Just installed Kubuntu 8.04 and opted to experiment with the System Settings > Monitor & Display feature. The dialog seemed quite nice. This included a bar with hatch marks for selecting different display resolutions. The bar seemed to contain those which apply to my display adapter but I cannot say that I made a precise inspection. It appeared as though the installer chose the maximum resolution of 1280x1024 so I opted for trying a lower resolution and moved selector to "1024x768". I opted for "1024x768" because I thought this to be a very common resolution that any system ought to be able to use with good results.
However, applying the change produced very bad results. It seems to have changed the resolution to "640X480". I suppose this is the most basic value that one should find on any VGA capable adapter but that is not the really horrible part. At that resolution what was a dialog that displayed nicely no longer fit in the window that no longer fit on the screen (physical display). Furthermore, the selection bar is now limited to a lot fewer resolutions with the highest selectable value being "640x480".
In summary, using the system settings feature I was only able to change the display to an unacceptably low resolution and ended up with no way to change back to any higher resolution.
This experience does not bestow any confidence in the Kubuntu (or possibly KDE) system settings feature and begs the following questions -
- Is there a way to change the display resolution that produces useful results?
- Is there a way to recover from the unwanted results described above?
- Is there any reason to expect better results from other features offered in the system settings feature?
However, applying the change produced very bad results. It seems to have changed the resolution to "640X480". I suppose this is the most basic value that one should find on any VGA capable adapter but that is not the really horrible part. At that resolution what was a dialog that displayed nicely no longer fit in the window that no longer fit on the screen (physical display). Furthermore, the selection bar is now limited to a lot fewer resolutions with the highest selectable value being "640x480".
In summary, using the system settings feature I was only able to change the display to an unacceptably low resolution and ended up with no way to change back to any higher resolution.
This experience does not bestow any confidence in the Kubuntu (or possibly KDE) system settings feature and begs the following questions -
- Is there a way to change the display resolution that produces useful results?
- Is there a way to recover from the unwanted results described above?
- Is there any reason to expect better results from other features offered in the system settings feature?
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