Monitor resolution is only probed on boot
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xorg (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
After moving my computer, I turned it on, plugged in the monitor, and discovered that I got 1024x768 scaled, instead of the previous 1280x1024. Since I hadn't modified my X config, I presumed that X probed the monitor resolution at startup, and restarted X -- but got the same result. To my slight surprise, a reboot with the monitor plugged in solved the problem, and I'm now back at 1280x1024.
This is not critical in any way, but I would suggest that ideally monitor capabilities should be probed in a hotplug-like manner when a monitor is plugged in, or if that is too difficult, that X probes the monitor when it starts up.
(Apologies if this is a known issue, there are a few bug reports that from the description may or may not have been caused by this; I couldn't find anything specific enough to call it a duplicate.)
| Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in xorg: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Rejected |
Output-hotplug is being implemented by upstream, for now you need to have the monitor hooked up to get the proper resolution. Closing the bug.