Same problem
DELL D620
$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72M [Quadro NVS
110M/GeForce Go 7300] (rev a1)
$ cat /etc/usplash.conf
# Usplash configuration file
xres=1440
yres=900
$ uname -a
Linux DELL 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC
Have same problem Ubuntu intrepid.
synfigstudio Version: 0.61.08-1build1
/usr/bin/synfigstudio
synfig studio -- starting up application...
(synfigstudio:12141): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with
non-zero page size is deprecated
(synfigstudio:12141): Gtk-WARNING **: