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displayconfig-gtk package

[gutsy] Resolution autodetection regression on nvidia with digital flat panel.

Bug #141138 reported by Philip Kovac
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Bug Description

Graphics card: MSI nVidia GeForce 8500GT
Display: Samsung SyncMaster 226BW (DFP @ 1680x1050@60Hz)

Upon a fresh install of Ubuntu 7.10 Tribe 5, resolution detects fine (1680x1050 and lower are available.) After installing and enabling nvidia-glx-new through the restricted driver manager and restarting, the proper resolution persists, and I verified it was configurable to that resolution through displayconfig-gtk. However, after dist-upgrading (as of Sep19 23:49 EST) and restarting, GDM+Xorg came up in an incorrect resolution, and did not correct upon login. I fiddled with displayconfig-gtk, and was not able to set 1680x1050, even after explicitly setting "Generic LCD 1680x1050.)

 I was successfully able to import my display's specifications from the .inf driver included on the CD that came with it using displayconfig-gtk's "add model," but it would still not allow me to set the resolution to 1680x1050 via the drop down box. I resorted to modifying my xorg.conf manually, where I had to remove all the entered modelines and add "1680x1050" to the mode list in the screen section in order to return my display to the appropriate resolution.

Revision history for this message
Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

Should be fixed in the next release.

Changed in displayconfig-gtk:
status: New → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

displayconfig-gtk (0.3) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Bind to the correct gettext domain - fixes LP: #140678
  * Fix the X/system restart request dialog
  * Move the fail safe mode user interface to a separate script
    (xfailsafedialog) - fixes LP: #138818
  * Fix crash if vendor is None - fixes LP: #123513
  * Close the application on window manager close event - fixes LP: #133607
  * Do not show the "need adminstrative rights" dialog if the xorg.conf
    is missing - fixes LP: #135138
  * Do not fail silently on unreadable inf files - fixes LP: #139029
  * Make sure to write a changed location information
  * Do not detect the monitor automatically when the chooser is opened,
    instead provide a detect button
  * Only allow to detect the monitor of the first screen (limitation of
    xresprobe) - fixes LP: #144528
  * Allow to specify the aspect ratio of a monitor in the chooser - fixes
    LP: #135309, fixes LP: #141138, fixes LP# #144116
  * Restore the aspect ration of locations
  * Display horizontal and vertical refresh rate correctly in the monitor
    chooser - fixes LP: #139723
  * Fix a typo - fixes LP: #140562
  * Hide the orientation setting (not stable enough)
  * Add correct icons for 4:3 and 16:9 screens
  * Desktop background in the icons follows the Tangerine icon theme
  * Select the current driver in the driver chooser - fixes LP: #135158

 -- Sebastian Heinlein <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:20:09 +0200

Changed in displayconfig-gtk:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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