FWIW, I noticed that while the order of the modes for xrandr is usually from highest resolution to lowest resolution, the 1024x768 mode shows up first on this system:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1600 x 1200 VGA-0 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right) 300mm x 230mm 1024x768 85.0 + 84.9 75.1 1600x1200 75.0 1280x1024 84.8* 75.0 1280x960 84.9 800x600 84.9 75.0 640x480 84.6 75.0 60.0 720x400 70.1 DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right) S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xrandr -s 2 has been called before this, so it's now at 1280x1024 instead of the default 1024x768. -- gsm/startx will ignore xorg.conf resolution settings and run with very low resolution https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152109 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs