Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-control-center
When playing full-screen games, if there is a crash in the game, it is
not uncommon to end up in X with the resolution used by the game. For
those of us with limited 3D accelleration, this is often 640x480. The
simple solution to restore the normal desktop is to open display
properties and reset the resoluton to the correct value. Unfortunately,
it is impossible to see the buttons at 640x480, so the user is forced to
guess.
Logging out and logging back in is not a useful workaround, because it
may save the session, and corrupt user configuration of the panel icons.
Stopping applications manually and hard-killing X is not a useful
workaround because the user may not be able to access some applications
(painted offscreen), and may well lose interesting data (e.g.
notifications, various message protocols, state of long-running shell
jobs in terminals, etc.).
** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Low
Status: New
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
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The Display Properties applet should scale to fit in 640x480
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289016
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