[CoLoCo] A Cry for Help!

[Kevin B]

Also, if you use an nvidia card you can install and use nvidia-settings.
Great tool to configure resolutions and multiple monitors.

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 3:19 PM, James Wyatt <james.r.wyatt at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Take a look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf. It's a giant pain in the ass, but all
> settings can be configured there. There are also tons of howtos and probably
> a few tools to help you with this. One suggestions, make a backup of this
> file before you touch it.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Its sad but repeated attempts to get assistance from various Ubuntu
>> support groups and bug tracking have all fallen on deaf ears.  After
>> several months of waiting there's been no solution to a serious
>> problem which has been crippling new user's ability to use Ubuntu
>> properly.
>>
>> The issue is "screen resolution", or to be exact how Ubuntu and X.org
>> configures graphics settings during.  All variants of Ubuntu 7.10 and
>> Kubuntu 8.04 have a feature to manually configure monitor settings in
>> the screen resolution app in System Settings, but Ubuntu 8.04 (with
>> Gnome) and Ubuntu 8.10 have a new screen resolution app which doesn't
>> have this feature.  There is no method of manually configuring the
>> monitor settings and this is causing hundreds of users, most of whom
>> are new to Linux, some serious problems.
>>
>> When Ubuntu is installed X.org performs auto-configuration detection
>> of the graphics hardware; video card and monitor.  If the monitor you
>> have attached doesn't properly report what resolutions and refresh
>> rates it supports X.org falls back on fail safe settings which limits
>> the resolution to 800x600, and if you install the video card drivers
>> (Nvidia, ATI, Intel GMA, etc) you are restricted to 640x480 with no
>> way to manually configure your monitor settings to gain access to
>> other screen resolutions.
>>
>> So far pleas to find a way around this problem in Ubuntu have fallen
>> on deaf ears.  I know of several who have lost their patience with
>> this and have given up on trying the OS to see if they like it or not.
>>  I'm no programmer, I can barely write a "Hello World" program in
>> Perl.  If I had the skill and the talent to write an app for manually
>> configuring these settings I'd do it in a heartbeat, but I he neither.
>>
>> Is there anyone out there who can create such an app?  This is
>> desperately needed by the hundreds of us who have smacked face first
>> into this solid wall.  I'm currently using Kubuntu 8.04 because of
>> this issue, since its screen resolution app still has the feature for
>> manually configuring the monitor settings in KDE 3.x, but KDE 4.x
>> doesn't have it and neither does Gnome in Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10.  I
>> have no means to pay anyone to make such an app.  I'm on limited
>> income Disability and barely get by as it is.  Myself and the hundreds
>> of others who want to see this problem resolved would be eternally
>> grateful to anyone willing to step forward and help.  I'm sorry to lay
>> this on all of you but I'm out options.  This issue has been lingering
>> for far too long, thus its time for some brave hero to step forward to
>> slay this demon once and for all.
>>
>> Thank you so much for your attention.
>>
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>> Michael "TheZorch" Haney
>> thezorch at gmail.com
>>
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