[Bug 884672] Re: boot splash screen displays at incorrect resolution

[Alex Peters]

This is the information that I receive from vbeinfo:

grub> vbeinfo
List of supported video modes:
Legend: P=Packed pixel, D=Direct color, mask/pos=R/G/B/reserved
Adapter 'Cirrus CLGD 5446 PCI Video Driver':
  No info available
Adapter 'Bochs PCI Video Driver':
  No info available
Adapter 'VESA BIOS Extension Video Driver':
  VBE info:   version: 3.0  OEM software rev: 5.115
              total memory: 262144 KiB
  [list of video modes not including 1920x1080 omitted]
  EDID version: 1.3
    Preferred mode: 1920x1080
Adapter 'VGA Video Driver':
  No info available

>From this I infer that the monitor's native resolution is being properly
detected, but no matching mode is available.

Steve, from your earlier comment I understand that my options are as
follows:

1.  upgrade the BIOS in an attempt to address the possible BIOS bug
2.  switch to "the native nouveau driver"

Sadly though, I do not know at this stage how to do either.  Off to
Google!

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Title:
  boot splash screen displays at incorrect resolution

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  My LCD monitor's native resolution is 1920x1080, but the Ubuntu boot
  splash is shown at 1280x1024.  As a result, it is horizontally
  stretched.

  Bug #563878 looks like it might be relevant, but it appears to
  document that a fix has been released.  This fix does not seem to
  address the problem for my specific configuration.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu28
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.21-generic 3.0.6
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Nov  1 20:52:17 2011
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EP31-DS3L
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic root=UUID=a12d74a6-b20a-42a7-9458-2111a25de2fd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic root=UUID=a12d74a6-b20a-42a7-9458-2111a25de2fd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (16 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/18/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F4
  dmi.board.name: EP31-DS3L
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd07/18/2008:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnEP31-DS3L:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnEP31-DS3L:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: EP31-DS3L
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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