Comment 0 for bug 444192

When the xserver starts and Gnome loads it comes on without a screen resolution set and the panels are out of view. By pressing ALT+F2 it is possible to run gnome-control-center, go to Display where the "Laptop Monitor" is greyed out and set to "Off", then activate the monitor and set the resolution to 1280x800, after which the display resolution is correct, but the panels all jumbled up (see screenshot).

This was also the case with Jaunty Live-CD, which made it impossible to install right. When logging out or rebooting, the xserver goes all wrong again.

There is no shortage of bug reports and questions in discussion fora mentioning this.

For what concerns:
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M] only up to Intrepid works.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 2479 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0x54000000 irq 11'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC262'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0262,11790500,00100100 HDA:11c13026,11790001,00100700'
   Controls : 22
   Simple ctrls : 15
CheckboxSubmission: 397a513f045b6ac757f92f962b3f6fe9
CheckboxSystem: b1865df84255b8716d3bcc269ff410d1
Date: Tue Oct 6 01:59:54 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Beta i386 (20090929.2)
MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite Pro A120
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-11-generic 2.6.31-11.36
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   3.3V 32-bit PC Card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz acpi=off noapic xforcevesa
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-11-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.19
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 02/28/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.bios.version: Version 3.30
dmi.board.name: Portable PC
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: Version A0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0000000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrVersion3.30:bd02/28/2007:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteProA120:pvrPSAC0E-035014EN:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrVersionA0:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrVersion1.0:
dmi.product.name: Satellite Pro A120
dmi.product.version: PSAC0E-035014EN
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA