When the display reoslution falls to 640x480 the "Monitor Resolution Settings" cannot be used to restore a higher resolution

[Matthew]

Binary package hint: gnome

If the resolution of the display is reduced to 640x480 (or lower, presumably), which can occur when a game such as TuxTyping grabs the screen but fails to reset the resolution on exit, the "Monitor Resolution Settings" dialog no longer fits vertically on the screen and the button to apply changes cannot be clicked.

The small issue is the resolution change dialog itself; the larger issue is the way gnome handles dialogs whose "minium size" (or whatever the GTK parameter is called) is larger than the desktop/screen resolution.

Workarounds: Keyboard navigation can be used to trigger the button; the resolution can be changed from the command line.

Potential Fixes: The dialog could be revised to fit on a smaller screen (fixes _this_ issue,but not the broader exceptional case of a dialog)

Found On: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, clean install, then fully updated

[JAdshead (jads)]

This highly frustrating problem is equally present on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid.

Can a general solution be found - such as whenever the height of a window exceeds the height of the screen, automatically present a scrollbar to enable accessing the bottom part of the window?
(same thing applies for the width)

Nb. the command line workaround that got me out of this trap was:
  xrandr -s 800x600

(another related Bug #8629)?

[JAdshead (jads)]

...by the way, you fall into this trap as easily as:
  * Open the 'Screen Resolution' dialog
  * Select 640x480
  * Click Apply
now you are stuck...

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.