As nick mentioned about compiz,  I have tried:
    apt-get remove --purge compiz*

and then reboot the machine and then I used  gnome-display-properties,  this 
time it works! both 1280x1024 and 1024x768
so the problem must come from compiz.

So which process I should backtrace for you?

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karmic gnome-display-properties hangs for external monitor mode 1280x1024
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445100
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