Low resolution because of "Mirror screens" mode is selected by default

[Alexey Osipov]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Alpha 2 with today updates.

Using nouveau nvidia driver with GeForce 7600GT.
There are two monitors connected with different resolutions: 1280x1024 and 800x600 (DLP projector).

After first boot, checkbox "Mirror screens" is enabled by default, hence resolution on both monitors is automatically set to 800x600.
Why we need "Mirror screen" enabled by default?
Why we need to choose lower resolution by default?
Isn't better to switch off second monitor or expand to it, configuring both monitors to their native resolutions?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Feb 23 00:08:29 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-display-properties
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100113)
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100113)
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.29.90-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=ru_RU.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-14.20-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-14-generic x86_64

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. A new version of GNOME Control Center is available on Maverick and we are wondering if this bug is still an issue for you with that version? Could you please test and comment back? Thanks in advance.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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