No Options Available for Readable Resolution

[Phil Welch]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I'm an old man so I purchased a DMV 221D Monitor so I could more easily read the screen. That worked well with Ubuntu 8.04, but my recent installation of Ubuntu 9.04 provides no workable option to change the resolution back down to 1024x768 from the current resolution of 1280x1024 according to the Preferences / Display option.

1. Yes, there are other options, including 1024x768 available in the Preferences / Display option menu, but they fail and do not return after you would normally be expected to confirm the new resolution making it necessary to reinstall the entire distribution.

2. Yes, I have tried many combinations of setting up a new xorg.conf file after reviewing all of the available information on my monitor combination without success to the tune of 2 1/2 wasted days.

3. Several of my effects to change the resolution to a more usable one netted such resolutions as 1280x1024 as well as 800x600, but never the desired 1024x768.

Sooooo, is there anyway I can get back to 1024x768 "Safely", given that I have reinstalled much of my files?

Generally speaking, I'm a great fan on Ubuntu, but times such as this are trying....

Thanks....

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic x86_64

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Removing Firefox association as this is not a firefox issue.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.