I can confirm the issue in hardy with the newest kernel this happened.

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Savvas Radević <email address hidden> wrote:

> Confirming, I've assigned it to the ubuntu art team, as I believe they
> should be notified about it
>
> ** Changed in: human-theme (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: None => human-theme
>     Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Artwork Team (ubuntu-art)
>       Status: New => Confirmed
>
> --
> Screen resolution problems at login screen
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150938
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
> Artwork Team, which is a bug assignee.
>
> Status in Source Package "human-theme" in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> At the login screen, the screen is at a higher resolution than what my
> monitor can do (my monitor 1280x1024, login screen i think 1792x1344).  This
> started after i updated the nvidia-glx-new driver on my computer.
>
> The following is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
>
> # xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
> #
> # This file was generated by failsafeDexconf, using
> # values from the debconf database and some overrides to use vesa mode.
> #
> # You should use dexconf or another such tool for creating a "real"
> xorg.conf
> # For example:
> #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>        Load            "glx"
>        Load            "v4l"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
>        Driver      "kbd"
>        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
>        Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
>        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
>        Option      "XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+colemak"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
>        Driver          "mouse"
>        Option          "CorePointer"
>        Option          "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"
>        Option          "Protocol"      "ImPS/2"
>        Option          "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
>        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier      "Failsafe Device"
>        Boardname       "vesa"
>        Busid           "PCI:1:0:0"
>        Driver          "nvidia"
>        Screen  0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier      "Failsafe Monitor"
>        Vendorname      "BenQ"
>        Modelname       "BenQ FP731"
>        Horizsync       31.5-83.0
>        Vertrefresh     60.0-76.0
>  modeline  "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
>  modeline  "640x480@72" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -vsync -hsync
>  modeline  "640x480@75" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -vsync -hsync
>  modeline  "800x600@72" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync
> +vsync
>  modeline  "800x600@75" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync
> +vsync
>  modeline  "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync
> +vsync
>  modeline  "832x624@75" 57.284 832 864 928 1152 624 625 628 667 -vsync
> -hsync
>  modeline  "1024x768@75" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync
> +vsync
>  modeline  "1024x768@70" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -vsync
> -hsync
>  modeline  "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync
> -hsync
>  modeline  "1152x864@75" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync
> +vsync
>  modeline  "1280x1024@75" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
> +hsync +vsync
>  modeline  "1280x960@60" 102.1 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 994 -hsync
> +vsync
>  modeline  "1280x1024@60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
> +hsync +vsync
>  modeline  "1280x960@75" 129.86 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002
> -hsync +vsync
>  modeline  "1400x1050@60" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087
> -hsync +vsync
>  modeline  "1400x1050@75" 155.85 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1096
> -hsync +vsync
>  modeline  "1600x1200@65" 175.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250
> +hsync +vsync
>  modeline  "1600x1200@60" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250
> +hsync +vsync
>  modeline  "1792x1344@60" 204.8 1792 1920 2120 2448 1344 1345 1348 1394
> -hsync +vsync
>        Gamma   1.0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier      "Default Screen"
>        Device          "Failsafe Device"
>        Monitor         "Failsafe Monitor"
>        Defaultdepth    24
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Depth   24
>                Virtual 1792    1344
>                Modes           "1280x1024@60"  "1280x960@75"
> "1280x960@60"   "1400x1050@60"  "1280x1024@75"  "1400x1050@75"
>  "1152x864@75"   "1600x1200@65"  "1024x768@60"   "1600x1200@60"
>  "1024x768@70"   "1792x1344@60"  "1024x768@75"   "832x624@75"
>  "800x600@60"    "800x600@75"    "800x600@72"    "640x480@75"
>  "640x480@72"    "640x480@60"
>        EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>        Identifier      "Default Layout"
>  screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
>        Inputdevice     "Generic Keyboard"
>        Inputdevice     "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
> Section "ServerFlags"
> EndSection
>
> My /var/log/Xorg.0.log file can be found at
> http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/40059/
>
> Any ideas?
>