Too late for me. I already uninstalled intrepid. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Traumflug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today Update Manager gifted a lot of Xorg stuff. Of course, I > immediately tried changing screen resolution and *drums* - *fanfare* - > changing screen resolution works again. Still a black screen, but it > recovers after few seconds. :-) > > $ X -version > > X.Org X Server 1.5.0 > [...] > Build Date: 11 September 2008 06:25:01PM > > > I vote for closing the bug, > thanks a lot to developers and triagers. > > MarKus > > > P.S.: sort of a follow-up: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/269595 > > -- > [82G33/G31] Changing screen resolution results in a black screen > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/258584 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "xserver-xorg-video-intel" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > In Intrepid Ibex 8.10 AMD64 as of today, a few days after alpha4 and upgraded > from Hardy, I can't change the screen resolution. Every attempt to do so with > Gnome's Monitor Resolution Settings panel results in a black screen which > never recovers (I've waited something like 20 minutes). > > Currently I'm running 1280x1024 pixels at 60 Hz. The graphics driver is set > to "intel". Gnome's panel appears to detect the CRT monitor fine and the list > of resolutions offered is plausible. Even if I switch to a resolution which I > know to work fine in Hardy on the same hardware, the monitor goes black and > turns off after some time. I always had to hard reboot the machine, a Dell > Vostro 200 using onboard graphics (Intel GMA X3100). The failure survives a > reboot, resulting in an unusable computer. > > Recovering isn't simple and reconfiguring xserver-xorg didn't help. So I > digged around and found some graphics settings in $HOME/.config/monitors.xml. > The values there are changed to what I've choosen in the panel, and > re-setting them to what I had before opening the monitor resolution panel > gives me back at least a useable machine. > > As I don't know what Gnome's panel does or how to change resolution from the > command line (there's no "fbset" installed after the upgrade), I'm stuck with > hunting down the culprit. >
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