Re: screen resolution problems with Hardy Herron

On 09/25/2008 08:07 AM, Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
Derek Broughton wrote:


Definitely. As usual, some hardware properly reports its capabilities to X,
some hardware is well enough known that we can work around it, and some is
just plain badly behaved...

Regardless removing the ability to easily change your monitor settings
is a major downgrade in functionality rather than an improvement. This
has and will prevent some people from adopting Ubuntu. A lot of you may
shrug your shoulders at this problem and not give a flying frack but
this is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. This problem is
preventing people who would otherwise give Ubuntu and Linux in general
serious consider a very bad impression. This feature needs to be added
back so you can change your monitor driver settings without hassle, period.


As you've found, sudo displayconfig-gtk is still available and has not
been removed. If you'd like the Screens & Graphics menu:

On a fresh 8.04 install:

- Right click Applications|Edit Menus
- Go to Other and tick Screens & Graphics

On a Gutsy to Hardy Upgrade:

- I stil have Screens & Graphics under System|Administration. I can't
recall if I moved it there because that's where it was in Gutsy, or had
to enable it again. If it is not, then check under 'Other' on Applications.

I recall some discussion on launchpad regarding S&G; I se3em to recall
that the decision was made to hide it because there were issues
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/displayconfig-gtk), and in
most cases the new system works for most. Added info here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/displayconfig-gtk/+bug/203612
[ Screens and Graphics menu item in wrong section ]



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