Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg
This is a general bug that effects all version of Ubuntu.
When Ubuntu is installed, it will attempt to auto-detect the resolution and
driver for the video card present in the system. In my experience, it rarely
picks it correctly. A fix for this issue would be to enable the user to select
a driver and choose the resolution.
This could be implemented with a "advanced" configuration option during install
with a warning of possibly setting it up incorrectly. This would be essentially
the same as running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, but with reduced options
(keyboard&mouse and monitor refresh ignored). For the nvidia/ati cards we have
the fgrlx and nv options, and several others for the other setups.
If a user decides to set it up post-install, they can run this configuration
wizard. To ensure that they pick the correct one, when clicking apply, it will
"test" the new configuration file by adding a check script to startup
temporarily, restarting the xserver, and having a dialogue box appear after
login asking if it displays correctly. Giving it a 30 second time-out would
make sure that if it doesn't display correctly, it would revert to original
configuration file, and restart xserver, upon logging back in, would announce
that configuration was bad.
** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Display not configured with proper resolutions on install
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119458
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