Hi Chris Thanks for your response
I may not have explained the problem clearly. *first a little background: * >From what I understand, ubuntu automatically detects your monitors resolution/resolutions and populates a list of choices. when you go into applications/monitors, you are then able to select one of those items from the list. My monitor is an acer with an aspect ration of 4:3. but what is happening in my case is that ubuntu is listing resolutions for both 4:3 displays as well as 16:9. and even though I have a 4:3 display, it is defaulting to a 16:9 so my install menu, grub menu, login screen, boot up screen and actual system defaults to this 16:9 aspect ration. unfortunately 16:9 is incompatible with my monitor, and so my monitor displays a large error message across the middle of the screen that doesn't go away. This blocks out a large portion of the display. the log in screen sits in the middle of the display also, and because it is being covered with an error message, I am unable to log in. If I select the correct resolution using applications/monitors, the error message goes away and I can then use ubuntu. *But here is the paper cut*- the grub menu, login screen, splash screen and exit screen remain at the original 16:9 aspect ratio resolution. when I choose my preferred resolution, it should carry that choice through to those four screens as well In the past I had to fix this manually by going into X11/xorg.conf and editing that file manually. Unfortunately this solution has not worked since 9:10, or there about. for more information, here are other people discussing this problem : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=359310 thanks once again On 25 May 2011 23:18, Chris Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot for reporting this. Can you please provide a step-by-step > guide, including as much detail as possible, that can be used to > reproduce this bug, including any messages that are displayed? Are you > able to use any workaround to log into your system or are you completely > shut out? > > It sounds to me like this isn't actually a paper cut, rather it's just a > simply bug with the GDM package you have installed. > > ** Also affects: gdm (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/775089 > > Title: > selecting resolution in monitors doesnt change resolution in log in > screen etc > > Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: > New > Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > Ubuntu doesnt always select the correct/desired resolution for your > monitor. When you choose the correct resolution using the monitors > application, it corrects the resolution for the system, but not for the log > in screen, grub menu or boot up screen. > what happens then, in my case, is that my monitor doesnt support the > detected resolution, and so I am unable to use the log in screens, or view > the splash screen etc. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/775089/+subscribe > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/775089 Title: selecting resolution in monitors doesnt change resolution in log in screen etc -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
