[Bug 309210] [NEW] Changing monitor resolution in KDE4 causes unusable screen

[wolfger]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kdebase-bin

Description:    Ubuntu 8.10
Release:        8.10

kdebase-bin:
  Installed: 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1
  Candidate: 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1
  Version table:
 *** 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4:4.1.2-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
W: Unable to locate package packagename

My normal resolution is 1680x1050 widescreen, but I have an app that
doesn't play well with widescreen, so I attempted to set my resolution
down to 1600x1024. I expected this to work, or at least to be able to
back out of it if it didn't work.

What happened instead is that my screen display showed the left 1/4 of
my screen on the left-hand side, and the left 3/4 of my screen on the
right-hand side, but the actual location of everything (according to my
mouse) was unchanged. This means that when I tried to click on the
button to abort the change in resolution, I was not actually clicking on
anything, and the change went into effect. I think it is hard to
explain, so I am attaching two screen shots.

** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Changing monitor resolution in KDE4 causes unusable screen
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309210
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