[Tfug] monitor resolution

[Ian McEwen]

It's especially disappointing to me, as I've used dpkg-reconfigure in
that way on previous versions of Ubuntu; apparently this is a recent
development.

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:19:12PM -0700, Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
> On Wed Jul 16, 2008 at 11:12:48AM -0700, Ken Steen wrote:
> > I just ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg on an Ubuntu Hardy 
> > Heron and it only gave options for keyboard settings.  
> > Apparently there was a change in the package so that if you  
> > have a xserver configuration it will not change the screen 
> > settings.
> 
> That is disappointing. I had hoped that Ubuntu would retain more 
> compatibility with Debian in system utilities. I was already 
> aware that there were enhancements that are not compatible, but I 
> did not realize they had removed such functionality.
> 
> I am too lazy to learn another way to do all the things I've 
> learned on Debian. So I'll probably never setup an Ubuntu box for 
> myself or anyone else.
> 
> -- 
> Glen 
> 
> 
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