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I have recently installed Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit.

It was, by default, using the Nouveau display driver, however, this caused suspend to fail. I installed a proprietary driver which resolved that issue but created an ugly low res boot screen.

How can I fix it?

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This is the solution that worked for me. (for those who have this common issue)

Run in Terminal

  1. sudo apt-get install v86d

  2. gksu gedit /etc/default/grub

  3. Replace Line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

    New Line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1920x1080-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap"

  4. Replace Line: #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

    New Line: #GRUB_GFXMODE=1920x1080

  5. Save & Close

  6. gksu gedit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

  7. Add Line: uvesafb mode_option=1920x1080-24 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap

  8. Save & Close

  9. sudo update-grub2

  10. sudo update-initramfs -u

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In #8, should you still include the "options" keyword before the line in the uvesafb.conf file? From Archlinux: wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Uvesafb#Configure_uvesafb – elika kohen Oct 15 '15 at 22:01
    
@elikakohen It works without "options" in the modules file. So, no, options is apparently only for uvesafb.conf. – chappjc Oct 20 '15 at 22:49
    
@pst007x so ... I ended up hacking my 9800GT with a custom vesa mode, (in exchange the 1600x1200 setting) -- AND, I also managed to get uvesafb to work. I decided to mod my video card BIOS since another card was already on the way. Thanks! – elika kohen Oct 21 '15 at 14:58
    
Does not work for me with NVidia drivers in Linux Mint 18.1. Resolution is fine with Noveau drivers however. Any other solution? – Aleksey Kontsevich Jan 2 '17 at 15:33

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