A Potentially damaging bug

[rjb3353]

Hello all,
I have encountered what for some may be a damaging bug in 2.1 64 bit of Ultimate Edition. I do not remember if it happened with the v2 or not. I have noticed that during the boot sequence that there is a long period before the actual log in screen is loaded that the boot process pushes my 22in LCD monitor out of range on its refresh rates. This does not damage my monitor because it just refuses to try and display the out of range video and just displays a small blue window saying it is out of range and then displays the correct frequencies. I think that this problem could possibly damage an older LCD monitor. If this is not the case then please remove this post. I just would hate for a new user to Linux possibly having a problem with this.
Thanks,
Robert B

[drama]

this is actually a problem that can be traced back to ubuntu itself. they have known about for a long time now but dont seem to have any interest in fixing it. its also doesnt affect all ppl for some reason and it happens randomly which is maybe one of the reasons they have no interest in fixing it at the moment.

however just by doing trial and error i did find a quick fix that works for most people but not everyone. try this

open a terminal window and run teh following

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sudo gedit /etc/usplash.conf

it should say something like

1280
1024

change it to

1024
768

now save that file.

next run the following command

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash

you will see it updating a few things. after it is done reboot and see if that did the trick. this is the only way i know of to fix it.