** Description changed: Sorry if this is a duplicate. I ve been reading through a bunch of screen resolution bugs, but didn't find one quite matching my problem. They usually deal with not being able to increase the screen resolution, my problem is the other way around. If there is an existing bug I missed, please feel free to close / merge... The Intrepid LiveCD (x64) will boot into a screen resolution of 1600 x 1050 on my system, which is way beyond the capabilities of my display. this causes the picture to be distorted and flash like crazy. I somehow managed to get to the preferences and change the resolution manually to match my display. After installation, however, it would again run at 1600 x 1050. I almost went blind trying to adjust the screen resolution once more. Now there was one problem left: the login-screen is still 1600 x 1050, flashing like crazy. Only after logging in will it decrease to the right resolution. For me, this is actually not such a big deal, I fixed it by installing the nvidia-driver and adjusting the xorg.conf. But someone who is new to Linux would probably have tossed the CD into the trash right away. Of course it's cool to have a LiveCD running at the native resolution of the display that is connected, but there is definitely no way ever, that all displays of all manufacturers in the World can be detected correctly. I actually liked it better in the old days, when you had a fairly low resolution after installation and had to increase it manually, instead of having to find ways to decrease it to the native resolution of your screen. Ok, some people might never know that they could improve their screen if it starts in a fairly low / safe resolution, but there could be a symbol on the desktop "improve my screen" or somthing, which would only then try to auto detect the display (giving the user the ability to hit escape, if something goes wrong) or let people adjust the resolution manually. In the old days, if if someone killed their screen by messing with wrong resolutions / refresh rates, they knew who to blame. I think that was better than having your display fried by an Ubuntu LiveCD. :-) + + [lspci] + 00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller [10de:03ea] (rev a1) + Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device [1849:03ea] + 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8500 GT [10de:0421] (rev a1)
-- 1600x1050 resolution too high; causes picture to be distored and flash unless changed to a lower resolution. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296261 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
