Just to add some better news... but 1325801 offers a workaround, which made everything work with installation albeit at 1024 X 768. also bug 1295961 which deals with the non support in nouveau of the GTX750 card offers a ppa which gives a clean installation of the needed (proprietary) drivers.
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:41 PM, chris hermansen <[email protected]> wrote: > Nicholas and list, > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Nicholas Skaggs < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 10/16/2014 03:03 PM, Colin Law wrote: >> >>> On 16 October 2014 19:17, chris hermansen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Nicholas, list; >>>> >>>> One problem I have run into that I'm not clear on how to report - it >>>> seems >>>> that my NVIDIA 750 is not correctly supported and I am put in a really >>>> low-resolution graphics mode. In fact, so low resolution that I can't >>>> read >>>> the bottom half of the screen settings, and of course that window can >>>> not >>>> be resized >>>> >>> You can move a window on screen by holding down Alt and mouse dragging. >>> >>> Colin >>> >>> Chris, Colin is correct, so you should be able to slide any windows you >> need to into view. As to the bug, I would report it against the nouveau >> driver which is what would be used during the installation. I have a few >> questions that would be useful to answer in the bug report. Does this >> happen during a live session as well? After installation, does the desktop >> still boot into a low resolution? >> >> Thanks for testing! >> >> > Thanks, Nicholas. As it was, I had to run live because of bug 1325801 > which affected me as well. Live was the ultra-low resolution view, I'm > guessing 640 X 480. Once installed, the system booted into a slightly > higher view (didn't check but I bet it was 1024 X 768). The latest NVIDIA > driver offered by the repositories does not support the 750. And sadly, I > was unable to get the NVIDIA generic installation to work though it runs > fine on my 14.04 installation. > > Sounds like a bunch of bug reports in all different directions... > > > > -- > Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com > > C'est ma façon de parler. > -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality
