Several versions ago Ubuntu once had a feature where you could go to the same window where you selected your screen resolution, then click on a tab and manually select your monitor hardware. After this feature was removed myself a very large number of others have had problems with Ubuntu. The main problem is we cannot install the 3D accelerated drivers, because if we do our screen resolution is limited to an unusable 640x480.
Manually editing the xorg.conf file is the only option at this point, but its not something the average user can do on their own, so many give up. I've seen a lot of new users throw up their hands in disgust and abandon ever trying Ubuntu because of this problem. I've submitted a Bug Report about the problem and even posted in the Ubuntu QA list about it, I've begged and pleased, and for more than a year now there's been nothing done. No progress has been made to fix this issue at all. Its considered a "low priority", yet more people than I can count have been effected by this problem. So, I created a Petition to force the issue. http://www.petitiononline.com/ubu2010/petition.html If this doesn't work I'll make another one and another and another until someone at Canonical finally pulls their head out of the sand and realizes something needs to be done to fix this. -- Michael "TheZorch" Haney "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion." ~ Arthur C. Clarke "The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge, and there is no place for it in the endeavor of science. " ~ Carl Sagan Visit My Site: http://sites.google.com/site/thezorch/home-1 To Contact Me: http://sites.google.com/site/thezorch/home-1/zorch-central---contacts Free Your PC from the Bondage of Windows http://www.ubuntu.com -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
