Hi, I upgraded to Oneiric and the problem has now gone.
(Note that for me it never worked correctly, even with the display props dialogue open.) Took me a while to get back to a Gnome 2-alike desktop, but now I'm happy :-) Thanks for your help, best Hamish Cunningham http://gate.ac.uk/hamish/ On 24 October 2011 08:48, Chris Halse Rogers <r...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > One of those traces - with-displays-applet-gnome-settings-daemon.trace - > is with the displays capplet open, right? And that one works correctly? > > It seems that g-s-d is submitting an identical set of RANDR requests; > the differences are in the other events that occur. I suspect that this > might have the same root cause as bug 828623 and bug 861426 and that > this seems to be a timing-related issue in the driver or kernel > (probably the kernel) around modesetting. > > ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => In Progress > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/820327 > > Title: > Fn+F7 cycling gives external monitor incorrect resolution on Thinkpad > x220 > > Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: > In Progress > Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” source package in Oneiric: > New > > Bug description: > ## Issue > > Pressing Fn+F7 to cycle through monitor configuration produces > unusable monitor configuration on external-monitor-only mode. > > External monitor is set to incorrect resolution when it's the only > active display. > > xrandr output does not match resolution of external display that is > actually set. E.g., xrandr shows "1920x1080@60Hz", but monitor > status menu shows 1360 x 768 @ 60Hz, which it does not support. > > ## Environment > > - Thinkpad X220 (T61 also fails) > > - External monitor attached > > ## Steps to reproduce: > > - connect external monitor to ThinkPad X220 (or X61) > > - press Fn+F7 to cycle through modes > > - on External Monitor Only mode, compare resolution of external > monitor as reported by xrandr and the monitor itself. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 > Package: gnome-settings-daemon 2.32.1-0ubuntu13.1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 > Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 > Architecture: i386 > Date: Wed Aug 3 11:59:12 2011 > LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_US:en > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/820327/+subscriptions > -- Hamish http://gate.ac.uk/hamish/ ** Note to University of Sheffield colleagues and collaborators: my pay has been cut recently (the device used was to make me pay more for my pension in return for lower benefit) and as a result I am now working to rule as part of UCU's dispute with the universities who have imposed the cuts. ** If it is not economically viable to save the planet, then the economic system must be wrong. http://www.monthlyreview.org/nfte090701.php Saying that Israel is justified in assaulting Palestine because of Hamas' rockets is like saying the UK should have bombed Belfast when the IRA was active. http://stopwar.org.uk/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/820327 Title: Fn+F7 cycling gives external monitor incorrect resolution on Thinkpad x220 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/820327/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs