On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Vic Main <240...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > To quote maJongg.. > > "I have been hit by the "monitor not detected" problem too, . I think the > problem is very common, but is often mis-diagnosed as a "driver issue". > "The problems has become a virtual show-stopper" It was that for me. I tried > to fix the problem (or at least get around it at least 2 years ago) I was > running > > Ubuntu 8.x, and ended up with a 800x600 resolution. I recently installed > version 10.04 and tried to resolve this problem again. At least the > generic driver would do 1024x768. I have a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 with > AGP8X card, and found out how to get around this problem. > > I have to echo the sentiments of majongg and TheZorch regarding this > problem hindering the adoption of Linux, it certainly did for me!!. I > spent at least a full day trying to get my monitor to display correctly. > Thanks to the generous help from the forum. > > The main problem (let alone the monitor not being recognized), is that the > software wildly guesses at the range of the HSYNC and VSYNC > which it writes to the xorg.conf file. > > Thanks, Vic >
The quickest way this can be fixed is if the feature in the screen resolution window that let you "manually" select your monitor was put back where it belongs, or a new GUI was made just for the monitor that does the same thing. It is not the drivers, its Xorg and also the fact that this feature was "removed" from Ubuntu several versions back when it shouldn't have been. Honestly, this could have and should have been fixed long ago. What is the problem? Why hasn't this been dealt with in like 2 years? Don't tell me its not a high priority issue, it is a High Priority issue because this problem has "prevented" new users from adopting Ubuntu. This is serious, this a usability issue, and it needs to be dealt with ASAP. No other answer is acceptable, its been long enough, get this issue fixed. Its an embarrassment to the community that this problem has persisted for so long, and its an embarrassment to LaunchPad that this bug hasn't been made a high priority so it can finally get fixed. Pass this onto which even group this needs to go to and have them do something about this instead of letting the problem molder. -- 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 -- can't configure display resolution (monitor, graphics card) manually in gui https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240916 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to x-kit in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
