Comment 11 for bug 152179

Excuse me if my tone gets rough but I have tested Ubuntu for 7 days without any break

1. Gnome ignores whatever you write into xorg.conf
2. If Gnome cannot set the resolution it falls back into some catchup routine to adjust the settings to some failback
3. There is an xorg.conf attached somewhere above

What I tested:

1. I removed any ati proprietory drivers (that would not work anyway)
2. I deleted any xorg.conf and any Xorg.0.log (and Xorg.9.log in the process)
3. I set the screen parameters in the control panel Screens and Resolutions
-> Driver: ati (sets it to Mach 8,...)
-> Screen: 1680x1050 Widescreen
-> Screen Resolution: 1680x1050@60
4. restarted X (ctrl-alt-back)
Screen blinks three times
5. Ran through the catchup again
-> Set all parameters again to the above settings
Screen blinks again 3 times
Logon screen
Screen Resolution 1400x1050

xorg.conf attached (the one used with current 1400x1050 res)
xorg.conf.1 attached (the one created after setting res in control panel)
xorg.conf.failsafe (created sometimes during the process)
Xorg.0.log attached
Xorg.0.log.old attached

There is another thing anoying me: My keyboard setting is GERMAN (de). The us keyboard is ignored.

This leads me to the conclusion:

1. xorg.conf is not honored by Gnome
2. Settings are stored somewhere else, just where
3. My card should work fine it just doesn't !!!

I think this should be handled by someone dealing with Gnome. They should know where the store their settings and how to get the card (if at all) to set to the right resolution.