[Bug 2092284] [NEW] nouveau driver in combination with xorg gives wrong resolution during installation

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When booting the installation of 24.04 (LTS) I will be presented with a
nice screen. However the resolution is wrong. My screen is actually
1920x1080. However the installation uses a resolution of 2048x1536. It's
a wrong aspect ratio as well, 16:9 vs 4:3.

The weird thing is that when having the wrong resolution (2048x1536) the
pixels actually look crisp as if a native resolution is used. Usually in
the top right some icons are displayed which I can't see. It appears the
desktop is expanded beyond the visible screen on the right and bottom of
the screen. Also when I move my pointer there and move it back it will
need to travel the same distance to be visible again on the screen. I
notice it will actually go to the invisible desktop, unlike the left and
top side of the desktop where the pointer stays visible.

When I right-click on the desktop and select "Display Settings" I am
able to change the resolution. However the same happens, as described
above, where the pointer is able to travel beyond the borders of the
right and bottom side of the screen. The resolution doesn't look crisp
anymore and appears to be squished together.

I've traced back where the resolution does appear to be correct and that
is in the 20.04 LTS release. I've only checked LTS releases.

My guess is that there is a bug with the nouveau driver. I can't change
out the graphics card as this happens on a Sony Vaio laptop. I do notice
the same behavior with the Arch install as well. I have not checked
other recent distro's.

My graphics hardware is an NVidia GT330M. I don't actually want to use
the older nvidia 340 driver as I believe that isn't supported anymore.
Which is fine. The nouveau driver is probably good enough for me. I just
want the correct resolution :) .

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-41.41-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-41-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CasperVersion: 1.498
CloudArchitecture: x86_64
CloudID: nocloud
CloudName: unknown
CloudPlatform: nocloud
CloudSubPlatform: seed-dir (/var/lib/cloud/seed/nocloud)
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Dec 20 11:26:32 2024
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: noble
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation GT216M [GeForce GT 330M] [10de:0a29] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation GT216M [GeForce GT 330M] [104d:9067]
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240827.1)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VPCF11M1E
ProcEnviron:
LANG=C.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz --- quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/14/2010
dmi.bios.release: 2.80
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: R0280Y6
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 2.80
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR0280Y6:bd05/14/2010:br2.80:efr2.80:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCF11M1E:pvrC604GVG5:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:skuN/A:
dmi.product.family: VAIO
dmi.product.name: VPCF11M1E
dmi.product.sku: N/A
dmi.product.version: C604GVG5
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.120-2build1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:22.0.0-1build1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20210115-1build1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-2build1

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New

** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Incomplete

** Affects: archlinux
Importance: Undecided
Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble nouveau resolution ubuntu
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nouveau driver in combination with xorg gives wrong resolution during installation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2092284
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