I spoke too soon. After I left the laptop's lid closed for a longer period of time, then opened it, I was greeted by a 1024x768 desktop instead of the normal 1280x800.
Closing and re-opening it again changed to the correct resolution. -- display applet gets confused about the screen resolution https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521495 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp