Upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10, now resolution stuck at 1600x1200

[Jason D. Clinton]

The Xrandr control panel applent included in Gnome 2.20 does not
support Xrandr version 1.2 which is what ships in X.org version 7.3.
To accieve your goal (without switching distros) you will need to
install the xrandr 1.2 command line utilty and use one of its
parameters to set the resolution to what you want. Once you have the
command line that does this, you can add it to your "session" in the
Gnome control panel so that it is executed every time that Gnome
starts up.

On 10/21/07, Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10.  Now the screen
> resolution is stuck at 1600x1200.  My monitor is
> straining to do this resolution and the screen is all
> bendy.  I can't adjust the monitor itself to work with
> the new resolution as this monitor is shared between
> three other computers and would need to be readjusted
> back to the prior settings every time I pressed the
> KVM switch.
>
> I have been to System > Preferences > Screen
> Resolution. I pull down the menu and select the
> resolution which has always worked well, which is
> 1024x768.  I press Apply.  The screen resolution *does
> not change*, but I get a dialog box saying "do you
> want to keep this resolution or revert to the old
> resolution?"  Selecting "keep this resolution" does
> not change the resolution to 1024x768.
>
> I've tried Ctrl-Alt-Shift + to change screen
> resolutions.  For some reason 1024x768 is not an
> option in the list.
>
> I'm presuming that editing a config file is in order.
> I have no problem doing this and understand the need
> to back things up.  However, I have only done XFree86
> config files and don't know what to do with xorg.
>
> Incidentally, 1600x1200 has always been the resolution
> used by the graphical login screen.  I've wanted to
> change the initial resolution to 1024x768 as well, but
> I don't know how to do that either.  Frankly I just
> hate graphical login screens, but I can't do without
> my GUI for normal computer use.
>
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