Feeling stupid for upgrading to Ubuntu 7.10 (was Upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10, now resolution stuck at 1600x1200)

[Jon Pruente]

On 10/29/07, Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I tried "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg", and all it
> did was change the file for me, without a menu or any
> kind of user interaction, delete all the Display
> entries except the 24-bit color entry, and set the
> default to 1600x1200.

Did you just do the reconfig, or did you drop in the -p high flag?
That result sounds like you used the flag, which I mentioned was very
automatic.  I've just done the command (without the flag) on my 7.10
system and got the same text interface I've had in the previous
versions.

> Perhaps this is yet another Ubuntu 7.10 bug, as
> printing has stopped working after the "upgrade".
> Yes, I reinstalled the printer, twice now.  It isn't
> the printer either, as the machine is dual-boot and
> Windows prints just fine on the same printer attached
> to the same computer.  After upgrading to 7.10 there
> is the additional problem that, most of the time,
> Nautilus crashes when it enters a directory containing
> video files.

I don't have a printer or video files on my 7.10 system, so no
comment. :)  I also don't think there's a rollback:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/15631
But you can try: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DowngradeHowto as
linked to from that first link.

Jon.