screen resolution problems with Hardy Herron

[Michael "TheZorch" Haney]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>
>   
>> On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Derek Broughton wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Damned strange. System -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution works like a
>>>> charm on my box. That doesn't sound like a bug to me.
>>>>         
>>> Sounds normal to me.  Bugs that affect _everybody_ rarely make it into a
>>> stable release.  It's the ones like this that only effect some people
>>> that cause the trouble...
>>>       
>> What would make the bug only affect some users? Different hardware?
>>     
>  
> Definitely.  As usual, some hardware properly reports its capabilities to X,
> some hardware is well enough known that we can work around it, and some is
> just plain badly behaved...
>   
Regardless removing the ability to easily change your monitor settings 
is a major downgrade in functionality rather than an improvement.  This 
has and will prevent some people from adopting Ubuntu.  A lot of you may 
shrug your shoulders at this problem and not give a flying frack but 
this is a serious issue that needs to be addressed.  This problem is 
preventing people who would otherwise give Ubuntu and Linux in general 
serious consider a very bad impression.  This feature needs to be added 
back so you can change your monitor driver settings without hassle, period.

Anything that prevents people from adopting Ubuntu needs to be 
approached as a threat and dealt with.  This is a rather serious threat 
where you want to acknowledge it or not.  Reality bites hardest when it 
bites you in the ass when you aren't looking.

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