screen resolution problems with Hardy Herron

[Rashkae]

Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> 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.
>>>     
>> 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!
> 

Dude, calm down and take happy pills.  Contrary to your statement, the
Gutsy Display resolution dialog does not allow you to specify monitor type.

With hardy, however, displayconfig-gtk is installed by default
(although, not enabled in the default menus), that that one *does* allow
you to specify your monitor.. so you see, your complaint is already
addressed.