Re: Removed Feature Impact Quality of Ubuntu

2010-05-21 Thread Michael Haney
OMG! There has to be an easier way than this. Finally got it working, sort of. Through diligent trial and error I was able to finally add in what X.org wanted in the xorg.conf file to make this work. It did, of course, break something doing this. The boot splash screen no longer comes up, and

Re: Removed Feature Impact Quality of Ubuntu

2010-05-21 Thread Jeff Lane
On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 23:18 -0400, Michael Haney wrote: > I've decided to give Ubuntu another chance. I love the distro, > nothing else compares, and using something else just felt like i'd > taken a trip back in time 10 years. My experience with both Mandriva > 2010 and MEPIS Linux has shown me

Re: Removed Feature Impact Quality of Ubuntu

2010-05-20 Thread Michael Haney
I've decided to give Ubuntu another chance. I love the distro, nothing else compares, and using something else just felt like i'd taken a trip back in time 10 years. My experience with both Mandriva 2010 and MEPIS Linux has shown me just how far Ubuntu has come, how more ahead of the curve Ubuntu

Re: Removed Feature Impact Quality of Ubuntu

2010-05-20 Thread Grant Bowman
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 6:32 AM, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Grant Bowman wrote: >> Regarding failed monitor auto-detection, one procedure I have used >> successfully is described by going to www.x.org, clicking FAQ then >> ConfigurationHelp.  Here is a direct link

Re: Removed Feature Impact Quality of Ubuntu

2010-05-20 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Grant Bowman wrote: > Regarding failed monitor auto-detection, one procedure I have used > successfully is described by going to www.x.org, clicking FAQ then > ConfigurationHelp.  Here is a direct link. > http://www.x.org/wiki/ConfigurationHelp  This procedure use

Re: Removed Feature Impact Quality of Ubuntu

2010-05-19 Thread Grant Bowman
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Jeremy Foshee wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:34:02AM -0400, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: >> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Michael Haney wrote: >> > A GUI based solution to the monitor issue like what Ubuntu 7.04 had in >> > the Screen Resolution window's Hardw

Re: Removed Feature Impact Quality of Ubuntu

2010-05-19 Thread Jeremy Foshee
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:34:02AM -0400, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Michael Haney wrote: > > A GUI based solution to the monitor issue like what Ubuntu 7.04 had in > > the Screen Resolution window's Hardware tab is what is required.  The > > point is the Hardware

Re: Removed Feature Impact Quality of Ubuntu

2010-05-19 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Michael Haney wrote: > A GUI based solution to the monitor issue like what Ubuntu 7.04 had in > the Screen Resolution window's Hardware tab is what is required.  The > point is the Hardware tab should not have been removed and needs to be > restored.  That is my a

Re: Removed Feature Impact Quality of Ubuntu

2010-05-19 Thread Michael Haney
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Michael Haney wrote: >> It was decided to let X.org auto-detect video hardware starting with >> Ubuntu 7.10.  Unfortunately, the auto-detection procedure does not >> always work correctly.  Some monitors a

Re: Removed Feature Impact Quality of Ubuntu

2010-05-19 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Michael Haney wrote: > It was decided to let X.org auto-detect video hardware starting with > Ubuntu 7.10.  Unfortunately, the auto-detection procedure does not > always work correctly.  Some monitors are not Plug & Play, which is > needed for this to work properly

Removed Feature Impact Quality of Ubuntu

2010-05-18 Thread Michael Haney
There is an issue with Ubuntu that started in version 7.10 and persists all the way to 10.04. In previous versions before 7.10 users were able to change the make and model of their monitors from the Hardware tab in the screen resolution window in the System => Preferences.window. This was removed