720p unsupported with nouveau
by dracolich from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6GKW9)
Hi guys. A while back I switched from the proprietary nvidia driver to nouveau due to a mode switching nuisance when switching between HDMI inputs. It's been fine since then except my desktop is stuck at 1920x1080. For the most part it's not a problem after adjusting font sizes.
Recently I have tried a couple of games, and when attempting to run in 1280x720 or 1366x768 fullscreen it goes blank and my monitor shows its unsupported video mode message. 4:3 modes such as 1024x768 will work in fullscreen, though. The 720p modes are listed in xrandr and they worked with the nvidia driver, and they work now in Windows when I dual boot.
The reason I'd like to change the mode is because, although this is a 1080p monitor, it is only a 19in. Some games that run in 1080 fullscreen or windowed at 1024x768 are hard to see some text and details.
Here is most of my xrandr output:
Code:HDMI-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1600mm x 900mm
1920x1080 60.00*+ 59.94 59.93 24.00 23.98
1920x1080i 60.00 59.94
1680x1050 59.95 59.88
1400x1050 59.98
1600x900 59.95 59.82
1280x1024 60.02
1400x900 59.96 59.88
1280x960 60.00
1440x810 59.97
1368x768 59.88 59.85
1360x768 59.95 60.02
1280x800 59.97 59.81 59.91
1280x720 60.00 59.99 59.86 60.00 59.94 59.74
1024x768 60.04 60.00
960x720 60.00
Recently I have tried a couple of games, and when attempting to run in 1280x720 or 1366x768 fullscreen it goes blank and my monitor shows its unsupported video mode message. 4:3 modes such as 1024x768 will work in fullscreen, though. The 720p modes are listed in xrandr and they worked with the nvidia driver, and they work now in Windows when I dual boot.
The reason I'd like to change the mode is because, although this is a 1080p monitor, it is only a 19in. Some games that run in 1080 fullscreen or windowed at 1024x768 are hard to see some text and details.
Here is most of my xrandr output:
Code:HDMI-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1600mm x 900mm
1920x1080 60.00*+ 59.94 59.93 24.00 23.98
1920x1080i 60.00 59.94
1680x1050 59.95 59.88
1400x1050 59.98
1600x900 59.95 59.82
1280x1024 60.02
1400x900 59.96 59.88
1280x960 60.00
1440x810 59.97
1368x768 59.88 59.85
1360x768 59.95 60.02
1280x800 59.97 59.81 59.91
1280x720 60.00 59.99 59.86 60.00 59.94 59.74
1024x768 60.04 60.00
960x720 60.00