screen resolution problems with Hardy Herron

[Michael "TheZorch" Haney]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
>
>   
>> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>     
>>> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Derek Broughton wrote:
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>>>>         
>>>>> Robert Holtzman wrote:
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>>>>>           
>>>>>> 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.
>>     
>
> Nobody has "removed" the functionality - it just isn't available for all
> hardware.  It never has been, afaik.
>   
You just are getting it.  Gods you people are hard headed.  If you 
cannot change your monitor settings (ie; tell Ubuntu what kind of 
monitor you have) from the same applet window where you change your 
screen resolution then it was "removed".

he functionality was there in Ubuntu 7.10.  Its not there in the current 
version ... therefore it was "removed".

It needs to be put back, so that if the monitor isn't be detected during 
the install at least the user can manually change the monitor settings 
easily.  How fracking hard is that to understand?!  Why is this so 
difficult a concept to comprehend?! 

This missing feature is costing Ubuntu NEW USERS, it needs to be 
addressed.  Get your head out of the sand and wake up!

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