no Apply-Button in gnome-control-center (display) at Resolution 640x480

[Simon K]

If your Monitor falls back to a resolution of 640x480 (Due to a crash of a fullscreen-game), you can't use the Display of "gnome-control-center" because the window is taller than 480px. You can't resize the window either. so you have no chance to click the "Apply" button with your mouse.

To see it your self, you have to put your Resolution down to 640x480 and try to reset it to a higher Resolution.

Work around: press [Alt] + [A] (English) or [Alt] + [W] (German) to apply your settings without clicking the Button.
Work around2: hold [Alt] and drag the Window at it's center. You can drag it high enough to actually click "Apply".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 2 10:01:24 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-02 (60 days ago)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3
 deja-dup 22.0-0ubuntu2
 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.2-0ubuntu5

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, that's a known issue and a duplicate though I can't find the number now, though 480 pixels is a pretty low resolution and it doesn't really makes sense to go lower

[Simon K (octav14n)]

Maybe I just got you wrong but my problem was:
Step 1: I start a game (Braid as an example), the game is configured to use 640x480px - fullscreen-resolution.
Step 2: I exit the game.
Step 3: I now have a Unity- or GnomeShell-Desktop with an resolution of 640x480 px.
Step 4: I want to change to my native resolution (1024x768px or whatever it was before).
At Step 4 a "normal" user fails because he can't access the "Apply"-Button of the Settings-Window. (See posting #1 for Details)

My interpretation of your answer:
"There is a User who would like to configure a resolution lower than 640x480px (for example 320x240px). This dosn't make sense."
--> I agree with you in this point.

"I can't find the number now"
--> I've searched launchpad too (before i opened this bugreport). I haven't found anything about this topic.