Update: A bit of experimenting with ubuntu has convinced me that it's
definitely not just the graphics card - even with the proprietary drivers
installed in ubuntu 10.10 x64 the native resolution wasn't available, so
there's an issue with the monitor being recognised correctly. Not sure if
Right after I finished created the issue ticket, I found the following
in another page:
Quoting:
After further investigation, installing python-appindicator is just a
workaround.
rmdTrayPopup.py is missing a check, whether indicator support is enabled
or not.
And
This bug was fixed in the
That information is very helpful, thanks. Sadly, there isn't much we can do
now that we know it isn't a driver issue.
Well, you can try to force the resolution by specifying it in
/etc/X11/xorg.conf. It is quite some time I have not touched this file (since
Xorg is now able to correctly auto-configure itself... well, not in your
case!) but I believe this simple configuration should be OK:
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