Comment 9 for bug 49827

Here's a partial workaround. I'm a newbie to Linux and am just getting used to Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. I'm using 1280x1024 LCD monitor that can't be set to this native resolution through Gnome's System/Preferences/Screen resolution and I am nowhere near ready to start fiddling with command lines. What has worked in part in my case, as I have a (fairly old but serviceable) NVidia GeForce 2 Ti4200 graphics card, is to run the downloadable NVidia driver package. I see that my monitor Brand and Model and graphics card are all correctly identified within this NVidia package. That allows me to go into the Server Settings menu, select the XServer menu then X Server Display Configuration (no idea why a screen should be called a server??) and change the resolution to the correct native setting. However the recommended refresh rate is too high and cannot be set to the recommended 70 or 75Hz.

With the screen now looking as it should, if I now go back to System/Preferences/Screen Resolution I see my native resolution that was not there before is now available in the menu, but again with too high a refresh rate (85Hz) as the only option. In addition, the option to make that the default setting is ineffective. Reboot the computer and the entire rigmarole must be gone through again next time because my settings have been lost. I have tried many times... a very annoying bug to face each new bootup, even before you start to do anything at all. I have been given to understand that driving LCD screens with too high a refresh rate shortens their life, so 85Hz doesn't seem to be a great option. I'm hoping someone can help with a proper fix.
Kent