This is a workaround I found on a Google Groups thread by Raj Kiran Grandhi [1]...
<snip> You can get around this by saving the edid data from the monitor to a file and load the file at X startup instead of querying the monitor every time. Run nvidia-settings, select your monitor and "Acquire EDID". Save the edid to some file. Then under the "Device" section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, add the line: Option "CustomEDID" "CRT-0:/root/edid.bin" assuming your monitor is called CRT-0 and you have saved the edid file at /root/edid.bin. </snip> I can confirm that this works for me and I have a very similar setup to the bug poster. [1] https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/linux.debian.user/iKkJA5mjbSQ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1095419 Title: When using KVM switch, display reverts to low resolution To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1095419/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs