Comment 6 for bug 49188

Hello Chris,
Sorry I could not answer to your message sooner, but I have been away for
some time.
Go to 'Request for Help' at the Ubuntu site. Maybe somebody more experienced
than me can help you with your problem.
     Good luck, Don

On 8/13/06, Chris Brown <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> Screen resolution has been corrupted in Kubuntu/Ubuntu 6.06 alternate
> after last upgrade.
>
> The installation has been working very well since June 02,06.
>
> Display settings cannot be changed.
> After logging in, desktop appears extremely large(640x 480) and it
> extends beyond the edges of the monitor screen.
>
> At the same time it can be moved to the left if the mouse points to the
> right edge, or to the
> right when mouse is moved to the left edge
> The same effect occurs in the vertical position.
>
> DISPLAY SETTINGS
> There are only two choices supported in the display settings menu:
> 640x480 and 1280x1024, which are marked as default.
> 800x600 and 1024x768 are not included.
> It is impossible to change the settings. The screen stays at the low
> resolution.
> At the same time both horizontal and vertical sync are lost after moving
> the desktop up and down
> or left and right, with the mouse pointer.
>
> It seems that this condition appeared after an ugrgade of nine packages
> which included an upgrade of Firefox to version 1.5.0.4.,today June
> 09,06, and when I logged out and rebooted.
>
> A similar installation in another Hard Disk, used for testing, works
> without any problems (last 9 upgrades have not been installed here)
> +
> + marcris - this bug also occurs for me with a new install of Dapper on my
> + desktop (nvidia geforceFX5200) but not with the same install CD on my
> + laptop(ATI). No special action needed to reproduce; thats just how ir
> + starts up.
>
> --
> Sceen resolution corrupt in Kubuntu/Ubuntu 6.06 alternate after last
> upgrade
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/49188
>