No come to think of it (and testing). The graphics card gets very hot even when left in its initial stage (2880x1800).
With the nvidia driver under 14.10 the temperature does not get anywhere as close to this temperature. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1443989 Title: Video resolution cannot be changed Status in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Trying to change the video resolution (I tried on a Macbook Pro Retina 15") to something like 1900:1200 or 1920:1080 blackens the screen and does not revert to the previous settings. Worse, the graphics card heats up rapidly and brings the area close to the screen to a scorging hot temperature. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-13.13-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.359 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Apr 14 14:39:36 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: vivid DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bcmwl, 6.30.223.248+bdcom, 3.19.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: No GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition] [10de:0fd5] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:00f2] LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Beta amd64 (20150414) MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro10,1 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=de SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev' UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/21/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MBP101.88Z.00EE.B03.1212211437 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: MacBookPro10,1 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP101.88Z.00EE.B03.1212211437:bd12/21/2012:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro10,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-C3EC7CD22292981F:rvrMacBookPro10,1:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-C3EC7CD22292981F: dmi.product.name: MacBookPro10,1 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.5.2-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.5.2-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917-1~exp1ubuntu2build1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2build1 xserver.bootTime: Tue Apr 14 14:20:56 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 xserver.video_driver: nouveau To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1443989/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp