Comment 30 for bug 160871

Not sure I agree with this being a hardware limitation. There were no
issues on older versions of the code and I believe this is a common
ATI controller. Not a big deal as the work around is easy.

I will try 9.04 in a few weeks and report back.

On 2/20/09, Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> wrote:
> Seems that this was really a hardware limitation, so I'll go ahead and
> mark it fixed.
>
> You can add resolutions manually using xrandr - see this guide:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/Resolution#Problem:%20%20The%20LCD%27s%20maximum%20resolution%20is%20detected%20automatically,%20but%20lower%20resolutions%20are%20not%20available
>
> There's been some improvements to how this is handled in Jaunty, so if
> after testing that you still feel there are some problems needing to be
> investigated, feel free to reopen.
>
> Regarding the problem that Screen Resolution doesn't provide a way to
> add additional resolutions, feel free to file a wishlist bug against
> gnome-control-center if there isn't already a bug report for that.
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
> Status: In Progress => Fix Released
>
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> [Mobility M7 7500] Screen resolution issues in Hardy unless NoDDC specified
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160871
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