On Sat, Nov 2, 2013, at 01:55 PM, Brad Smith wrote: > On 02/11/13 11:57 AM, Gilles Cafedjian wrote: > > Hello > > I think vesa driver allow only built-in resolution of your bios. > > I saw in my Xorg.0.log: > > ... > > (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1440x900_60.00" (no mode of this name) > > ... > > (--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024) > > (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "1024x768" > > (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "800x600" > > (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "640x480" > > (==) VESA(0): DPI set to (96, 96) > > (II) VESA(0): Attempting to use 60Hz refresh for mode "1024x768" (118) > > ... > > ... > > > > I guess I'm stuck with 1024x768 too :( > > Correct, that's one of many reasons to want to have a port of the > Nouveau driver. Using the VESA driver is pretty awful.
No, the right answer is to not buy Nvidia cards, get a refund for the one you bought and then write them letters telling them why.
