It's actually not as simple as that; resolutions are not just pluggable
numbers, but are actually calculated from 'modelines' which describe the
physical CRT or LCD drawing behaviors and refresh cycle rates which are
fairly specific to a given piece of hardware.
So, you can't take a given 1280x800
[Expired for gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) because there has been no
activity for 60 days.]
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Expired
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The bug is that when no EDID information is available, the default
resolution options top out at 1024x768. This is not usable on most
modern systems. It would be very easy to provide a list of standard 4:3
and 16:9 resolutions so that if it can't be autoconfigured, a user can
at least use the gui
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** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/769366
Title:
Monitor prefs: poor resolutio
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Title:
Monitor prefs: poor resolution options when EDID fails
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