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[Bryce Harrington <240916@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Title:
  can't configure display resolution (monitor, graphics card) manually
  in gui

Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Baltix:
  New

Bug description:
  I've discovered a serious problem with Screen Resolution under
  Preferences which should be immediately addressed.  The problem is a
  limited set of resolution opens for users of older Nvidia and ATI
  graphics card.  I ran into this problem after install Hardy Heron on
  my desktop with an Nvidia Geforce FX 5600 8x AGP card.  My resolution
  options were limited to 640x480 after installing the drivers via
  Administration~>Hardware Drivers.  I use Compiz Fusion's zooming and
  color inversion features due to my visual impairment but limiting my
  screen resolution to 640x480 made using certain dialog boxes
  impossible.

  I searched for resolutions to this problem.  I first tried EnvyNG, a
  tool which uses scripts to install Nvidia and ATI drives but this
  didn't fix the problem and the legacy drivers wouldn't work with
  desktop compositing GLX.  I tried using xrandr, xfix, nvida-settings,
  and nvidia-xconfig but none of these would fix the problem either.
  Finally, I found a forum suggesting that I run the old GTK screen
  resolution tools from Gutsy which is still within Hardy.  Here is
  where I discovered the serious limitation of the new Screen Resolution
  window in Hardy.

  The old GTK Screen Resolution window for Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 lets
  you specify what kind of monitor you are using manually X.org is
  unable to determine what kind of monitor you have when you install
  Ubuntu.  Screen Resolution under the Preferences menu in Ubuntu Hardy
  Heron 8.04 does not give the user this option.  This is a serious
  limitation which I believe should be addressed as soon as possible.
  Not allowing a user to specify what type of monitor they have and
  relying totally on the driver and X.org to figure out what monitor is
  being used will effect users like me who do not have standard
  monitors.  My display is a VGA capable Sun Microsystems 21inch
  workstation display.  It is not standard because when I try to use it
  with a laptop running Wkindows Vista the OS is unable to determine
  what kind of monitor it is and the display blinks on and off as the
  driver tries to figure out what it is.  An option to manually select
  what monitor you have should be added to Screen Resolution in Hardy
  Heron.

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