The xrandr output in Intrepid is different than in Hardy. Now there are more/other supported modes. Now I have a resolution of 1440x900 on both displays when GDM appears which is much nicer.
xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 1680 x 1950 VGA disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) LVDS connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1440x900 60.0 + 50.0 1360x768 59.8 1152x864 60.0 1024x768 60.0 800x600 60.3 56.2 640x480 59.9 TMDS-1 connected 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 434mm x 270mm 1680x1050 59.9*+ 1600x1024 60.2 1400x1050 60.0 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 60.0 1440x900 59.9 1280x960 60.0 1360x768 59.8 1152x864 75.0 75.0 75.0 70.0 60.0 1024x768 75.1 75.0 70.1 60.0 832x624 74.6 800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2 640x480 75.0 72.8 75.0 60.0 59.9 720x400 70.1 TV disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) -- [Hardy] GNOME and GDM are starting up with wrong display resolution https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190506 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
