The GNOME versions didn't change in natty since we stay on GNOME 2.32 and both users having the issue have it on the same hardware seems to me it's likely an issue on the xorg or driver side rather than in the GNOME library
** Package changed: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) => xorg-server (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737891 Title: gnome-display-properties unable to correctly enable monitors connected to VGA -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs