The default user account is capable of higher resolutions, but on my secondary user account (with regular user privileges), I no longer have the ability to select higher resolutions. This is something that wasn't the case a few days ago.
For example, yesterday, I logged into my secondary account an had a high resolution. Today, before I logged in, I noticed the the login screen was huge. After logging in my resolution was at 640X480. When I go to change it, 640X480 is the only available option at Gnome > System > Preferences > Screen Resolution. However, If I try to login using the account that was initially set up during installation, the resolution remains set to the higher resolution I expect. It almost seems like a privileges issue; its like my secondary account no longer has the authority to select higher resolution options. Again, this was not the case yesterday. I don't think this is video driver issue because if it were I'd think it have problems with resolution on all accounts. Perhaps it has to do with permission regarding restricted drivers. Maybe the super user has authority to use the restricted driver and the regular user account doesn't. I'm using the restricted driver that Ubuntu 7.10 offered for the NVIDIA fx5200XT. -- Switch user causes screen resolution to change https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/44562 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
