Public bug reported:
I just upgraded a desktop system from 13.10 to 14.04, and to my horror
found that the monitor's native resolution was no longer supported: the
best setting offered was 1024×768 or somesuch.
Turns out the upgrade deleted xorg.conf. There were two backups: one
with the date as a suffix (.01052014) and one with just ".backup" as a
suffix. The one with the date didn't look like what I had before, so I
restored xorg.conf from xorg.conf.backup instead.
Now I think I'm back in the resolution I had before (after going to the
Display settings), but there's something wrong. The resolution isn't
quite the native one so many pixels are fuzzy, causing my eyes to ache,
and the font inside menus looks a few sizes too small. It's hard to
read and leaves a lot of horizontal space in the menus unused. It also
makes kerning look irregular.
The monitor is an Iiyama ProLite E2407HDSV. It's supposed to do
1920×1080, but the best I can get working properly in the Display
settings is 1680×1050. The next step up, 1920×1080, won't show the
entire screen — large swathes of the desktop fall outside the physical
display.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory:
'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 304.117 Tue Nov 26 21:36:39 PST
2013
GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins:
[core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu May 1 21:47:44 2014
DistUpgraded: 2014-05-01 21:23:35,494 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-304-updates, 304.117, 3.11.0-20-generic, i686: installed
nvidia-304-updates, 304.117, 3.13.0-24-generic, i686: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] [10de:0a65] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA
controller])
Subsystem: CardExpert Technology Device [10b0:1401]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-02-17 (1168 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic
root=UUID=5e1d12d5-4c62-426b-aa1a-ab9e6aac90b7 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-01 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/17/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2102
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M4A79XTD EVO
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0X
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2102:bd06/17/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A79XTDEVO:rvrRevX.0X:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Thu May 1 21:45:41 2014
xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug compiz-0.9 i386 trusty ubuntu
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Title:
xorg.conf deleted during upgrade; native resolution no longer works
Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I just upgraded a desktop system from 13.10 to 14.04, and to my horror
found that the monitor's native resolution was no longer supported:
the best setting offered was 1024×768 or somesuch.
Turns out the upgrade deleted xorg.conf. There were two backups: one
with the date as a suffix (.01052014) and one with just ".backup" as a
suffix. The one with the date didn't look like what I had before, so
I restored xorg.conf from xorg.conf.backup instead.
Now I think I'm back in the resolution I had before (after going to
the Display settings), but there's something wrong. The resolution
isn't quite the native one so many pixels are fuzzy, causing my eyes
to ache, and the font inside menus looks a few sizes too small. It's
hard to read and leaves a lot of horizontal space in the menus unused.
It also makes kerning look irregular.
The monitor is an Iiyama ProLite E2407HDSV. It's supposed to do
1920×1080, but the best I can get working properly in the Display
settings is 1680×1050. The next step up, 1920×1080, won't show the
entire screen — large swathes of the desktop fall outside the physical
display.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory:
'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 304.117 Tue Nov 26 21:36:39
PST 2013
GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins:
[core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu May 1 21:47:44 2014
DistUpgraded: 2014-05-01 21:23:35,494 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-304-updates, 304.117, 3.11.0-20-generic, i686: installed
nvidia-304-updates, 304.117, 3.13.0-24-generic, i686: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] [10de:0a65] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA
controller])
Subsystem: CardExpert Technology Device [10b0:1401]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-02-17 (1168 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic
root=UUID=5e1d12d5-4c62-426b-aa1a-ab9e6aac90b7 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-01 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/17/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2102
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M4A79XTD EVO
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0X
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2102:bd06/17/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A79XTDEVO:rvrRevX.0X:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Thu May 1 21:45:41 2014
xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
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