Hello Michael, I'm forwarding your mail to the Ubuntu Accessibility mailing list, as the Accessibility team got revived recently, and although they have heaps of work already, the team can probably help you raise this issue (or at least document it in some central space).
------- Doorgestuurd bericht ------- Van: Michael Haney <[email protected]> Aan: [email protected] Onderwerp: Taking A Break from Ubuntu Datum: Sun, 16 May 2010 08:31:39 -0400 I've decided to take a nice long break from Ubuntu. This wasn't an easy decision for me because I really like Ubuntu. What I don't like is having to fight with the desktop screen resolution every time I install a new version. I refuse to fight that battle again. Every time it happens its NEVER really fixed. Oh, I get the resolution I want (1024x768) but only via a down-and-dirty workaround that ends up breaking something else. I depend on the Desktop Zoom and color inversion capabilities of Compiz Fusion because of my visual disability. The problem is NOT getting the Nvidia drivers installed. Its getting a desktop resolution of higher than 640x480. My monitor is non-standard. Its a Sun Microsystem CRT with dual inputs, one is a huge plug for a Sun workstation, and the other is for standard VGA. Prior to Ubuntu 7.10, where you selected your screen resolution there was a tab where you could scroll through a list of hardware manufacturers and select your specific model Monitor. If it wasn't listed you could at least select one of the Default options. I usually selected Generic 1024x768 Monitor from the list, and I was good to go. This feature was removed. I issued bug reports about it, made complaints, and not a GODDAMN thing has been done to address the problem. This is such a simple problem. Why can't Canonical just make a separate GUI for selecting your monitor's make and model? WHY THE FUCK HASN'T THIS BEEN FIXED YET? I'm not the only one with this problem. Don't they pay attention to the bug reports? Didn't someone look at it and think "hey, that feature we removed that let you change what kind of monitor you from the screen resolution GUI is causing big problems for a lot of our users, lets fix it!" But, no, it just sat there for more than a year with barely any activity and no announcement at all that anyone was going to try to fix it or propose that it should be fixed. This is a crippling problem keeping a lot of people from using Ubuntu and its been ignored. WTF? The Nvidia X Server Configurator doesn't fix this problem. You cannot select your monitor make and model or change anything about your monitor in any way from that GUI. I tried using my down-and-dirty workaround by editing the xorg.conf file using my monitor settings from a version of Ubuntu that does this correctly. I searched Google for solutions too. I've tried randr, I've tried tried running the setup wizard for X.org from the command line after finally getting X.org to shut down. The wizard didn't even give me the option of choosing my monitor, just the keyboard. In many instances X.org wouldn't even start afterward. So, for now and until this is fixed I'm done. Maybe one of you has more influence in the community or knows the right strings to pull to get this issue looked into and corrected. For now, I refuse to go through any more frustration and pain to fix something that is so basic. I can't just run out and get a better monitor or video card, not on my budget. One day maybe Canonical will get a clue and fix this problem. Until then I have to so goodbye to Ubuntu. I've found that many other distros DO THIS CORRECTLY, and Mandriva actually installs Compiz Fusion with the Nvidia drivers installed at 1024x768 by default. So, I have Mandria 2010 running on my machine right now. If anyone has a "known to actually work" solution to this specific monitor problem I'll reinstall 10.04 and try it. -- 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 -- sounder mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/sounder -- Jan Claeys -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
