Noveau resolution

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX caf at omen.com
Fri Sep 20 04:49:21 UTC 2013


On 09/19/2013 09:29 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-09-01 at 18:25 -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX wrote:
>> The current Noveau does not support the native 2500x1600 resolution
>> of my 30 inch monitor.  Thje most Noveau can hack is 1600x1200,
>> about half of what the monitor can do.
> It's Nouveau. noUveau. no U veau. There are two Us in it, is what i'm
> trying to say.
>
> This is likely not a bug at all but a limitation of the hardware you are
> driving it from or the cable you are using. 2560x1600 requires you to be
> using a dual-link DVI, HDMI or DisplayPort connection. Check that your
> display adapter is capable of dual-link, you are using a dual-link
> enabled port on the display adapter, and you are using a dual-link
> cable.
The current Nouveau is running the Dell at its native 2560x1600.
The other display problems I've reported seem to have gone away
when Nouveau started working properly.

There have been some stability issues in networking and dhcp.

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