The short answer is because Guidance Displayconfig (which is the program in question) does not work at all well with modern X.org. It has been removed and replaced in Intrepid, so the chances of any significant bugfix work being done on it are very low.
-- [Kubuntu7.10]Adjusting Gamma parameter in system->display settings messes up the xorg.conf. Display defaults to lowest resolution on rebooting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176360 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kde-guidance in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs