Resolution switching back to 1024x768

[Jonas Norlander]

2008/11/28 Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi at gmx.de>:
> Herman Holmström wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Whenever I start up Kubuntu my resolution is 1024x768 and I need to open
>> System Settings > Display for it to change to 1280x1024 (the resolution I
>> want). I only need to open display settings for it to switch, so it IS set to
>> 1280x1024. Also, this alone, while annoying, is not that bad, but my PC
>> freezes 50% of the times I switch resolution in Kubuntu. Are these known
>> issues, or do I need to do something that.. I haven't done?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
> Do you happen to know your ubuntu version and the graphics board that
> you are using? ;-))).
>
> Kind regards
> Eberhard
>
>

And what driver for that board and the model of the monitor. It could
be that the default/preferred resolution for the monitor is 1024x768
and if you don't specify your resolution in xorg.conf it will fall
back to default.

/ Jonas