Yes, I saw this... assumed it was supposed to happen. Were you able to confirm the actual resolution as reported by xrandr had changed, rather than just the scaling of the display elements ?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1571640 Title: lightdm changing resolution Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just after the upgrade to ubuntu 16.04, when lightdm starts the resolution is 2560x1600. Then, after about half a second it is automatically changed to 1280x800. This happens systematically at each boot. No external monitor is connected. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: lightdm 1.18.1-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.5.0-040500-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Apr 18 14:39:03 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-09 (525 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1) SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-18 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1571640/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp