Changing monitor resolution in KDE4 causes unusable screen

[wolfger]

Binary package hint: kdebase-bin

Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

kdebase-bin:
  Installed: 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1
  Candidate: 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1
  Version table:
 *** 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4:4.1.2-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
W: Unable to locate package packagename

My normal resolution is 1680x1050 widescreen, but I have an app that doesn't play well with widescreen, so I attempted to set my resolution down to 1600x1024. I expected this to work, or at least to be able to back out of it if it didn't work.

What happened instead is that my screen display showed the left 1/4 of my screen on the left-hand side, and the left 3/4 of my screen on the right-hand side, but the actual location of everything (according to my mouse) was unchanged. This means that when I tried to click on the button to abort the change in resolution, I was not actually clicking on anything, and the change went into effect. I think it is hard to explain, so I am attaching two screen shots.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Is this still a problem with KDE 4.2.1?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!