screen resolution problems with Hardy Herron

[vincent]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>
>   
>> On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
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>>> This is a problem I ran into myself.  The main issue is the fact that
>>> new screen resolution controls in Ubuntu do not allow you to manually
>>> change the settings for your monitor.  This is a serious bug and I've
>>> issues a bug report on it.
>>>       
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>>> I'm hoping that the developers fix this issue in the next version of
>>> Ubuntu and add the feature for adjusting your monitor type on the screen
>>> resolution window.  If they don't then this problem will continue into
>>> the next release and that isn't acceptable.
>>>       
>> 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...
>   
I've been following this thread with interest as I had the same problem 
with Ubuntu 8.04, it didn't recognise my monitor or graphics card & 
would only install & display in 800x600 or 640x480 reso. The System> 
Preference option is locked into 640 or 800 reso if Ubuntu doesn't 
recognise the monitor or graphics & can't be changed from there. For 
what it's worth I did the following,in desperation, after trying various 
config options in X/org.conf I rebooted in "Recovery" mode & used the 
reconfigure X/org.conf option. It gives the choice of configuring the 
resolution to your monitor - I had only ever selected(many times) the 
"monitor 1024x786" option as my monitor has been with me since the 80's, 
definately NOT LCD! - Here's where the desperation came in, I selected 
the "LCD 1027x786" option & it worked! Nice full screen & full view of 
all programs running.
Now all I have to do is figure out how to turn Hardy off! But that's 
another issue. :-(
Regards
Vince