Screen resolution not preserved
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 with a two monitor setup. I got it setup to work fine with my monitors, then something happened in the last week (maybe an update) that messed up my resolutions. Now when I go to System -> Control Center -> Screen Resolution it does not identify my monitors, and by default when I log in it mirrors the monitors, chooses the wrong one as the primary, and it uses the wrong resolution. I can unmirror it, but it won't let me choose the right resolution in one of the monitors (1280x1025 is not listed as a choice). I can add the choice by running xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1280x1024 and then I can see and choose the mode and it works fine. However if I reboot and log back in I'm stuck in the screwed up state again. I can't figure out how to save the settings. I guess I can muck around with the xorg.conf file but I'd rather I didn't have to. It was working fine earlier so it looks like a regression.
Currently the xorg.conf looks like this:
---
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Configured Screen Device"
Device "Configured Video Device"
SubSection "Display"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
---
My primary monitor is 1600x1200 and the other one is 1280x1024.
Thanks
affects: | ubuntu → xorg (Ubuntu) |
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Fix Released |
It's not xorg that's causing the problem. It appears to be the same thing as #191878 but that one says it was fixed. Is it fixed in 8.10?