richardmtl: I had similar problems, but I was able to work around them using a lot of hackery that I'm now trying to recall.
Basically (from what I found) the new X auto-detects (poorly) your video and monitor configuration. Normally you could override the settings with the Screen & Graphics doogit, but the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file has changed formats slightly and "Screen & Graphics" can't figure it out. If I recall using a recipe in bug #178061, I added the following to the end of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "LCD" EndSection Then I believe I was able to get Screen & Graphics to identify the video driver, set the mode, and make the desktop cover the entire screen. -- Kernel Won't Boot on an IBM Thinkpad R30 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36998 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