if needed). Is the NVIDIA
GeForce GT 520 unable to change the resolution to an arbitrary size with the
Nouveau driver as of yet?
- Carlos Sol?s
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On Mon, 2011-10-10 at 17:18 -0600, csolisr at gmail.com
wrote:
> Hello people. This is the first time I write to this list. Today, I
> tried to test the latest version of Nouveau in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty (as
> downloadable on the PPA located at
> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates ). The screen
> defaulted to 1024x768, but the full screen's resolution is 1366x768. I
> tried to change the maximum resolution via xorg.conf, but the OS
> refused to start the graphical interface until the xorg.conf file was
> erased. (The old xorg.conf file can be uploaded if needed). Is the
> NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 unable to change the resolution to an arbitrary
> size with the Nouveau driver as of yet?
I have no idea what exactly Ubuntu ships.  But support for the GT520
hasn't yet appeared in an upstream kernel release.  It's queued for 3.2,
and the code is sitting in nouveau git.  You may be able to build an
updated nouveau driver against your current kernel by following the
instructions[1] on the nouveau wiki.

Basically, despite what a casual browse around the internet will tell
you, GF119 (which is what GT520 is) isn't quite the same as previous
Fermi chips, huge chunks of it were redesigned.

Ben.

[1]
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallDRM#out-of-treebuild.28alternative.29
> - Carlos Sol?s
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