I don't know if this is the case for you but with my nvidia hardware I need to use the nvidia X Server settings program to change the resolution and such. It is under System > Administration. ATI probably has a similar solution. If you run the program from the command line as root it will allow you to save the settings to xorg.conf
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 3:23 AM, Michael Haney <thezo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Several versions ago Ubuntu once had a feature where you could go to > the same window where you selected your screen resolution, then click > on a tab and manually select your monitor hardware. After this > feature was removed myself a very large number of others have had > problems with Ubuntu. The main problem is we cannot install the 3D > accelerated drivers, because if we do our screen resolution is limited > to an unusable 640x480. > > Manually editing the xorg.conf file is the only option at this point, > but its not something the average user can do on their own, so many > give up. I've seen a lot of new users throw up their hands in disgust > and abandon ever trying Ubuntu because of this problem. I've > submitted a Bug Report about the problem and even posted in the Ubuntu > QA list about it, I've begged and pleased, and for more than a year > now there's been nothing done. No progress has been made to fix this > issue at all. Its considered a "low priority", yet more people than I > can count have been effected by this problem. > > So, I created a Petition to force the issue. > > http://www.petitiononline.com/ubu2010/petition.html > > If this doesn't work I'll make another one and another and another > until someone at Canonical finally pulls their head out of the sand > and realizes something needs to be done to fix this. > > -- > Michael "TheZorch" Haney > "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking > of morality by religion." ~ Arthur C. Clarke > "The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and > politics, but it is not the path to knowledge, and there is no place > for it in the endeavor of science. " ~ Carl Sagan > > Visit My Site: http://sites.google.com/site/thezorch/home-1 > To Contact Me: > http://sites.google.com/site/thezorch/home-1/zorch-central---contacts > > Free Your PC from the Bondage of Windows http://www.ubuntu.com > > -- > Ubuntu-qa mailing list > Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa >
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